Meanings of minor planet names: 140001–141000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

140001–140100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
140038 Kurushima2001 SN73Kurushima Kaikyo is a 4-kilometer-wide strait between the islands of Shikoku and Oshima, JapanJPL · 140038

140101–140200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140201–140300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140301–140400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140401–140500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140501–140600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140601–140700

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140602 Berlind2001 TU247Andreas Berlind (born 1972), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 140602
140620 Raoulwallenberg2001 UN10Raoul Wallenberg (1912–1947), Swedish humanitarian who saved tens of thousands of Jewish lives in Hungary during World War IIJPL · 140620
140628 Klaipeda2001 UM14The city of Klaipeda in Lithuania. Founded in 1252 and known by its old German name "Memel", it is the country's third largest city.JPL · 140628

140701–140800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140801–140900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

140901–141000

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140980 Blanton2001 VQ132Michael Blanton (born 1973), American cosmologist with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 140980

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
139,001–140,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 140,001–141,000		 Succeeded by
141,001–142,000
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