Meanings of minor planet names: 155001–156000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
155001–155100
155101–155200
155116 Verkhivnya	2005 TJ49	Verkhivnya, Ukraine, where is the estate of countess Evelina Hańska, wife to the 18th-century French novelist Honoré de Balzac, who wrote La Marâtre, Les Paysans and part of La Comédie humaine here †
155142 Tenagra	2005 UD4	Tenagra, mythical island mentioned ("Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra") in the Darmok episode of Star Trek - The Next Generation, and the namesake of the discovery site †
155201–155300
155301–155400
155401–155500
155501–155600
155601–155700
155701–155800
155801–155900
155901–156000

Preceded by 154,001–155,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 155,001–156,000

Succeeded by 156,001–157,000