Meanings of minor planet names: 146001–147000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
146001–146100
146101–146200
146201–146300
146268 Jennipolakis	2001 DQ	Jennifer Polakis, American amateur astronomer, eclipse chaser and popularizer of astronomy †
146301–146400
146401–146500
146501–146600
146601–146700
146701–146800
146801–146900
146901–147000

Preceded by 145,001–146,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 146,001–147,000

Succeeded by 147,001–148,000