Meanings of minor planet names: 172001–173000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 172,001… 172,101… 172,201… 172,301… 172,401… 172,501… 172,601… 172,701… 172,801… 172,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
172001–172100
172101–172200
172201–172300
172301–172400
172401–172500
172425 Taliajacobi	2003 OJ18	Talia Jacobi, Israeli medical student, nature guide and fan of astronomy, wife of the discoverer †
172501–172600
172525 Adamblock	2003 TY1	Adam Block, American astronomy popularizer, and astronomical director of the Mount Lemmon Science Center †
172601–172700
172701–172800
172734 Giansimon	2004 CN1	Gianluca and Simona Fagioli, sons of the second discoverer †
172801–172900
172850 Coppens	2005 EU27	Yves Coppens, French paleoanthropologist, codiscoverer of the Australopithecus afarensis Lucy †
172901–173000
172996 Stooke	2006 KL141	Philip John Stooke, Canadian geographer, author of the International Atlas of Lunar Exploration †

Preceded by 171,001–172,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 172,001–173,000

Succeeded by 173,001–174,000