Meanings of asteroid names (145001-146000)
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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 145401-145500 | ||
| 145475 Rehoboth | 2005 TP52 | Rehoboth Christian School, New Mexico, whose campus is the site of the Calvin-Rehoboth Robotic Observatory (the discovery site) † |
| 145501-145600 | ||
| 145523 Lulin | 2006 EM67 | Lulin mountain, Taiwan, where the discovery site (the National Central University Lu-Lin Observatory) is located † |
| 145534 Jhongda | 2006 GJ | Jhongda, in Mandarin Chinese an abbreviation for "Central University", which built and operates the discovery site (the National Central University Lu-Lin Observatory) † |
| 145546 Suiqizhong | 2006 KU67 | Guangzhou (Sui) No. 7 (qi) Middle (zhong) School, where the first discoverer studied in 2003–2006 † |
| 145558 Raiatea | 2006 OR | Raiatea, French Polynesia, the first of the Polynesian islands to be inhabited † |
| 145562 Zurbriggen | 2006 OY6 | Bernard Zurbriggen, Swiss emeritus professor of natural science, director of the Observatoire Robert-A. Naef, the discovery site † |
| 145701-145800 | ||
| 145768 Petiška | 1997 PT2 | Eduard Petiška, 20th-century Czech poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and translator † |
| Preceded by 144001–145000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (145001-146000) |
Succeeded by 146001–147000 |
