Meanings of minor planet names: 103001–104000
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 103201–103300 | ||
| 103220 Kwongchuikuen | 1999 YQ4 | Kwong Chui Kuen, American producer of television documentaries, and the wife of the discoverer (this was his first minor planet) † |
| 103401–103500 | ||
| 103421 Laurmatt | 2000 AD151 | Laurenne Greco and Mattia Vivarelli, amateur astronomers engaged in meteor research at San Marcello Pistoiese Observatory † |
| 103422 Laurisirén | 2000 AG153 | Lauri Sirén, Finnish amateur astronomer and founder of the amateur astronomical association Jyväskylän Sirius † ‡ |
| 103460 Dieterherrmann | 2000 AC204 | Dieter Herrmann, German astronomer and physicist † |
| 103701–103800 | ||
| 103740 Budinger | 2000 CV110 | Donald V. Budinger, American chairman and founding director of the Rodel Foundations and Science Foundation Arizona † |
| 103770 Wilfriedlang | 2000 DP1 | Wilfried Lang (b. 1951), a German engineer. † |
| 103901–104000 | ||
| 103966 Luni | 2000 DC79 | Luni, an ancient and powerful Roman city founded in 177 BC on the shores of the Ligurian Sea. † |
| Preceded by | Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 103,001–104,000 |
Succeeded by 104,001–105,000 |
