Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 183001–184000

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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]


183001–183100

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

183101–183200

|-id=114 | 183114 Vicques || 2002 RU140 || The Swiss municipality of Vicques, in the Jura Mountains, where this asteroid was discovered at the Jura Observatory || JPL · 183114 |-id=182 | 183182 Weinheim || 2002 SB51 || The German town of Weinheim, located on the western side of the Odenwald mountain range near Heidelberg Germany || JPL · 183182 |}

183201–183300

|-id=287 | 183287 Deisenstein || 2002 TJ318 || Daniel Eisenstein (born 1970), an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 183287 |-id=288 | 183288 Eyer || 2002 TH331 || Laurent Eyer (born 1965), a Swiss astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 183288 |-id=294 | 183294 Langbroek || 2002 TB382 || Marco Langbroek (born 1970), Dutch archeologist and amateur astronomer, who also observes meteors as a member of the Dutch Meteor Society || JPL · 183294 |}

183301–183400

|-id=357 | 183357 Rickshelton || 2002 VT129 || Richard G. Shelton (born 1957), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as a Senior Mission Operations Analyst for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 183357 |}

183401–183500

|-id=403 | 183403 Gal || 2002 XW115 || Roy Gal (born 1973), an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 183403 |}

183501–183600

|-id=560 | 183560 Křišťan || 2003 KO18 || Christian of Prachatice (1360–1368), medieval Czech astronomer || JPL · 183560 |}

183601–183700

|-id=635 | 183635 Helmi || 2003 UF413 || Amina Helmi (born 1970), an Argentinian-Dutch astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 183635 |}

183701–183800

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

183801–183900

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

183901–184000

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

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