Meanings of minor planet names: 122001–123000 explained

122001–122100

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122101–122200

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122201–122300

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122301–122400

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122401–122500

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122501–122600

|-id=554| 122554 Joséhernández || || José M. Hernández (born 1962) was born into a migrant farming family. He became an American astronaut and was a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station in 2008. Prior to his time as an astronaut, Hernández helped to develop the first full-field digital mammography imaging system. || |-id=555| 122555 Auñón-Chancellor || || Serena Auñón-Chancellor (born 1976) is an engineer, physician, and astronaut. She has collected meteorites in Antarctica, served as an aquanaut on an undersea research station, and was a Flight Engineer on the International Space Station for 6 months in 2018. || |}

122601–122700

|-id=632| 122632 Riccioli || || Giovanni Riccioli (1598–1671) was one of the first telescopic observers of the Moon. He was author of the Almagestum Novum, that contains a lunar map still used today. || |}

122701–122800

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122801–122900

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122901–123000

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