Meanings of minor planet names: 140001–141000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
140001–140100
140101–140200
140201–140300
140301–140400
140401–140500
140501–140600
140601–140700
140628 Klaipeda	2001 UM14	Klaipeda, third largest city in Lithuania †
140701–140800
140801–140900
140901–141000

Preceded by 139,001–140,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 140,001–141,000

Succeeded by 141,001–142,000