Meanings of minor planet names: 124001–125000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
124001–124100
124075 Ketelsen	2001 GT1	Dean Ketelsen, American optician and amateur astronomer †
124101–124200
124192 Moletai	2001 OM65	Molėtai, Lithuania, home of the Molėtų astronomijos observatorija †
124201–124300
124301–124400
124401–124500
124501–124600
124601–124700
124701–124800
124801–124900
124844 Hirotamasao	2001 TF15	Masao Hirota, Japanese amateur astronomer and popularizer of astronomy †
124901–125000

Preceded by 123,001–124,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 124,001–125,000

Succeeded by 125,001–126,000