Meanings of minor planet names: 167001–168000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

167001–167100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
167018 Csontoscsaba 2003 QS29 Csaba Csontos (b. 1940), a Hungarian architect. JPL

167101–167200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
167113 Robertwick 2003 SW78 Bob Wick, American sculptor, co-chairman of Wick Communications, member of the Arizona Astronomy Board, and light pollution advocate JPL

167201–167300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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 JPL

167301–167400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
167341 Börzsöny 2003 VG Börzsöny, a mountain range in northern Hungary. JPL

167401–167500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

167501–167600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

167601–167700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

167701–167800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
167748 Markkelly 2004 XB42 Mark Kelly, an astronaut who has flown on four NASA shuttle missions JPL

167801–167900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
167852 Maturana 2005 DM Angelica Maturana is a dear friend of the first discoverer JPL
167875 Kromminga 2005 EV29 Albion Kromminga was a physics professor at Calvin College from 1965 until retiring in 1996 JPL

167901–168000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
167960 Rudzikas 2005 EV249 Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas, president of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences JPL

References

  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
166,001–167,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 167,001–168,000
Succeeded by
168,001–169,000
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