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Meanings of minor planet names: 12001–13000
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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]
12001–12100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12001 Gasbarini | 1996 ED9 | Ron Gasbarini (born 1960) is an amateur astronomer whose interest was inspired by the Apollo missions in the 1960s. He has served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Niagara Centre and won the service award of the society in 1995. | JPL · 12001 |
| 12002 Suess | 1996 FR1 | Franz Eduard Suess (1867–1941), Austrian geologist who coined the term tektite. He was the son of geologist Eduard Suess (1831–1914) | MPC · 12002 |
| 12003 Hideosugai | 1996 FM5 | Hideo Sugai (born 1930), a retired teacher, is a Japanese amateur astronomer. He has been observing variable stars since 1951, and his data have been reported to the Variable Star Observers League in Japan. | JPL · 12003 |
| 12005 Delgiudice | 1996 KA3 | Maria del Giudice (born 1964), friend and now wife of one of the discovery team's observers and measurers, Frank Shelly | JPL · 12005 |
| 12006 Hruschka | 1996 OO | František Hruschka (1819–1888) invented the centrifugal honey extractor and demonstrated it at an exposition in Brno (now in the Czech Republic) in 1865. He gained recognition for the development of modern beekeeping | JPL · 12006 |
| 12007 Fermat | 1996 TD7 | Pierre de Fermat, (1601–1665), a lawyer in Toulouse, is considered the greatest amateur mathematician of all time. | JPL · 12007 |
| 12008 Kandrup | 1996 TY9 | Henry Kandrup (1955–2003), an American astrophysicist and professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville. His eccentric and energetic lecturing style and love of nonlinear dynamics are now reflected in his celestial namesake, an unusual minor planet on a chaotic trajectory. The asteroid was named in his memory. | JPL · 12008 |
| 12010 Kovářov | 1996 UN | Kovářov, first mentioned in 1220, is a south Bohemian village situated in a pleasant hilly landscape near Milevsko. It is known for its rich community life, including living folk customs as well as for its Gothic church and Brokoff's baroque statues. Its Czech name originates from blacksmith work. | IAU · 12010 |
| 12012 Kitahiroshima | 1996 VH8 | Kitahiroshima, a city in Hokkaido in northeastern Japan. | JPL · 12012 |
| 12013 Sibatahosimi | 1996 VU8 | Sibatamachi-hosiwomirukai, a Japanese amateur astronomer club in Sibata town, Miyagi prefecture, founded in 1986 | JPL · 12013 |
| 12014 Bobhawkes | 1996 VX15 | Robert Lewis Hawkes (born 1951), Canadian physicist Src | MPC · 12014 |
| 12016 Green | 1996 XC | George Green (1793–1841), a self-taught miller's son of Nottingham, was instrumental (along with Gauss) in making the theories of electricity and magnetism a part of mathematical physics. | JPL · 12016 |
| 12022 Hilbert | 1996 XH26 | David Hilbert (1862–1943), professor at Göttingen and one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. | JPL · 12022 |
| 12027 Masaakitanaka | 1997 AB5 | Japanese amateur astronomer Masaaki Tanaka (born 1952) uses a Schmidt camera and binoculars to observe comets. He was one of the observers who rediscovered comet 122P/de Vico on 17 September 1995 | JPL · 12027 |
| 12028 Annekinney | 1997 AK7 | Astronomer Anne L. Kinney (born 1950) quantified the misalignment of the central black hole accretion disk and galaxy disk in Seyfert galaxies. She served as Director of NASA's Universe Division and Director of Goddard's Solar System Exploration Division. In 2015 she was named Chief Scientist for the Keck Observatory. | JPL · 12028 |
| 12031 Kobaton | 1997 BY4 | Kobaton is a Eurasian collared dove (Shirakobato in Japanese), and is the official mascot character of Saitama Prefecture since 2005. | JPL · 12031 |
| 12032 Ivory | 1997 BP5 | Sir James Ivory (1765–1842), Scottish mathematician. | JPL · 12032 |
| 12033 Anselmo | 1997 BD9 | Anselmo Antonini (born 1946), an amateur astronomer in the Montelupo Group. | JPL · 12033 |
| 12035 Ruggieri | 1997 CP13 | Guido Ruggieri (1913–1976), an Italian amateur astronomer known for his visual observations of Mars and Jupiter | MPC · 12035 |
| 12040 Jacobi | 1997 EK8 | Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, (1804–1851), professor at Königsberg and Berlin. | JPL · 12040 |
| 12042 Laques | 1997 FC | Pierre Laques (born 1934), a French astronomer and one of the co-discoverers of Helene (Saturn XII), a moon of Saturn, at the Pic du Midi Observatory | JPL · 12042 |
| 12044 Fabbri | 1997 FU | Luciano Fabbri (born 1945), an amateur astronomer in the Montelupo Group. | JPL · 12044 |
| 12045 Klein | 1997 FH1 | Felix Klein (1849–1925), a professor of mathematics at Erlangen and later at Göttingen. | JPL · 12045 |
| 12047 Hideomitani | 1997 GX3 | In 1975, Hideo Mitani (born 1946) founded a library of nature photographs, including astronomical photographs. It became the most famous library of its kind in Japan and cultivated many other nature photographers. | JPL · 12047 |
| 12050 Humecronyn | 1997 HE14 | Hume Blake Cronyn, Canadian businessman and politician † | MPC · 12050 |
| 12051 Pícha | 1997 JO | Jaroslav Pícha (1921–1998), Czech meteorologist and amateur astronomer | MPC · 12051 |
| 12052 Aretaon | 1997 JB16 | Aretaon, a Trojan warrior who was killed by Teucer. | JPL · 12052 |
| 12053 Turtlestar | 1997 PK2 | Turtle Star Observatory (obs. code 628) located in Mülheim-Ruhr, Germany. It was built in 1995, by Andreas Boeker, his wife Karolin, Axel Martin and M. Tator. † | MPC · 12053 |
| 12056 Yoshigeru | 1997 YS11 | Yoshida Shigeru (1952–1997), a Japanese physician. | JPL · 12056 |
| 12057 Alfredsturm | 1998 DK1 | Alfred Sturm co-founder with Martin Geffert of the Starkenburg Observatory (Starkenburg-Sternwarte) in Heppenheim, Germany † ‡ | MPC · 12057 |
| 12059 du Châtelet | 1998 ED14 | Emilie du Châtelet (1706–1749), an acknowledged scientist among the leading thinkers of her time, translated Newton's Principia Mathematica into French in 1749, this still being considered the best existing translation. In 1745 she showed that the energy of a moving object is proportional to its mass and the square of its velocity | JPL · 12059 |
| 12061 Alena | 1998 FQ2 | Alena Ruth Robbins, the mother of the discoverer. | JPL · 12061 |
| 12062 Tilmanspohn | 1998 FB10 | Tilman Spohn (born 1950) was director of the Institute of Planetary Research at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin. He pioneered in-situ measurements of thermal and mechanical properties of planetary surfaces and was Principal Investigator for the instrument MUPUS on the Rosetta lander Philae. | JPL · 12062 |
| 12064 Guiraudon | 1998 FZ15 | Jean-Claude Guiraudon, who founded the French: Fédération Nationale des Clubs Scientifiques in 1961, which later evolved into the French: Association Nationale Sciences Techniques Jeunesse. He now works at the international level with MILSET, the French: Mouvement International pour le Loisir Scientifique Et Technique, which he helped create. | JPL · 12064 |
| 12065 Jaworski | 1998 FA33 | Victor Jaworski (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12065 |
| 12067 Jeter | 1998 FH42 | Crystal Lynn Jeter (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12067 |
| 12068 Khandrika | 1998 FZ53 | Harish Gautam Khandrika (born 1987), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12068 |
| 12069 Michaelbruno | 1998 FC59 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12069 |
| 12070 Kilkis | 1998 FK63 | Siir Sirinyasam Kilkis (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12070 |
| 12071 Davykim | 1998 FV63 | Davy Kim (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12071 |
| 12072 Anupamakotha | 1998 FA65 | Anupama Kotha (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12072 |
| 12073 Larimer | 1998 FD66 | Curtis James Larimer (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12073 |
| 12074 Carolinelau | 1998 FZ68 | Caroline Sue-Yuk Lau (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12074 |
| 12075 Legg | 1998 FX69 | Tiffany Amelia Legg (born 1987), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12075 |
| 12077 Frankthorne | 1998 FZ70 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12077 |
| 12078 Ikezi | 1998 FJ72 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12078 |
| 12079 Kaibab | 1998 FZ73 | The Kaibab Formation, a massive limestone layer of Permian age that forms the bedrock of much of Northern Arizona. | JPL · 12079 |
| 12083 Darone | 1998 FS121 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12083 |
| 12084 Unno | 1998 FL125 | Juza Unno (a.k.a. Sano Shoichi), Japanese mystery writer and pioneer of science fiction | JPL · 12084 |
| 12085 Susanmoore | 1998 HV19 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12085 |
| 12086 Joshualevine | 1998 HC22 | Joshua Levine (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12086 |
| 12087 Tiffanylin | 1998 HB30 | Tiffany Fangtse Lin (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12087 |
| 12088 Macalintal | 1998 HZ31 | Jeric Valles Macalintal (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12088 |
| 12089 Maichin | 1998 HO35 | Diana Marie Maichin (born 1983), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12089 |
| 12091 Jesmalmquist | 1998 HS96 | Jessica Lea Malmquist (born 1987), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12091 |
| 12092 Erinorourke | 1998 HH97 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12092 |
| 12093 Chrimatthews | 1998 HF99 | Christina Marie Matthews (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12093 |
| 12094 Mazumder | 1998 HX99 | Mark Mohan Mazumder (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12094 |
| 12095 Pinel | 1998 HE102 | Philippe Pinel (1745–1826), a French physician who made revolutionary contributions to the treatment of patients suffering from mental illness, became chief physician at the La Salpêtrière clinic in Paris. His Traité médico-philosophique sur l´Aliénation mentale (1801) has been translated into several languages | JPL · 12095 |
| 12097 Peterlowen | 1998 HQ121 | Peter Lowen (born 1966) mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches mathematics at the Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, Tennessee, USA. | JPL · 12097 |
| 12099 Meigooni | 1998 HQ124 | David Nima Meigooni (born 1986), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12099 |
| 12100 Amiens | 1998 HR149 | The French city of Amiens, the capital of Picardy. It is famous for its cathedral, the tallest of the Gothic churches in France. Notable for its beautiful sculptures on the principal façade, it has been named the "Parthenon of Gothic architecture". The city is also worth a visit for its complex of gardens along the Somme river. | JPL · 12100 |
12101–12200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12101 Trujillo | 1998 JX2 | Chad Trujillo (born 1973), an American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets of the California Institute of Technology, specializes in the study of Kuiper belt objects. | JPL · 12101 |
| 12102 Piazzolla | (1998 JB4) | Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) was an Argentine composer best known for his distinct nuevo tango. His fusion of the tango with Western musical elements, especially jazz, was successful in producing a new individual musical style. | JPL · 12102 |
| 12104 Chesley | 1998 KO6 | Steven R. Chesley (born 1965), of the Solar System Dynamics Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is an expert in determination of the orbits of minor planets and application to the study of earth-impact probability. | JPL · 12104 |
| 12106 Menghuan | 1998 KQ31 | Meng Huan (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12106 |
| 12107 Reneebarcia | 1998 KU46 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12107 |
| 12108 Jamesaustin | 1998 KJ48 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12108 |
| 12111 Ulm | 1998 LU | Ulm, a city in Germany on the banks of the Danube river | JPL · 12111 |
| 12112 Sprague | 1998 MK4 | Ann Sprague (born 1946) is a senior research associate with the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona. She is known for her work on the atmospheres of Mercury, the moon and Mars, as well as on the Messenger mission to Mercury | JPL · 12112 |
| 12113 Hollows | 1998 OH12 | Fred Hollows (1929–1993), was a New Zealand-born ophthalmologist who saved the sight of thousands of aboriginal and poor people in third-world countries rather than make a comfortable living at home. His work outlives him, following his training of local doctors and establishing local interocular lens factories. | JPL · 12113 |
| 12115 Robertgrimm | 1998 SD2 | Robert Grimm (born 1960) is a planetary geophysicist. His thermal models led to the first mathematical representations of fluid flow on meteorite parent bodies and to a greater understanding of the thermal and collisional evolution of minor planets, including the heliocentric zonation of the main belt | JPL · 12115 |
| 12117 Meagmessina | 1999 JT60 | Meagan Elizabeth Messina (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12117 |
| 12118 Mirotsin | 1999 NC9 | Yauhen Adolfovich Mirotsin (born 1985), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12118 |
| 12119 Memamis | 1999 NG9 | Megan Marie Miskowski (born 1984), an ISEF awardee in 2002 | JPL · 12119 |
| 12120 Rebeccagrella | 1999 NQ41 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12120 |
| 12121 Greenwald | 1999 NX48 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 12121 |
| 12123 Pazin | 1999 OS | Pazin, a Croatian town in the Istrian Peninsula and the administrative center of Istria County. | JPL · 12123 |
| 12124 Hvar | 1999 RG3 | Hvar, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast. | JPL · 12124 |
| 12125 Jamesjones | 1999 RS4 | James Jones (born 1939) studied at Sheffield University in Yorkshire and has been professor of physics at the University of Western Ontario since 1966. Jones pioneered the video observation of meteors and single-station radar radiant mapping. | JPL · 12125 |
| 12127 Mamiya | 1999 RD37 | Rinzo Mamiya (1780–1844), an explorer and surveyor of the northern area of Japan. In 1809, he reached the north Sakhalin and showed that Karafuto (Sakhalin) is an island separated by a narrow channel, now called the Mamiya strait. | JPL · 12127 |
| 12128 Palermiti | 1999 RP43 | Mike Palermiti (born 1949) provides expert consultation to the astronomical community about optics, telescope design and CCDs. He contributed to the early development of low-light-level imaging and has made significant observations of novae, minor planets, comets and occultations. He is a director of an observatory in Florida. | JPL · 12128 |
| 12130 Mousa | 1999 RD146 | Ahmed Shaker Mousa (born 1984), 2002 Intel ISEF finalist. He attended the Avon Grove High School, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. | MPC · 12130 |
| 12131 Echternach | 2085 P-L | Eddy Echternach (born 1961), a Dutch science writer and assistant editor of the Dutch astronomical magazine Zenit, has been popularizing astronomy since the late 1980s. He is co-author of numerous books on astronomy and astronomical exercises for use in primary and high schools. The name was suggested by C. E. Koppeschaar. | JPL · 12131 |
| 12132 Wimfröger | 2103 P-L | Willem Albertus Fröger (born 1962) is a Dutch amateur astronomer who lives in Argentina. He suggested names and prepared citations for more than 60 minor planets, one lunar crater and two craters on Mars. | JPL · 12132 |
| 12133 Titulaer | 2558 P-L | Chriet Titulaer (1943–2017), Dutch science writer and astronomer, co-presenter, with Henk Terlingen, of the Dutch television coverage of the Apollo Moon landings | JPL · 12133 |
| 12134 Hansfriedeman | 2574 P-L | Johannes Lambertus Maria ("Hans") Friedeman (1937–1996), was a Dutch journalist who enthusiastically reported on space travel, science and the environment. In 1977 he started his own weekly page, and in 1981 this led to the first complete section on science and society in a Dutch newspaper. | JPL · 12134 |
| 12135 Terlingen | 3021 P-L | Henk Terlingen (1941–1994), a Dutch journalist who presented the Apollo Moon missions on Dutch television. Since the 1960s, his broadcasts in collaboration with Chriet Titulaer promoted a great interest in astronomy and space science in the Netherlands. The name was suggested by C. E. Koppeschaar. | JPL · 12135 |
| 12136 Martinryle | 3045 P-L | Martin Ryle (1918–1984) was a British astrophysicist who developed the aperture synthesis technique of interferometry and constructed large radio telescopes, using them to discover and catalogue numerous radio sources. | JPL · 12136 |
| 12137 Williefowler | 4004 P-L | William Alfred Fowler (1911–1995) was a nuclear astrophysicist who measured in the laboratory at Caltech the nuclear reactions that occur at lower energies in stars. He also worked on theories of supernovae and early nucleosynthesis. | JPL · 12137 |
| 12138 Olinwilson | 4053 P-L | Olin C. Wilson (1909–1994) was an American spectroscopist who worked on solar and stellar activity cycles. With M. K. V. Bappu he found a method of determining a star's luminosity from the widths of two spectral lines with (see Wilson-Bappu effect) | JPL · 12138 |
| 12139 Tomcowling | 4055 P-L | Thomas G. Cowling (1906–1990), British astrophysicist, was the first to compute a stellar model with a convective core and a radiative envelope. He also developed much of the theory of magnetic fields in stars and magnetospheres. | JPL · 12139 |
| 12140 Johnbolton | 4087 P-L | John G. Bolton (1922–1993) was a pioneer radio astronomer in Australia who used interferometry with direct and sea-reflected signals to identify the first radio sources with optical objects. He directed two major radio observatories. | JPL · 12140 |
| 12141 Chushayashi | 4112 P-L | Chushiro Hayashi (1920–2010) was a Japanese astrophysicist who made pioneering models of star formation and significant discoveries related to the formation of elements in the early universe. | JPL · 12141 |
| 12142 Franklow | 4624 P-L | Frank J. Low (1933–2009), American physicist and astronomer, invented the gallium-doped germanium bolometer and became a leader in infrared astronomy. He pioneered open-port airborne astronomy and helped develop infrared spaceborne astronomy. | JPL · 12142 |
| 12143 Harwit | 4631 P-L | Martin Harwit (born 1931), Czech-American astrophysicist and infrared astronomer, director (1987–1995) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum | JPL · 12143 |
| 12144 Einhart | 4661 P-L | Einhart (also Eginhard or Einhard, ca. 770) was a Frankish scholar and historian. He was the chancellor of Charles the Great and of his son Ludwig the Pious. Einhard wrote Vita Karoli Magni, the biography of Charles the Great, one of the most precious books of the early Middle Ages | JPL · 12144 |
| 12145 Behaim | 4730 P-L | Martin Behaim (1459–1507) was a German merchant, astronomer and cosmographer from Nürnberg. He traveled through Europe and became a Portuguese knight. He developed the earliest terrestrial globe, Erdapfel, or `Earth Apple', with a diameter of about 50 cm | JPL · 12145 |
| 12146 Ostriker | 6035 P-L | Jeremiah P. Ostriker (born 1937) is an American astrophysicist who has contributed to many fields of theoretical astrophysics and cosmology, including the distribution of baryonic and dark matter and values of cosmological parameters. | JPL · 12146 |
| 12147 Bramante | 6082 P-L | Donato Bramante (1444–1514) was an Italian architect of the high Renaissance, working mainly in Milan and Rome. In Rome he designed his greatest work, St. Peter's Basilica | JPL · 12147 |
| 12148 Caravaggio | 6636 P-L | Caravaggio (1571–1610) was an Italian artist of the Renaissance. He was almost forgotten after his death, but in the twentieth century his importance was rediscovered because of his great influence on the Baroque style during the Counter Reformation | JPL · 12148 |
| 12149 Begas | 9099 P-L | Begas is the name of a German family of nineteenth-century artists, of whom the best known was Romantik-style painter Carl Joseph Begas (1794–1854). Of his four sons, Reinhold (1831–1911) and Carl Begas Jr. (1845–1916), were sculptors, and Oskar (1828–1883) and Adalbert (1836–1888) Begas were painters | JPL · 12149 |
| 12150 De Ruyter | 1051 T-1 | Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676), in Dutch history a famous admiral, played a decisive role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the seventeenth century. De Ruyter was of humble origin but much loved by his sailors and soldiers. The name was suggested by C. E. Koppeschaar. | JPL · 12150 |
| 12151 Oranje-Nassau | 1220 T-1 | William the Silent, Prince of Orange (1533–1584), led the Netherlands provinces in their war of liberation against Spain during 1568–1648. "The Father of the Fatherland" was assassinated and is entombed in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft. The Dutch national anthem, the Wilhelmus, was written in his honor | JPL · 12151 |
| 12152 Aratus | 1287 T-1 | Aratus of Soli (c. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC)) a Hellenistic poet and author of the Phaenomena, an influential didactic poem composed around 275 B.C. that describes the celestial sphere, the constellations and weather prognostications based on their rising and setting | JPL · 12152 |
| 12153 Conon | 3219 T-1 | Conon of Samos (c. 280-c. 220 B.C.) was a Hellenistic astronomer and mathematician who worked in Alexandria. In 246 B.C. he created the constellation of Coma Berenices, commemorating the sacrifice of Queen Berenice's tresses of hair after her husband's return from the Third Syrian War | JPL · 12153 |
| 12154 Callimachus | 3329 T-1 | Callimachus (c. 305–240 B.C.) was a Hellenistic scholar and poet who worked in Alexandria, where he compiled a catalogue of the famous library. He wrote the poem Aetia commemorating the creation of the eponymous constellation Coma Berenices by Conon of Samos in 246 B.C | JPL · 12154 |
| 12155 Hyginus | 4193 T-1 | Gaius Julius Hyginus (c. 64 B.C. – A.D. 17), Roman historian, philologist and mythographer, presided over the Palatine Library in Rome. His De Astronomia (or Poeticon Astronomicon) gives a comprehensive overview of the myths associated with the constellations. The name was suggested by R. H. van Gent | JPL · 12155 |
| 12156 Ubels | 1042 T-2 | Egbert Ubels (1969–2008), Dutch fireman who perished on 9 May 2008 while fighting a shipyard fire in De Punt (Drenthe, Netherlands), along with colleagues Raymond Patrick Soyer and Anne Kregel | JPL · 12156 |
| 12157 Können | 1070 T-2 | Günther Peter Können (born 1944), a researcher at the Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, specialized in atmospheric optics. He is famous for his book Polarized light in Nature, which describes phenomena such as halos and rainbows. The name was suggested by M. Drummen | JPL · 12157 |
| 12158 Tape | 1101 T-2 | Walter Tape (born 1941) is an Alaskan mathematician. With his book Atmospheric halos he made an outstanding contribution to the popularization of these beautiful phenomena. The name was suggested by G. P. Können and M. Drummen | JPL · 12158 |
| 12159 Bettybiegel | 1142 T-2 | Rebekka A. "Betty" Biegel (1886–1943) studied astronomy in Leiden, obtained her doctorate in Zürich, pursued psychology in Utrecht and developed psychological instruments for testing people. She killed herself with cyanide rather than allow herself to be transported to Auschwitz. The name was suggested by W. R. Dick | JPL · 12159 |
| 12160 Karelwakker | 1152 T-2 | Karel F. Wakker (born 1944), professor of astrodynamics at Delft Technical University, has made important contributions to Dutch, ESA and NASA space projects, as well as inspiring numerous students. | JPL · 12160 |
| 12161 Avienius | 1158 T-2 | Avienius, who lived in the second half of the 4th century, was a Latin poet from Etruria. He composed didactic poems on astronomy and geography. His Aratea was based on earlier Latin translations of Aratus' Phaenomena. The name was suggested by R. H. van Gent | JPL · 12161 |
| 12162 Bilderdijk | 2145 T-2 | Willem Bilderdijk (1756–1831) was a Dutch poet and scholar who composed two didactic astronomical poems, Starrenkennis (1794) and De Starrenhemel (1807). These described the celestial sphere, the Milky Way and the constellations. The name was suggested by R. H. van Gent | JPL · 12162 |
| 12163 Manilius | 3013 T-2 | Marcus Manilius (1st century AD), was a Roman poet and astrologer who wrote the comprehensive astronomical-astrological poem Astronomica. The five-volume work was dedicated to Tiberius and contains a mythological description of the constellations and the Milky Way. The name was suggested by R. H. van Gent. | JPL · 12163 |
| 12164 Lowellgreen | 3067 T-2 | Lowell Clark Green (born 1925), a Lutheran pastor/theologian for more than half a century and Renaissance/Reformation scholar, now resident in Buffalo, New York, has given constant support and encouragement to the life and astronomical career of his son, D. W. E. Green, who found the identifications for this object. | JPL · 12164 |
| 12165 Ringleb | 3289 T-2 | Peter Ringleb (born 1965), German neurologist, member of the team who cared for co– discoverer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | JPL · 12165 |
| 12166 Oliverherrmann | 3372 T-2 | Oliver Herrmann (born 1973), German neurologist, member of the team who cared for co– discoverer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | JPL · 12166 |
| 12167 Olivermüller | 4306 T-2 | Oliver Müller (born 1971), German cardiologist, member of the team who cared for co– discoverer Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | JPL · 12167 |
| 12168 Polko | 5141 T-2 | Norbert Polko (born 1944) has scanned more than 200,000 glass plates, a world record, from the largest European astronomical plate archive, at the Sonneberg Observatory. The name was suggested by R. Hudec. | JPL · 12168 |
| 12169 Munsterman | 2031 T-3 | Henk Munsterman (born 1946), a Dutch amateur astrophotographer, known for his photographs of planets, minor planets, comets, nebulae, starclusters and galaxies. The name was suggested by Mat Drummen, see (9705). | JPL · 12169 |
| 12170 Vanvollenhoven | 2372 T-3 | Pieter van Vollenhoven (born 1939), Dutch professor of risk management at the Technical University of Twente and Dutch ambassador of the International Year of Astronomy | JPL · 12170 |
| 12171 Johannink | 2382 T-3 | Carl F. Johannink (born 1959) is a Dutch high-school teacher and amateur astronomer. His main interests lie in meteor astronomy. He is a very prolific meteor observer, active within the Dutch Meteor Society. The name was suggested by K. Miskotte | JPL · 12171 |
| 12172 Niekdekort | 2390 T-3 | Niek De Kort (born 1956) has done outstanding work popularizing astronomy. He authored several books, including one about space research and the course book Modern Astronomy (1980) for a TV course with an enrollment of 25~000 people. The name was suggested by H. van Woerden and A. v. d. Brugge | JPL · 12172 |
| 12173 Lansbergen | 3135 T-3 | Philippus Lansbergen (1561–1632), Calvinist minister and active astronomical researcher in Middelburg, The Netherlands, in 1629 wrote the first popular book on astronomy in the Dutch language. The book promoted the Copernican system and became a bestseller. | JPL · 12173 |
| 12174 van het Reve | 3164 T-3 | Karel van het Reve (1921–1999), professor of Slavic languages at Leiden University and a prolific writer, was considered to be one of the finest Dutch essayists with wide-ranging interests. The name was suggested by F. Israel | JPL · 12174 |
| 12175 Wimhermans | 3197 T-3 | Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995), a Dutch author considered one of the most important writers in the Netherlands in the postwar period. His oeuvre includes novels, short stories, plays, along with poetry and essays, as well as philosophical and scientific works. The name was suggested by F. Israel | JPL · 12175 |
| 12176 Hidayat | 3468 T-3 | Bambang Hidayat (born 1934) is an active promoter of astronomy in Indonesia. Known for his work on visual binaries and H-emission-line stars, he was director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang during 1968–1999 and vice-president of the IAU during 1994–2000 | JPL · 12176 |
| 12177 Raharto | 4074 T-3 | Moedji Raharto (born 1954) is an Indonesian astronomer and senior lecturer at the Institut Teknologi Bandung. He was director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang from 2000–2003 and is an authority on Galactic structure, based on the Hipparcos and IRAS-Point Source catalogues. | JPL · 12177 |
| 12178 Dhani | 4304 T-3 | Herdiwijaya Dhani (born 1963), an Indonesian astronomer and solar physicist. He was director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang during 2004–2005. He is known for his work on binaries, solar magnetic activity and its influence on weather and climate. | JPL · 12178 |
| 12179 Taufiq | 5030 T-3 | Taufiq Hidayat (born 1965), an Indonesian astronomer and associate professor at the Institut Teknologi Bandung. He was director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang during 2006–2009. Known for work on the solar system and extrasolar transits, he actively fights the adverse effects of urbanisation around the observatory | JPL · 12179 |
| 12180 Kistemaker | 5167 T-3 | Jacob Kistemaker (1917–2010), Teylers professor at Leiden University, was a pioneer in isotope separation, uranium enrichment, atomic and molecular collisions, and vacuum science and technology. Name suggested by H. Habing and F. Saris. | JPL · 12180 |
| 12182 Storm | 1973 UQ5 | Theodor Storm (1817–1888), a German writer and local judge in his northern German hometown Husum. He wrote impressive poems and more than 50 novels. As a representative of "poetic realism", he described the landscapes and the people of his north Frisian coastal district. | JPL · 12182 |
| 12183 Caltonen | 1975 SU1 | Craig Steven Altonen (born 1965) is the Chief Engineer for the Lucy mission. | IAU · 12183 |
| 12184 Trevormerkley | 1975 SB2 | Trevor Franklin Merkley (born 1983) is the "Spacecraft Fault Protection Lead" of the Lucy mission. He also developed the software for Lucy's photovoltaic array deployment. | IAU · 12184 |
| 12185 Gasprinskij | 1976 SL5 | Ismail Gasprinskij (1851–1914) was a Crimean-Tatar teacher, enlightener, writer, publisher and public figure. | JPL · 12185 |
| 12186 Mitukurigen | 1977 ER5 | Mitukuri Genpo (1799–1863), a physician of Western medicine in the late Edo period. | JPL · 12186 |
| 12187 Lenagoryunova | 1977 RL7 | Elena (Lena) Viktorovna Goryunova (born 1961), hydrologist at Sebastopol Institute of Hydrography. | JPL · 12187 |
| 12188 Kalaallitnunaat | 1978 PE | Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Located on the largest island in the world, it has been inhabited for many millennia by indigenous arctic peoples with strong and unique cultural traditions, later joined by people from the Nordic countries. | JPL · 12188 |
| 12189 Dovgyj | 1978 RQ1 | Stanislav Alekseevich Dovgyj (born 1954), a corresponding member of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, is a scientist in the field of mechanics. | JPL · 12189 |
| 12190 Sarkisov | 1978 SE5 | Pavel Djibraelovich Sarkisov (born 1932), rector of the D. I. Mendeleev Moscow Chemical-Technological University. | JPL · 12190 |
| 12191 Vorontsova | 1978 TT8 | Margarita Alekseevna Vorontsova (born 1923), a pediatrician at the Simferopol children's hospital | MPC · 12191 |
| 12192 Gregbollendonk | 1978 VD5 | Gregory R. Bollendonk (born 1960) is the "Spacecraft Systems Engineer" of the Lucy mission and accompanied Lucy's development from concept study to its launch. | IAU · 12192 |
| 12195 Johndavidniemann | 1979 MM4 | John David Niemann (born 1984) is the Mission Assurance Manager of the Lucy mission. | IAU · 12195 |
| 12196 Weems | 1979 MM8 | Weyman Weems (born 1965) is the "Solar Array Principal Engineer" of the Lucy mission. | IAU · 12196 |
| 12197 Jan-Otto | 1980 FR2 | Jan-Otto Carlsson (born 1943) is professor of inorganic chemistry at Uppsala University and has for nine years been the dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology. | JPL · 12197 |
| 12199 Sohlman | 1980 TK6 | Michael Sohlman (born 1944) is a well-known Swedish specialist in economics and finance, executive director of the Nobel Fund, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. | JPL · 12199 |
| 12200 Richlipe | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Meanings_of_minor_planet_names:_12001–13000