Meanings of minor planet names: 185001–186000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
185001–185100
185101–185200
185201–185300
185301–185400
185401–185500
185501–185600
185554 Bikushev	2008 AB5	Artyom Bikushev, 20th-century promising astronomical student at Kazan State University, dead prematurely †
185576 Covichi	2008 BL15	Nickname of Covadonga Lacruz Camblor, daughter of the discoverer †
185601–185700
185633 Rainbach	2008 DO	Rainbach, Austria, location of Sternwarte Gaisberg (Gaisberg Observatory), the discovery site †
185701–185800
185801–185900
185901–186000

Preceded by 184,001–185,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 185,001–186,000

Succeeded by 186,001–187,000