Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 157001–158000

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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.

157001–157100

|-id=015 | 157015 Walterstraube || 2003 QL₄₇ || Johann Walter Straube (born 1937), a founding father of astronomy in Namibia. || JPL · 157015 |-id=020 | 157020 Fertőszentmiklós || 2003 QV₆₈ || Fertőszentmiklós is a small city in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary, and the birthplace of the second discoverer || JPL · 157020 |-id=064 | 157064 Sedona || 2003 SQ₂₁₆ || Sedona is a city located in northern Arizona, known mainly for scenic beauty of its red sandstone formations at the south end of the Oak Creek Canyon. || JPL · 157064 |}

157101–157200

|-id=141 | 157141 Sopron || 2004 PO₁ || The city of Sopron in Hungary, birthplace of astronomer Tamás Szalai who co-discovered this minor planet || JPL · 157141 |-id=194 | 157194 Saddlemyer || 2004 QR₁₆ || Leslie K. Saddlemyer (born 1959), Canadian systems engineer at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, project manager for the Gemini Planetary Imager || JPL · 157194 |}

157201–157300

|-id=258 | 157258 Leach || 2004 RL₁₆₅ || Sidney Leach (born 1951) and Gloria Leach (born 1958) have spread their enthusiasm for astronomy around young people for years in schools and public events || JPL · 157258 |-id=271 | 157271 Gurtovenko || 2004 RK₂₂₂ || Ernest Andriyovych Gurtovenko (1928–1994), a Ukrainian astronomer and founder of the Kyiv school of the solar spectrography || JPL · 157271 |}

157301–157400

|- | 157301 Loreena || 2004 SE₂₀ || Loreena McKennitt (born 1957), Canadian singer, composer and instrumentalist || JPL · 157301 |-id=332 | 157332 Lynette || 2004 TL₂₀ || Donna Lynette Wells (born 1965), wife of the American astronomer Don J. Wells who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 157332 |-id=396 | 157396 Vansevicius || 2004 TM₂₁₆ || Vladas Vansevicius (born 1958) is a professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University and an expert in extragalactic astronomy, astrochemistry, galactic structure and multicolor photometry of stars and star clusters. He is an author of more than 120 scientific papers and many popular science articles. || JPL · 157396 |}

157401–157500

|-id=421 | 157421 Carolpercy || 2004 TX₂₉₉ || Carol Percy (born 1964), Canadian professor of English || JPL · 157421 |-id=456 | 157456 Pivatte || 2004 WT₂ || "Pivatte" is the name of the house of the discoverer Michel Ory, located in Delémont, Switzerland, from where he made his first discovery using a remote telescope at Tenagra Observatory in the United States || JPL · 157456 |-id=473 | 157473 Emuno || 2005 QH || "Em Uno", Spanish spelling of "M1", a group of Spanish amateur astronomers || JPL · 157473 |-id=491 | 157491 Rüdigerkollar || 2005 RD₂₂ || Rüdiger Kollar (1925–2005), German astronomer and founder of the discovering Radebeul Public Observatory (German: Sternwarte "Adolph Diesterweg" Radebeul) || JPL · 157491 |-id=494 | 157494 Durham || 2005 RK₂₈ || Steve Durham (born 1951) and his wife Marge (born 1948) have worked tirelessly to promote astronomy to people living in the Adirondack Mountains || JPL · 157494 |}

157501–157600

|-id=533 | 157533 Stellamarie || 2005 TL₄₉ || Stella Marie Ries (born 2008) is the niece of the discoverer Wolfgang Ries || JPL · 157533 |-id=534 | 157534 Siauliai || 2005 TZ₄₉ || The Lithuanian city of Siauliai || JPL · 157534 |-id=541 | 157541 Wachter || 2005 UN₈ || Manfred Wachter (1938–2000) was a German telescope maker. He founded his company in 1963 in Stuttgart-Uhlbach and later moved to Bodelshausen. He was well known for his folded refractors with apertures of 100 mm to 230 mm, using lenses made by Dieter Lichtenknecker. || JPL · 157541 |-id=599 | 157599 Verdery || 2005 VK₉₃ || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 157599 |}

157601–157700

|-id=640 | 157640 Baumeler || 2005 XS₈₀ || Martin Baumeler (born 1936), Swiss artisan who helped with the Observatoire Robert-A. Naef, the discovery site || JPL · 157640 |-id=693 | 157693 Amandamarty || 2006 AB || Amanda Nicole Zawada (born 1987) and Martin Peter Mackinlay (born 1988) are geologists in Brisbane, Australia. || JPL · 157693 |}

157701–157800

|-id=721 | 157721 Kölcsey || 2006 BS₂₆ || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 157721 |-id=747 | 157747 Mandryka || 2006 CS₉ || Nikita Mandryka (1940–2021), Tunisian-French cartoonist, creator of the Concombre masqué || JPL · 157747 |}

157801–157900

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

157901–158000

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}