Meanings of minor planet names: 174001–175000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
174001–174100
174101–174200
174201–174300
174301–174400
174401–174500
174501–174600
174601–174700
174701–174800
174801–174900
174801 Etscorn	2003 WZ165	Frank T. Etscorn, American professor of psychology at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, inventor of the nicotine patch and amateur astronomer, founder of the university's Frank T. Etscorn Campus Observatory †
174901–175000

Preceded by 173,001–174,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 174,001–175,000

Succeeded by 175,001–176,000