Meanings of minor planet names: 161001–162000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 161,001… 161,101… 161,201… 161,301… 161,401… 161,501… 161,601… 161,701… 161,801… 161,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
161001–161100
161101–161200
161201–161300
161301–161400
161371 Bertrandou	2003 SO244	Bertrand Christophe, the discoverer's son, named for Bertrandou le Fifre, a character in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac †
161401–161500
161501–161600
161545 Ferrando	2004 XP16	Rafael Ferrando, Spanish astronomer, founder of the Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines (Pla D'Arguines Astronomical Observatory) †
161546 Schneeweis	2004 XT16	LtCdr (USN) Scott Schneeweis, American early U.S. space program historian, webmaster of "Spaceaholic" †
161601–161700
161701–161800
161715 Wenchuan	2006 MZ12	In memory of the 90,000 people killed in the great Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 May 12 †
161801–161900
161901–162000
161989 Cacus	1978 CA	Cacus, mythological fire-breathing monster, son of Vulcan, killed by Hercules †

Preceded by 160,001–161,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 161,001–162,000

Succeeded by 162,001–163,000