Meanings of minor planet names: 126001–127000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

126001–126100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

126101–126200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
126160 Fabienkuntz 2002 AF Fabien Kuntz (b. 1983), a French meteorite hunter and popular science writer from Besançon. JPL

126201–126300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
126245 Kandókálmán 2002 AY66 Kálmán Kandó, 19th-20th-century Hungarian engineer, one of the creators of the electric railway (the discovery occurred on his 133rd birth anniversary) JPL

126301–126400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
126315 Bláthy 2002 AH130 Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian electrical engineer JPL

126401–126500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
126444 Wylie 2002 CF16 Wylie Erwin Reeves, 20th-century American historian and high-school teacher JPL
126445 Prestonreeves 2002 CH16 W. Preston Reeves, American chemistry professor emeritus at Texas Lutheran University JPL

126501–126600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
126578 Suhhosoo 2002 CK116 Master Ho Soo Suh, 18th-century Korean scientist JPL

126601–126700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

126701–126800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
126748 Mariegerbet 2002 DP Marie Gerbet (b. 1989), a French meteorite hunter. JPL
126749 Johnjones 2002 DQ1 John Jones, American astronomy popularizer, president of the Chicago Astronomical Society and general chairman of Astrofest JPL

126801–126900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

126901–127000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
126901 Craigstevens 2002 EE110 Craig L. Stevens (b. 1978) is the Project Verification Systems Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Prior to serving in this role, he participated in the development of flight systems for several NASA missions including JWST, MESSENGER, GPM, New Horizons, LRO, LADEE and Landsat 8. JPL
126905 Junetveekrem 2002 EF112 June Tveekrem (b. 1960) contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as an optical engineer. As an expert in optical modeling and analysis, she performed stray light analyses for OVIRS and sun glint analyses for the overall OSIRIS-REx mission. JPL

References

  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
125,001–126,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 126,001–127,000
Succeeded by
127,001–128,000
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