- Meanings of minor planet names: 180,001–190,000
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 180,000... 181,000... 182,000... 183,000... 184,000... 185,000... 186,000... 187,000... 188,000... 189,000...
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name 180,001–181,000 edit 180739 Barbet 2004 KX7 Alix Barbet, French archaeologist and author, and Jean Barbet, French aeronautical engineer † 181,001–182,000 edit 181279 Iapyx 2006 BF8 Iapyx, son of Iasus and favourite of Apollo, the healer of Aeneas during the Trojan War, and mythological founder of Apulia † 181483 Ampleforth 2006 TA95 Ampleforth, England, home to the Benedictine community of Ampleforth Abbey, to Ampleforth College where the discoverer was educated, and to the churchyard of Our Lady and St. Benedict's where his stepfather is buried † 181627 Philgeluck 2006 XZ5 Philippe Geluck, Belgian comedian, humorist and cartoonist, creator of "Le Chat" † 182,001–183,000 edit 182592 Jolana 2001 TF257 Jolana Kürtiova, wife of Stefan Kürti, who discovered and measured the early positions of this object † 183,001–184,000 edit 183114 Vicques 2002 RU140 Vicques, in the Swiss Jura, home to the Jurassien-Vicques Observatory † 183294 Langbroek 2002 TB382 Marco Langbroek, Dutch archeologist and amateur astronomer † 184,001–185,000 edit There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. 185,001–186,000 edit 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 † 185633 Rainbach 2008 DO Rainbach, Austria, location of Sternwarte Gaisberg (Gaisberg Observatory), the discovery site † 186,001–187,000 edit There are as yet no named minor planets in this span of numbers. 187,001–188,000 edit 187679 Folinsbee 2008 DC5 Robert E. Folinsbee, 20th-century Canadian geologist at the University of Alberta † 187680 Stelck 2008 DE5 Charles R. Stelck, Canadian paleontologist, stratigrapher and teacher † 187700 Zagreb 2008 EG8 Zagreb, the capital and the largest city of Croatia. † 188,001–189,000 edit 188847 Rhipeus 2006 FT9 Rhipeus, Trojan warrior who died fighting alongside Aeneas in the fall of Troy † 189,001–190,000 edit 189011 Ogmios 1997 NJ6 Ogmios, Celtic patron god of scholars and the personification of eloquence and persuasiveness † 189202 Calar Alto 2003 SM15 Calar Alto Observatory, in the Sierra de los Filabres in Andalusia, southern Spain † Preceded by
170,001–180,000Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 180,001–181,000Succeeded by
190,001–200,000Categories:
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