Meanings of minor planet names: 110001–111000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

110001–110100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
110073 Leeonki 2001 SM113 Lee On-ki, student at Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Ya College JPL
110074 Lamchunhei 2001 SP113 Lam Chun Hei, student at Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Ya College in Hong Kong JPL
110077 Pujiquanshan 2001 SC114 Sik Sik Yuen, registered as a charitable organization in Hong Kong in 1965. The motto is Pujiquanshan means "Act benevolently and teach benevolence" JPL

110101–110200

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

110201–110300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
110288 Libai 2001 SL262 Li Bai, 8th-century Chinese poet, member of the group of scholars known as the "Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup" in a poem by fellow poet Du Fu (see 110289) JPL
110289 Dufu 2001 SM262 Du Fu, 8th-century Chinese poet, one of the greatest along with Li Bai (see 110288) JPL
110293 Oia 2001 SE265 Oia, a small town on the Greek island of Santorini, in the south Aegean Sea. JPL
110294 Victoriaharbour 2001 SK265 Victoria Harbour, a natural harbor located between Hong Kong Island to the south and Kowloon to the North. JPL
110295 Elcalafate 2001 SN265 El Calafate, a city in Patagonia, Argentina. JPL
110297 Yellowriver 2001 SH266 The Yellow River in China is the sixth-longest river in the world with an estimated length of 5,464 km. JPL
110298 Deceptionisland 2001 ST266 Deception Island, the caldera of an active volcanic island off the Antarctic Peninsula. JPL
110300 Abusimbel 2001 SB267 Also known as the Temple of Ramesses, the Abu Simbel temples are located on the upper Nile River in southern Egypt. JPL

110301–110400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
110393 Rammstein 2001 TC8 Rammstein, the (East) German hard rock-metal group, named in turn after the city of Ramstein-Miesenbach where the 1988 air show disaster occurred

110401–110500

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

110501–110600

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

110601–110700

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

110701–110800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
110742 Tetuokudo 2001 UP1 Tetuo Kudo, staff member of the Goshi Municipal Office and a renowned amateur astronomer JPL
110743 Hirobumi 2001 UQ1 Hirobumi Ito, born in Yamaguchi prefecture, greatly contributed to the modernization of the Japanese political system JPL

110801–110900

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

110901–111000

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

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
109,001–110,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 110,001–111,000
Succeeded by
111,001–112,000
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