Meanings of minor planet names: 156001–157000 explained

156001–156100

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156101–156200

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156201–156300

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156301–156400

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156401–156500

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156501–156600

|-id=542| 156542 Hogg || || David W. Hogg (born 1970), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || |-id=580| 156580 Madách || || Imre Madách (1823–1864), a Hungarian poet, writer, lawyer, and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. || |}

156601–156700

|-id=631| 156631 Margitan || || James Margitan (born 1951), atmospheric researcher and manager at JPL's Science Division || |}

156701–156800

|-id=751| 156751 Chelseaferrell || || Chelsea L. Ferrell (born 1988), of the Southwest Research Institute, was a resource analyst working for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || |}

156801–156900

|-id=879| 156879 Eloïs || || Eloïs Hernandez (born 2007), son of Michel Hernandez, a French astronomer at the Observatory of Saint-Veran where this minor planet was discovered || |-id=880| 156880 Bernardtregon || || Bernard Tregon (born 1968), French amateur astronomer, interferometry specialist, and observer at the Pic du Midi Observatory || |}

156901–157000

|-id=939| 156939 Odegard || || John D. Odegard (1941–1998) was an American aviation visionary who started the flight-training program at the University of North Dakota in 1968 that is now known as the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences. || |-id=990| 156990 Claerbout || || Jon Claerbout (born 1938), American geophysicist and contributor to the theory and art of seismic exploration. He is a pioneer of computer-modelling wave propagation and of seismic interferometry, examining the structure of the Earth and the Sun. || |}