Meanings of minor planet names: 158001–159000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

Contents: 158,001… 158,101… 158,201… 158,301… 158,401… 158,501… 158,601… 158,701… 158,801… 158,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
158001–158100
158092 Frasercain	2000 WM68	Fraser Cain, Canadian engineer, book and magazine author, and publisher of Universe Today †
158101–158200
158201–158300
158222 Manicolas	2001 SP169	Marie-Annick Nicolas, Swiss violinist, born in Le Creusot, the discovery site †
158301–158400
158401–158500
158501–158600
158601–158700
158623 Perali	2003 BS4	Mirella Perali, Italian amateur astronomer, author of several biographies of scientists and essays on the interplay between astronomy and classical literature †
158701–158800
158801–158900
158901–159000

Preceded by 157,001–158,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 158,001–159,000

Succeeded by 159,001–160,000