Meanings of minor planet names: 162001–163000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
162001–162100
162001 Vulpius	1990 TH9	Melchior Vulpius, 16th-17th-century German hymn composer and teacher †
162101–162200
162201–162300
162301–162400
162401–162500
162501–162600
162601–162700
162701–162800
162801–162900
162901–163000

Preceded by 161,001–162,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 162,001–163,000

Succeeded by 163,001–164,000