- Meanings of minor planet names: 117001–118000
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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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Contents: 117,001… 117,101… 117,201… 117,301… 117,401… 117,501… 117,601… 117,701… 117,801… 117,901…
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name 117001–117100 117032 Davidlane 2004 JN20 David Lane, Canadian amateur astronomer, supernova hunter, and author of The Earth Centered Universe (a planetarium and telescope-control program) † 117086 Lóczy 2004 LZ23 Lajos Lóczy, 19th-20th-century Hungarian geologist, first western geologist to describe the structure, geomorphology and stratigraphy of the mountain chains bordering the Tibetan Plateau † 117101–117200 117156 Altschwendt 2004 QV7 Sternwarte Seng, Altschwendt, Austria, discovery site † 117201–117300 117240 Zhytomyr 2004 SX19 Zhytomyr, Ukraine, the oblast in which Andrushivka, the discovery site, is found, and the birthplace of Sergej Korolev, Russian rocket engineer † 117301–117400 117329 Spencer 2004 XJ6 Henry Spencer, Canadian computer scientist and small-satellite engineer † 117381 Lindaweiland 2004 YU Linda Weiland, American zoning administrator of Cochise County, Arizona, and foe of light pollution † 117401–117500 117413 Ramonycajal 2005 AE13 Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish physician and Nobel laureate † 117430 Achosyx 2005 AQ26 "H"-"O"-"6" in French: the IAU observatory code (H06) of the discovery site, the Rent-A-Scope Observatory (Remote Astronomy Society Observatory), Mayhill, New Mexico † 117435 Severochoa 2005 AJ29 Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born American biochemist and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine † 117439 Rosner 2005 AR36 Arnie and Nancy Rosner, American photographers † 117501–117600 117506 Wildberg 2005 CO25 Wildberg, Germany, host city of Observatorium Wildberg † 117539 Celletti 2005 DJ1 Alessandra Celletti, Italian astronomer † 117572 Hutsebaut 2005 EX33 Robert Hutsebaut, Belgian amateur astronomer † 117701–117800 117715 Carlkirby 2005 GK1 Carl Kirby, American amateur astronomer † 117736 Sherrod 2005 GQ22 Clay Sherrod, American archaeologist, biomedical researcher, founder and director of the Arkansas Sky Observatories † 117901–118000 117993 Zambujal 1064 T-2 Zambujal, Portugal, chalcolithic archaeological site † Preceded by
116,001–117,000Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 117,001–118,000Succeeded by
118,001–119,000Categories:
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