Meanings of minor-planet names: 142001–143000
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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]
142001–142100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142014 Neirinck | 2002 PA168 | Pierre Neirinck (1926–), French-British head of the Satellite Orbits Group at Appleton Laboratory in the UK during the 1970s | JPL · 142014 |
| 142020 Xinghaishiyan | 2002 PH178 | Xinghaishiyan, motto of The Suzhou Industry Park Xinghai Experimental Senior School, meaning "All stars shine brilliantly; All rivers flow to the Sea" and an educational philosophy "to make everyone a star". Xing means "star", hai means "sea", and shiyan means "experimental" | JPL · 142020 |
| 142084 Jamesdaniel | 2002 QU47 | James Sealy (1951–1978) and Daniel Sealy (born 1957), sons of Robert and Hazel Sealy, friends of American astronomer James Whitney Young who discovered this minor planet (also see 147397 Bobhazel) | JPL · 142084 |
| 142091 Omerblaes | 2002 QW52 | Omer Michael Blaes (born 1961), an astrophysicist at the University of California Santa Barbara. | JPL · 142091 |
142101–142200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142106 Nengshun | 2002 QZ83 | Ye Nengshun (1894–1952), a great-grandfather of Chinese astronomer Ye Quan-Zhi, who discovered this minor planet | JPL · 142106 |
142201–142300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142275 Simonyi | 2002 RQ117 | Károly Simonyi (1916–2001), a professor of electrical engineering at the Technical University of Budapest. | JPL · 142275 |
| 142291 Dompfaff | 2002 RE138 | "Dompfaff" is the common name for a cardinal (priest) in the German catholic liturgy. It is also the name of the endangered Eurasian bullfinch, a beautiful small bird with a red breast. It appears regularly in the Eifel (Ardennes) near the Hoher List Observatory during winter. | JPL · 142291 |
142301–142400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142368 Majden | 2002 RH233 | Edward Majden (born 1939), Canadian amateur astronomer, recorder of meteor spectra, associate member of the Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee, and winner of the 2006 Chant Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada † | JPL · 142368 |
| 142369 Johnhodges | 2002 RE234 | John V. Hodges (1918–1983), active member and later observatory director of the Regina Astronomical Society | JPL · 142369 |
142401–142500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142401 Simonhook | 2002 SH23 | Simon Hook (b. 1961), Principal Investigator of the ECOSTRESS instrument on the International Space Station and was manager of the Science Division at JPL from 2015–2022. | IAU · 142401 |
| 142408 Trebur | 2002 SU27 | The German municipality of Trebur, home of the Michael Adrian Observatory (239), where this minor planet was discovered | JPL · 142408 |
142501–142600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142558 Rosarno | 2002 TP61 | Rosarno, small town in the Italian region of Calabria. | IAU · 142558 |
| 142562 Graetz | 2002 TL69 | Paul Graetz (1889–1937), German Army officer, the first person to cross southern Africa by automobile (1907–1909) | JPL · 142562 |
142601–142700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
142701–142800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142752 Boroski | 2002 TD312 | William Boroski (born 1960), American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142752 |
| 142753 Briegel | 2002 TG316 | Charlie Briegel (born 1949), American computer scientist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142753 |
| 142754 Brunner | 2002 TR317 | Robert Brunner (born 1968), American astrophysicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142754 |
| 142755 Castander | 2002 TA318 | Francisco J. Castander (born 1968), Spanish astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142755 |
| 142756 Chiu | 2002 TF319 | Kuenley Chiu (born 1975), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142756 |
| 142757 Collinge | 2002 TS335 | Matthew Collinge (born 1979), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142757 |
| 142758 Connolly | 2002 TH358 | Andy Connolly (born 1966), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142758 |
| 142759 Covey | 2002 TQ358 | Kevin Covey (born 1977), American astronomer at Lowell Observatory and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142759 |
| 142760 Csabai | 2002 TN361 | István Csabai (born 1965), Hungarian physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142760 |
142801–142900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142822 Czarapata | 2002 US65 | Paul Czarapata (born 1947), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 142822 |
142901–143000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||