Meanings of minor planet names: 153001–154000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
153001–153100
153101–153200
153289 Rebeccawatson	2001 FB10	Rebecca Watson, American radio, blog, and Internet (The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe) science advocate †
153298 Paulmyers	2001 FC122	Paul Zachary "PZ" Myers, American associate professor of biology and public educator, author of the blog Pharyngula †
153201–153300
153301–153400
153333 Jeanhugues	2001 OR50	Jean-Hugues Blanc, French member of the Société astronomique de Montpellier (Astronomical Society of Montpellier), who observes at the discovery site †
153401–153500
153501–153600
153601–153700
153701–153800
153801–153900
153901–154000

Preceded by 152,001–153,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 153,001–154,000

Succeeded by 154,001–155,000