Meanings of minor planet names: 188001–189000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
188001–188100
188101–188200
188201–188300
188301–188400
188401–188500
188501–188600
188601–188700
188701–188800
188801–188900
188847 Rhipeus	2006 FT9	Rhipeus, Trojan warrior who died fighting alongside Aeneas in the fall of Troy †
188901–189000

Preceded by 187,001–188,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 188,001–189,000

Succeeded by 189,001–190,000