- Meanings of minor planet names: 160,001–170,000
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 160,000... 161,000... 162,000... 163,000... 164,000... 165,000... 166,000... 167,000... 168,000... 169,000...
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name 160,001–161,000 edit There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. 161,001–162,000 edit 161371 Bertrandou 2003 SO244 Bertrand Christophe, the discoverer's son, named for Bertrandou le Fifre, a character in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac † 161545 Ferrando 2004 XP16 Rafael Ferrando, Spanish astronomer, founder of the Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines (Pla D'Arguines Astronomical Observatory) † 161546 Schneeweis 2004 XT16 LtCdr (USN) Scott Schneeweis, American early U.S. space program historian, webmaster of "Spaceaholic" † 161715 Wenchuan 2006 MZ12 In memory of the 90,000 people killed in the great Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 May 12 † 161989 Cacus 1978 CA Cacus, mythological fire-breathing monster, son of Vulcan, killed by Hercules † 162,001–163,000 edit 162001 Vulpius 1990 TH9 Melchior Vulpius, 16th-17th-century German hymn composer and teacher † 163,001–164,000 edit 163626 Glatfelter 2002 UV Pam Glatfelter, American Operational Site Manager for the NASA Table Mountain Facility † 163693 Atira 2003 CP20 Atira, the Pawnee goddess of Earth and the evening star † 163819 Teleki 2003 RN8 Sámuel Teleki, 19th-20th-century Hungarian explorer, first to reach the snow-line on Mount Kilimanjaro, first to set foot on Mount Kenya, first European to see Lake Turkana (which he named Lake Rudolf) † 164,001–165,000 edit 164006 Thierry 2003 UT185 Thierry Christophe, French entomologist and the discoverer's younger brother † 164215 Doloreshill 2004 MF6 Dolores H. Hill, American meteoriticist † 164518 Patoche 2006 HN18 Patrice "Patoche" Christophe, French architect and oldest brother of the discoverer † 164586 Arlette 2007 NL4 Arlette Naef, wife of the discoverer † 164589 La Sagra 2007 PC11 Sierra de La Sagra, highest mountain (2382 m) of the Cordillera Subbética mountain range of southern Spain, home of the discovery site, Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra † 165,001–166,000 edit 165347 Philplait 2000 WG11 Phil Plait, American astronomer, educator and author † 165612 Stackpole 2001 FP86 Michael Stackpole, American science fiction author and science advocate † 166,001–167,000 edit 166570 Adolfträger 2002 RG118 Adolf Träger, 19th-20th-century Czech landscape painter † 167,001–168,000 edit 167113 Robertwick 2003 SW78 Bob Wick, American sculptor, co-chairman of Wick Communications, member of the Arizona Astronomy Board, and light pollution advocate † 167208 Lelekovice 2003 UN7 Lelekovice, Czech Republic, birthplace of the second discoverer, on the occasion of the 720th anniversary of the founding of the village † 168,001–169,000 edit 168126 Chengbruce 2006 GK Bruce C. H. Cheng, Taiwanese ecological entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of Delta Electronics, Inc. † 169,001–170,000 edit There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. Preceded by
150,001–160,000Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 160,001–161,000Succeeded by
170,001–180,000Categories:
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