Meanings of minor planet names: 176001–177000

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]

176001–176100

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176014 Vedrana2000 RS106Vedrana Ivezic (born 2000), is an American amateur astronomer and the daughter of Croatian-American astrophysicist Željko IvezićJPL · 176014

176101–176200

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176103 Waynejohnson2001 BE61Wayne Johnson (born 1953), is an American amateur astronomer, president of the Huachuca Astronomy Club and chair of the western region of the Astronomical League. He discovered several supernovae, and was the first amateur to find two such astronomical objects on the same night.JPL · 176103

176201–176300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

176301–176400

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176380 Goran2001 TE248Goran Ivezic (born 1971), is a Croatian amateur astronomer and the brother of SDSS team member Željko Ivezić.JPL · 176380

176401–176500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

176501–176600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

176601–176700

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176610 Nuñez2002 FW18Jorge I. Nunez (born 1981) is a scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as a LORRI Instrument Data Scientist for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 176610

176701–176800

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176710 Banff2002 QR56The Canadian town of Banff located within the Banff National Park, is known for its hot springs and mountainous scenery, and one of the country's most popular tourist attractions.JPL · 176710
176711 Canmore2002 QM57The town of Canmore, the most important coal-mining centers in southern AlbertaJPL · 176711

176801–176900

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176866 Kuropatkin2002 TO316Nickolai Kuropatkin (born 1949), Russian-American physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 176866
176867 Brianlee2002 TA321Brian C. Lee (born 1968), American physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 176867
176884 Jallynsmith2002 UZ58J. Allyn Smith (born 1954), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 176884

176901–177000

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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
175,001–176,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 176,001–177,000		 Succeeded by
177,001–178,000
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