Meanings of minor planet names: 165001–166000

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]

165001–165100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
165067 Pauls2000 ED207A. Georg Pauls (born 1958), engineer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 165067

165101–165200

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165192 Neugent2000 QD235Kathryn F. Neugent (born 1987), research associate at Lowell Observatory and computer scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory SrcJPL · 165192

165201–165300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

165301–165400

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165347 Philplait2000 WG11Phil Plait (born 1964), American astronomer, educator and authorJPL · 165347

165401–165500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

165501–165600

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165574 Deidre2001 DH105Deidre Ann Hunter (born 1953), astronomer at Lowell ObservatoryJPL · 165574

165601–165700

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165612 Stackpole2001 FP86Michael Stackpole (born 1957), American science fiction author and science advocateJPL · 165612
165659 Michaelhicks2001 LZ6Michael D. Hicks (born 1964), scientist at the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJPL · 165659

165701–165800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

165801–165900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

165901–166000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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
164,001–165,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 165,001–166,000		 Succeeded by
166,001–167,000
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