Meanings of minor planet names: 118001–119000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
118001–118100
118101–118200
118102 Rinjani	2254 T-3	Rinjani, the 3726-m active volcano situated in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. †
118172 Vorgebirge	1989 GU₆	The Vorgebirge foothills, west of the Rhine, extending from Bonn to Cologne †
118173 Barmen	1991 GZ₁₀	Barmen, Germany (now incorporated into Wuppertal), whence the 1934 Synod issued the Barmen Declaration defining Protestant opposition to the National-Socialist ideology †
118178 Rinckart	1992 SJ₂₆	Martin Rinckart, 16th-century German author, composer, and theologian, who wrote the ecumenical hymn Nun danket alle Gott ("Now thank we all our God") †
118194 Sabinagarroni	1994 SG	Sabina Garroni, Italian amateur astronomer †
118201–118300
118214 Agnesediboemia	1996 AG₁	Agnese di Boemia (1211–1282), princess Anezka of the Premyslid family †
118230 Sado	1996 WY₂	Sado island, in the Sea of Japan, the place where Noh drama (one of the "World's Intangible Cultural Treasures") was born †
118301–118400
118401–118500
118401 LINEAR	1999 RE₇₀	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR); this object was later reclassified as comet 176P/LINEAR (LINEAR 52) †
118501–118600
118601–118700
118701–118800
118801–118900
118901–119000
118945 Rikhill	2000 WS₆₈	Richard E. "Rik" Hill, American amateur astronomer "turned Pro", discoverer of several comets †

Preceded by 117,001–118,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 118,001–119,000	Succeeded by 119,001–120,000

v t e Meanings of minor planet names
1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000
5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000
10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000
20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000
30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000
40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000
50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000
60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000
70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000
80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000
90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000
100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000
200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000
300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000
401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

Meanings of minor planet names: 118001–119000

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