Meanings of minor planet names: 179001–180000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
179001–179100
179101–179200
179201–179300
179301–179400
179401–179500
179501–179600
179601–179700
179678 Rietmeijer	2002 QS66	Frans J. M. Rietmeijer, Dutch-American planetary geologist and research professor at the University of New Mexico †
179701–179800
179801–179900
179901–180000

Preceded by 178,001–179,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 179,001–180,000

Succeeded by 180,001–181,000