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.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
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133716 Tomtourville |
2003 UW251 |
Thomas Tourville (born 1940) is a consulting member of the mechanical design team on the OTES instrument on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. He was the lead mechanical designer at Santa Barbara Research Center for both the TES and MiniTES. |
JPL · 133716
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133726 Gateswest |
2003 UM269 |
Gates West (born 1963) is the lead electronics engineer for the Thermal Emission Spectrometer of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. With more than 20 years in the space industry, he has designed and tested electronics for a wide variety of earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecraft. |
JPL · 133726
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133743 Robertwoodward |
2003 WM |
Rob Woodward (born 1967) is a Manufacturing Engineer for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. Prior to joining the OTES team at ASU he was a Manufacturing Engineer and Cost Account Manager for space flight electronics with General Dynamics-AIS. |
JPL · 133743
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133744 Dellagiustina |
2003 WD1 |
Daniella Della-Giustina (born 1986), the Image Processing Lead of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission who pioneered the photogrammetric mapping of small irregular bodies |
JPL · 133744
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133745 Danieldrinnon |
2003 WG1 |
Daniel Drinnon (born 1960) a Systems Administrator at the Science Processing and Operations Center of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. He is also an amateur astronomer whose main interests lie in restoring classic telescopes and using them for planetary imaging |
JPL · 133745
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133746 Tonyferro |
2003 WL1 |
Anthony Ferro (born 1963), a Systems Administrator at the Science Processing and Operations Center of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission and the Phoenix Mars Mission |
JPL · 133746
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133747 Robertofurfaro |
2003 WX3 |
Roberto Furfaro (born 1971) member of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission team. He has been involved as ground systems engineer, the Science Processing and Operations Center (SPOC) Systems Engineering Team Lead and the SPOC-Science Team Interface. |
JPL · 133747
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133753 Teresamullen |
2003 WU25 |
Teresa Mullen (born 1959), American member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and wife of vice-president Keith Mullen (see 159827 Keithmullen) |
JPL · 133753
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133756 Carinajohnson |
2003 WB36 |
Carina Johnson (born 1985), an Image Processing Engineer at the University of Arizona for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. |
JPL · 133756
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133773 Lindsaykeller |
2003 WQ84 |
Lindsay Keller (born 1961) was leading the Carbonaceous Meteorite Working Group of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. He is a member of the sample analysis team and will investigate the atomic-scale mineralogy and chemistry of the returned samples using electron microscopy with emphasis on space weathering effects. |
JPL · 133773
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133774 Johnkidd |
2003 WX88 |
John Kidd (born 1989), a Science Processing and Operations Center Planning Engineer with the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. John was responsible for the development of the MASC tool, which was used to assist in the autonomous planning of science observations. |
JPL · 133774
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133782 Saraknutson |
2003 WY98 |
Sara Balram Knutson (born 1987), a Science Processing and Operations Center Operations Engineer with the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. She contributed to SPOC strategic and tactical planning activities, including building science instrument sequences for execution on the spacecraft. |
JPL · 133782
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133814 Wenjengko |
2003 WG170 |
Wenjeng Ko (born 1955), the Science Processing and Operations Center Software Architect and Lead of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. He also worked on several of NASA's Mars and Asteroid missions, including Mars 2001 Odyssey, Mars Polar Lander, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous and Mars Observer |
JPL · 133814
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133832 Loveridge |
2003 XJ39 |
Michael Francis Ubaldo Loveridge (born 1993) worked on NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission as a software engineer at the Science Processing and Operations Center. His primary contributions included work on science data assembly and processing software. |
JPL · 133832
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133834 Erinmorton |
2003 YX3 |
Erin Morton (born 1975), the head of Communications and Public Engagement in the Principal Investigator's Office for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. |
JPL · 133834
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133850 Heatherroper |
2003 YN83 |
Heather Roper (born 1993), a Graphic Designer at the University of Arizona for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission |
JPL · 133850
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133854 Wargetz |
2003 YO149 |
Annie Wargetz (born 1979), a social media lead and then as the technical documentation specialist for the SPOC of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. Annie also worked in the Orion spacecraft program as a communications and outreach intern prior to the EFT-1 mission. |
JPL · 133854
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133861 Debrawilmer |
2004 BO25 |
Debra Wilmer (born 1972), the Executive Assistant in the Principal Investigator's Office for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. |
JPL · 133861
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133874 Jonnazucarelli |
2004 MD3 |
Jonna L. Zucarelli (born 1987), the Business Operations Manager in the Principal Investigator's office for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission |
JPL · 133874
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133889 Nicholasmills |
2004 QD9 |
Nicholas Ock-dan Mills (born 1983), a software engineer for the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. He also worked as an intern on the Dawn mission as a Ground Data Systems Engineer. |
JPL · 133889
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133891 Jaesubhong |
2004 QY20 |
Jaesub Hong (born 1969) is an astronomer at the Harvard College Observatory serving as the lead scientist for the calibration and image reconstruction performed by the student-built Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer aboard the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission. |
JPL · 133891
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133892 Benkhaldoun |
2004 RN8 |
Zouhair Benkhaldoun (born 1959), Moroccan researcher in Cadi Ayyad University's department of physics in Marrakech, Morocco |
JPL · 133892
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