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== 162001–162100 ==
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| [[Astronomy:162001 Vulpius|162001 Vulpius]] || {{mp|1990 TH|9}} || Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570–1615), a German singer and composer of church music || {{JPL|162001}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162001|162001}}
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| [[Astronomy:162002 Spalatin|162002 Spalatin]] || {{mp|1990 TC|10}} || George Spalatin (1484–1545) was a German theologian, humanist and historian. In 1502 he went to the University of Wittenberg and had good relations with Martin Luther and to the Reformation. Spalatin was painted by Lukas Cranach, father and son. He died at Altenburg and was buried in the St. Batholomew church. || {{JPL|162002}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162002|162002}}
|-id=011
| [[Astronomy:162011 Konnohmaru|162011 Konnohmaru]] || {{mp|1994 AB|1}} || Konnohmaru is a legendary warrior of the Heiji Rebellion (1159) || {{JPL|162011}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162011|162011}}
|-id=035
| [[Astronomy:162035 Jirotakahashi|162035 Jirotakahashi]] || {{mp|1995 YW|1}} || Jiro Takahashi (born 1949), professor of science education at Ehime University || {{JPL|162035}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162035|162035}}
|-id=059
| [[Astronomy:162059 Mészáros|162059 Mészáros]] || {{mp|1997 AM|17}} || Attila Mészáros (1951–2022) was Czech astronomer of Hungarian origin. He was a member of the Astronomical Institute of [[Organization:Charles University|Charles University]] in Prague from 1984. Mészáros dealt with cosmology, the large-scale structure of the universe and γ-ray bursts. || {{WGSBNB|2|6|5}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162059|162059}}
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== 162101–162200 ==
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|-id=158
| [[Astronomy:162158 Merrillhess|162158 Merrillhess]] || {{mp|1999 CZ|9}} || Merrill Hess (born 1955), an amateur astronomer and has been president and vice-president of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society many times. || {{JPL|162158}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162158|162158}}
|-id=166
| [[Astronomy:162166 Mantsch|162166 Mantsch]] || {{mp|1999 FW|82}} || Paul Mantsch (born 1941), American particle and astro-particle physicist with the [[Astronomy:Sloan Digital Sky Survey|Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] || {{JPL|162166}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162166|162166}}
|-id=173
| [[Astronomy:162173 Ryugu|162173 Ryugu]] || {{mp|1999 JU|3}} || Ryūgū-jō (Ryugu), the undersea palace of the dragon deity Ryūjin in Japanese mythology, from where a Japanese fisherman brought back a box with a secret. The naming alludes to the ''[[Astronomy:Hayabusa2|Hayabusa2]]'' asteroid sample return mission. || {{JPL|162173}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162173|162173}}
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== 162201–162300 ==
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== 162301–162400 ==
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== 162401–162500 ==
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| [[Astronomy:162466 Margon|162466 Margon]] || {{mp|2000 JA|90}} || Bruce Margon (born 1948), American astronomer and a contributor to the [[Astronomy:Sloan Digital Sky Survey|Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] || {{JPL|162466}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162466|162466}}
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== 162501–162600 ==
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== 162601–162700 ==
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== 162701–162800 ==
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| [[Astronomy:162755 Spacesora|162755 Spacesora]] || {{mp|2000 WA|68}} || "Space Sora", the non-profit organization who has contributed to the popularization of science, especially astronomy, among children in Ehime prefecture, {{wipe|Japan}}, since 2008 || {{JPL|162755}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162755|162755}}
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== 162801–162900 ==
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== 162901–163000 ==
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| [[Astronomy:162937 Prêtre|162937 Prêtre]] || {{mp|2001 PQ|9}} || René Prêtre (born 1957), a Swiss heart surgeon who treats children in both Switzerland and Mozambique. He was voted ''Swiss of the Year'' in 2009. || {{JPL|162937}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162937|162937}}
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| [[Astronomy:162978 Helenhart|162978 Helenhart]] || {{mp|2001 QD|333}} || Helen M. Hart (born 1954), a mission operations analyst at the [[Organization:Applied Physics Laboratory|Applied Physics Laboratory]], worked as a Mission Sequencer for the ''[[Astronomy:New Horizons|New Horizons]]'' mission to [[Astronomy:Pluto|Pluto]]. || {{JPL|162978}}{{·}}{{LoMP|162978|162978}}
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