Meanings of minor planet names: 171001–172000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 171,001… 171,101… 171,201… 171,301… 171,401… 171,501… 171,601… 171,701… 171,801… 171,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
171001–171100
171101–171200
171112 Sickafoose	2005 ER301	J. Lorin and Tanalynne Sickafoose, parents of the discoverer †
171201–171300
171256 Lucieconstant	2005 PU5	Lucie Constant, the discoverer's goddaughter †
171301–171400
171401–171500
171458 Pepaprats	2007 TF14	Pepa Prats Cruz, deceased wife of the astrophysicist José Luis Ortiz, codiscoverer of this minor planet †
171501–171600
171601–171700
171701–171800
171801–171900
171901–172000

Preceded by 170,001–171,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 171,001–172,000

Succeeded by 172,001–173,000