Meanings of minor planet names: 123001–124000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

123001–123100

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

123101–123200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
123120 Peternewman 2000 SQ372 Peter R. Newman, British astronomer JPL

123201–123300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
123290 Manoa 2000 UH100 Manoa valley, on the island of Oahu, where the University of Hawai'i was founded in 1907 (the provisional designation's subscript stands for the university's centennial celebration of 2007) JPL

123301–123400

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

123401–123500

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

123501–123600

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

123601–123700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
123647 Tomáško 2000 YG66 Tomáš Kušnirák (b. 2002), the only child of the discoverers. JPL

123701–123800

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

123801–123900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
123818 Helenzier 2001 BC75 Helen Zier, American amateur astronomer, birder and volunteer in several scientific research programs JPL
123852 Jánboďa 2001 CM37 Ján Boda, Slovak geophysicist and senior lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava JPL
123860 Davederrick 2001 DX David Derrick, American educator, who built a private planetarium, space museum and observatory JPL

123901–124000

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
122,001–123,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 123,001–124,000
Succeeded by
124,001–125,000
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