Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 166001–167000
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.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]
166001–166100
|-id=028 | 166028 Karikókatalin || 2002 AR204 || Katalin Karikó (born 1955) is a Hungarian biochemist and researcher of mRNA-technologies for protein therapies. || IAU · 166028 |}
166101–166200
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
166201–166300
|-id=229 | 166229 Palanga || 2002 FS16 || Palanga is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania || JPL · 166229 |}
166301–166400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
166401–166500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
166501–166600
|-id=570 | 166570 Adolfträger || 2002 RG118 || Adolf Träger (1888–1965), Czech landscape painter || JPL · 166570 |}
166601–166700
|-id=614 | 166614 Zsazsa || 2002 RG250 || Zsa Zsa Gábor (1917–2016), Hungarian-American actress and socialite || JPL · 166614 |-id=622 | 166622 Sebastien || 2002 SR15 || Sébastien 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
|-id=745 | 166745 Pindor || 2002 TV307 || Bartosz Pindor (born 1975), Canadian astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 166745 |-id=746 | 166746 Marcpostman || 2002 TY311 || Marc Postman (born 1958), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 166746 |-id=747 | 166747 Gordonrichards || 2002 TB316 || Gordon Richards (born 1972), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey who studies the demographics and physics of quasars || JPL · 166747 |-id=748 | 166748 Timrayschneider || 2002 TW320 || Donald Schneider (born 1955), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 166748 |-id=749 | 166749 Sesar || 2002 TV366 || Branimir Sesar (born 1980), Croatian-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 166749 |}
166801–166900
|-id=886 | 166886 Ybl || 2002 YB3 || Miklós Ybl (1814–1891), a Hungarian architect || JPL · 166886 |}
166901–167000
|-id=944 | 166944 Seton || 2003 HP53 || Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774–1821), an educator, spiritual leader and saint. || JPL · 166944 |-id=974 | 166974 Joanbinimelis || 2003 OZ5 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 166974 |}
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References
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet Circulars. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?asteroids#discovery. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/Astrometry.html#name. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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