Meanings of minor planet names: 129001–130000
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]
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name
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. |
|---|---|---|
| 129001–129100 | ||
| 129078 Animoo | 2004 VL65 | Animoo, title of artistic work by Laurent "Lillo" Steidle, Swiss geologist and painter JPL |
| 129092 Snowdonia | 2004 WB10 | Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales JPL |
| 129099 Spoelhof | 2004 XU3 | William Spoelhof, American president of Calvin College † Template:MPCit MPES |
| 129101–129200 | ||
| 129101 Geoffcollyer | 2004 XF6 | Geoff Collyer, Canadian computer scientist JPL |
| 129137 Hippolochos | 2005 AP27 | Hippolochos, son of Antimachos, a Trojan warrior killed by Agamemnon JPL |
| 129201–129300 | ||
| 129234 Silly | 2005 PS5 | Didier Silly, French optician and amateur astronomer, friend of the discoverer Template:MPCit MPES |
| 129259 Tapolca | 2005 QD75 | Tapolca, Hungary, birthplace of the second discoverer JPL |
| 129301–129400 | ||
| 129342 Ependes | 2005 VA4 | Ependes, Fribourg, Switzerland Template:MPCit MPES |
| 129501–129600 | ||
| 129561 Chuhachi | 1997 CS21 | Chuhachi Ninomiya, the first Japanese to fly a propeller-driven model aircraft JPL |
| 129564 Christy | 1997 ER40 | James Walter Christy, American astronomer, discoverer of Charon [9] JPL |
| 129595 Vand | 1997 VD | Vladimír Vand, 20th-century Czech astronomer and molecular spectroscopist JPL |
| 129801–129900 | ||
| 129882 Ustica | 1999 TO | Ustica, a volcanic island 70 km north of Palermo, Sicily, famous for being the first Marine Protected Area in Italy (1986). JPL |
References
- ^ a b "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ a b "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
- ^ "The USNO Asteroid Connection" (PDF). The USNO Transit. April–May 2009. Retrieved 2014-09-04.