Meanings of minor planet names: 166001–167000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

166001–166100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

166101–166200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

166201–166300

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166229 Palanga2002 FS16Palanga is a seaside resort town in western LithuaniaJPL · 166229

166301–166400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

166401–166500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

166501–166600

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166570 Adolfträger2002 RG118Adolf Träger (1888–1965), Czech landscape painterJPL · 166570

166601–166700

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166614 Zsazsa2002 RG250Zsa Zsa Gábor (1917–2016), Hungarian-American actress and socialiteJPL · 166614
166622 Sebastien2002 SR15Sébastien Rodriguez (born 1976) is an assistant professor at the University of Paris Diderot and specializes in remote sensing of planetary surfaces and atmospheres.JPL · 166622

166701–166800

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166745 Pindor2002 TV307Bartosz Pindor (born 1975), Canadian astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 166745
166746 Marcpostman2002 TY311Marc Postman (born 1958), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 166746
166747 Gordonrichards2002 TB316Gordon Richards (born 1972), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey who studies the demographics and physics of quasarsJPL · 166747
166748 Timrayschneider2002 TW320Donald Schneider (born 1955), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 166748
166749 Sesar2002 TV366Branimir Sesar (born 1980), Croatian-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 166749

166801–166900

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166886 Ybl2002 YB3Miklós Ybl (1814–1891), a Hungarian architectJPL · 166886

166901–167000

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166944 Seton2003 HP53Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774–1821), an educator, spiritual leader and saint.JPL · 166944
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References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
165,001–166,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 166,001–167,000		 Succeeded by
167,001–168,000
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