Meanings of minor planet names: 123001–124000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
123001–123100
123101–123200
123201–123300
123290 Manoa	2000 UH100	Manoa valley, on the island of Oahu, where the University of Hawai'i was founded in 1907 (the provisional designation's subscript stands for the university's centennial celebration of 2007) †
123301–123400
123401–123500
123501–123600
123601–123700
123701–123800
123801–123900
123818 Helenzier	2001 BC75	Helen Zier, American amateur astronomer, birder and volunteer in several scientific research programs †
123860 Davederrick	2001 DX	David Derrick, American educator, who built a private planetarium, space museum and observatory †
123901–124000

Preceded by 122,001–123,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 123,001–124,000

Succeeded by 124,001–125,000