Meanings of minor planet names: 148001–149000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
148001–148100
148101–148200
148201–148300
148301–148400
148401–148500
148501–148600
148601–148700
148701–148800
148780 Altjira	2001 UQ18	Altjira, central god of the Dreamtime according to the mythology of the Arrernte of central Australia, who created the Earth and then retired to the sky †
148801–148900
148901–149000

Preceded by 147,001–148,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 148,001–149,000

Succeeded by 149,001–150,000