Meanings of minor planet names: 179001–180000

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]

179001–179100

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179101–179200

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179201–179300

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179301–179400

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179401–179500

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179501–179600

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179593 Penglangxiaoxue2002 LK61Penglang Elementary School (simplified Chinese: 蓬朗小学; traditional Chinese: 蓬朗小學; pinyin: Pénglǎng Xiǎoxué) is located in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China. It was founded in 1906. It is located near to the Purple Mountain Observatory.JPL · 179593
179595 Belkovich2002 MK4Oleg Belkovich (1934 – 2020) is recognized worldwide for his work on the radar observations of meteorsJPL · 179595

179601–179700

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179647 Stuartrobbins2002 PG152Stuart J. Robbins (born 1983) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. He served as a Science Team Planning Liaison for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 179647
179678 Rietmeijer2002 QS66Frans J. M. Rietmeijer (born 1949), Dutch-American planetary geologist and research professor at the University of New MexicoJPL · 179678

179701–179800

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179764 Myriamsarah2002 SCMyriam Ory (born 1998) and Sarah Ory (born 2000), daughters of Swiss amateur astronomer Michel Ory who discovered this minor planetJPL · 179764

179801–179900

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179875 Budavari2002 TX328Tamas Budavari (born 1973), a Hungarian physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 179875

179901–180000

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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.
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178,001–179,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 179,001–180,000		 Succeeded by
180,001–181,000
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