Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 178001–179000

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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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, 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.

178001–178100

|-id=008 | 178008 Picard || 2006 QQ₁₃₇ || Claude Picard (1942–2008), a French engineer and astronomer, creator of the Commission Cosmologie of the Societé Astronomique de France || JPL · 178008 |-id=014 | 178014 Meslay || 2006 RG || Christiane Meslay (1957–2019) was a French computer engineer, who introduced the first local Ethernet network at the Dax Observatory (958) in 1996. This allowed for the discovery of comet C/1997 J2 (Meunier–Dupouy) via remote control of the telescope and CCD. || IAU · 178014 |-id=088 | 178088 Marktovey || 2006 SY₁₉₇ || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 178088 |}

178101–178200

|-id=113 | 178113 Benjamindilday || 2006 SA₃₈₁ || Benjamin Dilday (born 1975), an American Astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 178113 |-id=150 | 178150 Taiyuinkwei || 2006 TN₉₂ || Tai Yuin-Kwei (1897–1982), a Taiwanese physicist and educator who set up the National Taiwan University Department of Physics and the Graduate Inst of Geophysics, National Central University || JPL · 178150 |-id=151 | 178151 Kulangsu || 2006 TO₉₂ || The Chinese island of Kulangsu (Gulangyu), located off the southwestern coast of the city of Xiamen || JPL · 178151 |-id=155 | 178155 Kenzaarraki || 2006 TN₁₁₇ || Kenza Arraki (born 1988), an American astronomer who discovered asteroids as an undergraduate using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 178155 |-id=156 | 178156 Borbála || 2006 UL₁ || Borbála Ujhelyi (born 1982), wife of the Hungarian astronomer Zoltán Kuli who co-discovered this minor planet || JPL · 178156 |}

178201–178300

|-id=226 | 178226 Rebeccalouise || 2006 VP₁₅₆ || Rebecca Louise Puckett (born 1976), née Ramsay, wife of discovery team member Andrew W. Puckett, because it was discovered three days before their first wedding anniversary || JPL · 178226 |-id=243 | 178243 Schaerding || 2006 YH₁₃ || Schärding, Upper Austria, home town of the discoverer Richard Gierlinger || JPL · 178243 |-id=256 | 178256 Juanmi || 2007 VR₁₀₂ || Juan Miguel Lacruz Camblor (born 1988), son of Spanish astronomer Juan Lacruz who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 178256 |-id=263 | 178263 Wienphilo || 2007 WV₅₅ || The Vienna Philharmonic, a world-renowned orchestra based in Vienna, Austria || JPL · 178263 |-id=267 | 178267 Sarajevo || 2007 YG₅₉ || Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. || JPL · 178267 |-id=294 | 178294 Wertheimer || 1990 TA₁₂ || Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer (1894–1957), an Austrian diplomat, journalist and historian, involved in the establishment of the United Nations || JPL · 178294 |}

178301–178400

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

178401–178500

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

178501–178600

|-id=534 | 178534 Mosheelitzur || 1999 TO₃₃₃ || Moshe Elitzur (born 1944), an American physicist and emeritus professor at the University of Kentucky, who has significantly contributed to the theories of maser and dust radiation transfer in astrophysical environments. || IAU · 178534 |}

178601–178700

|-id=603 | 178603 Pinkine || 2000 CV₁₀₇ || Nickalaus Pinkine (born 1967), a manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who worked as a Deputy Mission Operations Manager on the New Horizons mission to Pluto || JPL · 178603 |-id=679 | 178679 Piquette || 2000 QT₂₄₇ || Marcus R. Piquette (born 1990), a graduate student researcher at the University of Colorado, who worked on the Student Dust Counter instrument for the New Horizons mission to Pluto || JPL · 178679 |}

178701–178800

|-id=796 | 178796 Posztoczky || 2001 DQ₈₆ || Károly Posztoczky (1882–1963), Hungarian landowner and amateur astronomer || JPL · 178796 |}

178801–178900

|-id=803 | 178803 Kristenjohnson || 2001 FA₄ || Kristen Johnson (born 1985), American officer of the Foundation for Blind Children in Phoenix, Arizona, and of the National Federation of the Blind, and daughter of astronomer Wayne Johnson || JPL · 178803 |-id=830 | 178830 Anne-Véronique || 2001 HT || Anne-Véronique Hernandez (born 1969) is the wife of astronomer Michel Hernandez, one of this minor planet's discoverers at Observatory of Saint-Veran, France || JPL · 178830 |}

178901–179000

|-id=987 | 178987 Jillianredfern || 2001 QD₃₀₆ || Jillian A. Redfern (born 1979), a Manager for Research and Development at the Southwest Research Institute, who worked with the Alice UV Spectrometer Instrument on the New Horizons mission to Pluto || JPL · 178987 |}