Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 112001–113000

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This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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 published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.

112001–112100

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112101–112200

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112201–112300

|-id=233 | 112233 Kammerer || 2002 KC₁₅ || Andreas Kammerer (born 1958), German physicist and amateur astronomer, who has made photometric light-curve observations of comets || JPL · 112233 |}

112301–112400

|-id=313 | 112313 Larrylines || 2002 LL₅₅ || Larry Lines (1949–2019) was a Canadian exploration geophysicist. During his distinguished career he was a researcher at Amoco's Tulsa lab, a professor and industry consortium leader at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Calgary, and president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. || IAU · 112313 |-id=320 | 112320 Danielegardiol || 2002 MB₁ || Daniele Gardiol (born 1968) is an astronomer at the Torino Astrophysical Observatory (Italy). He is the principal investigator of the PRISMA project, a network of all-sky cameras dedicated to the observation of bright meteors in order to determine the trajectory and orbit of the progenitor bodies and to delimit the area where possible meteorites fall. || IAU · 112320 |-id=328 | 112328 Klinkerfues || 2002 MU₄ || Wilhelm Klinkerfues (1827–1884), a German astronomer and meteorologist at Göttingen Observatory || JPL · 112328 |-id=337 | 112337 Francescaguerra || 2002 NR₄ || Francesca Guerra (born 1984), an Italian mathematician and software developer for the Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre (NEOCC) of the European Space Agency. || IAU · 112337 |-id=338 | 112338 Seneseconte || 2002 NX₅ || Senese Antonella (born 1960) and Conte Paolo (born 1961) are science communicators, working mainly in schools, explaining the sky with planetariums, telescopes and laboratories. Paolo is also editor and host of Radio3Scienza, the daily radio science broadcast of RAI, the national public broadcasting company of Italy. || IAU · 112338 |-id=339 | 112339 Pimpa || 2002 NF₆ || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 112339 |-id=340 | 112340 Davidegaddi || 2002 NN₆ || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 112340 |}

112401–112500

|-id=483 | 112483 Missjudy || 2002 PA || Judy Ball (born 1946), wife of American amateur astronomer Loren C. Ball, who discovered this minor planet, for her long-time support of her husband's astronomy projects. || IAU · 112483 |-id=492 | 112492 Annacipriani || 2002 PA₆ || Anna Cipriani (born 1973), an assistant professor of geochemistry and environmental geochemistry at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. || IAU · 112492 |}

112501–112600

|-id=527 | 112527 Panarese || 2002 PJ₃₃ || Rossella Panarese (1960–2021) was an Italian radio personality and science communicator, known for her Radio3 Scienza cultural programme, as well as a lecturer at SISSA and Sapienza University of Rome. || IAU · 112527 |}

112601–112700

|-id=656 | 112656 Gines || 2002 PM₈₆ || Gines Lopez (1933–2008), friend and collaborator of Spanish astronomer Rafael Ferrando, who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 112656 |}

112701–112800

|-id=797 | 112797 Grantjudy || 2002 PH₁₆₅ || Grant R. J. Harding (born 1967) and Judy L. Harding (born 1965), siblings-in-law of Canadian amateur astronomer Andrew Lowe, who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 112797 |-id=798 | 112798 Kelindsey || 2002 PR₁₆₅ || Kelsey Leanne Harding (born 2000) and Lindsey Annemarie Harding (born 1998), nieces of Canadian amateur astronomer Andrew Lowe, who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 112798 |}

112801–112900

|-id=900 | 112900 Tonyhoffman || 2002 QS₅₀ || Tony Hoffman (born 1958), an American poet, writer, editor, and director of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. He also discovered several sungrazing comets and is an uncredited co-discoverer of asteroid 2005 JB₂₂. || JPL · 112900 |}

112901–113000

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