Meanings of minor planet names: 166001–167000

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This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

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Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). [1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. [2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). [3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. [4] [5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets , [6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. [7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies. [8]

166001–166100

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166028 Karikókatalin 2002 AR204 Katalin Karikó (born 1955) is a Hungarian biochemist and researcher of mRNA-technologies for protein therapies. IAU  · 166028

166101–166200

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166201–166300

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166229 Palanga 2002 FS16 Palanga is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania JPL  · 166229

166301–166400

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166401–166500

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166501–166600

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166570 Adolfträger 2002 RG118Adolf Träger (1888–1965), Czech landscape painter JPL  · 166570

166601–166700

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166614 Zsazsa 2002 RG250 Zsa Zsa Gábor (1917–2016), Hungarian-American actress and socialite JPL  · 166614
166622 Sebastien 2002 SR15Sébastien Rodriguez (born 1976) is an assistant professor at the University of Paris Diderot and specializes in remote sensing of planetary surfaces and atmospheres. JPL  · 166622

166701–166800

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166745 Pindor 2002 TV307Bartosz Pindor (born 1975), Canadian astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 166745
166746 Marcpostman 2002 TY311 Marc Postman (born 1958), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 166746
166747 Gordonrichards 2002 TB316Gordon Richards (born 1972), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey who studies the demographics and physics of quasars JPL  · 166747
166748 Timrayschneider 2002 TW320Donald Schneider (born 1955), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 166748
166749 Sesar 2002 TV366Branimir Sesar (born 1980), Croatian-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL  · 166749

166801–166900

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166886 Ybl 2002 YB3 Miklós Ybl (1814–1891), a Hungarian architect JPL  · 166886

166901–167000

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166944 Seton 2003 HP53 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774–1821), an educator, spiritual leader and saint. JPL  · 166944
166974 Joanbinimelis 2003 OZ5Joan Binimelis García (1539–1616), a Spanish astronomer, geographer and physician. IAU  · 166974

References

  1. ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN   978-3-540-00238-3 . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC   224288991.
  7. ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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