Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 179001–180000

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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.

179001–179100

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

179101–179200

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

179201–179300

|-id=221 | 179221 Hrvojebožić || 2001 TP₂₄₄ || Hrvoje Božić (born 1954) is a Croatian astrophysicist at Hvar Observatory and major contributor to the development of astronomy education in Croatia. || IAU · 179221 |-id=223 | 179223 Tonytyson || 2001 TA₂₅₇ || J. Anthony Tyson (born 1940), an American physicist and astronomer, who discovered distant, faint blue galaxies using CCDs in the 1970s. He was instrumental for the establishment of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and directed the project for 15 years (Src). || IAU · 179223 |}

179301–179400

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

179401–179500

|-id=411 | 179411 Draganroša || 2001 YM₁₅₈ || Dragan Roša (b. 1958) is a solar astronomer and the director of the Zagreb Observatory. He has authored a number of textbooks for astronomy and astrophysics, and is a major contributor to the development of astronomy education and popularization in Croatia. || IAU · 179411 |-id=413 | 179413 Stevekahn || 2001 YM₁₆₁ || Steven Kahn (born 1954) is an American physicist and x-ray astronomer. On ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory, he was a principal investigator for the Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS). He was also a director of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory and led the construction of its large camera. || IAU · 179413 |}

179501–179600

|-id=593 | 179593 Penglangxiaoxue || 2002 LK₆₁ || Penglang Elementary School (simplified Chinese: 蓬朗小学; traditional Chinese: 蓬朗小學; pinyin: Pénglǎng Xiǎoxué) is located in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China. It was founded in 1906. It is located near to the Purple Mountain Observatory. || JPL · 179593 |-id=595 | 179595 Belkovich || 2002 MK₄ || Oleg Belkovich (1934–2020) is recognized worldwide for his work on the radar observations of meteors || JPL · 179595 |}

179601–179700

|-id=647 | 179647 Stuartrobbins || 2002 PG₁₅₂ || Stuart J. Robbins (born 1983) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. He served as a Science Team Planning Liaison for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 179647 |-id=678 | 179678 Rietmeijer || 2002 QS₆₆ || Frans J. M. Rietmeijer (born 1949), Dutch-American planetary geologist and research professor at the University of New Mexico || JPL · 179678 |}

179701–179800

|-id=764 | 179764 Myriamsarah || 2002 SC || Myriam Ory (born 1998) and Sarah Ory (born 2000), daughters of Swiss amateur astronomer Michel Ory who discovered this minor planet || JPL · 179764 |}

179801–179900

|-id=874 | 179874 Bojanvršnak || 2002 TS₃₁₅ || Bojan Vršnak (born 1957), a Croatian astrophysicist at the Hvar Observatory and a professor of physics at the University of Zagreb, who has published textbooks on plasma physics and contributed to astronomy education in Croatia. || IAU · 179874 |-id=875 | 179875 Budavari || 2002 TX₃₂₈ || Tamas Budavari (born 1973), a Hungarian physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 179875 |-id=876 | 179876 Goranpichler || 2002 TS₃₃₃ || Goran Pichler (born 1946), a Croatian physicist who contributed to the development of astronomy education and popularization in Croatia. He is also a fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. || IAU · 179876 |-id=877 | 179877 Pavlovski || 2002 TK₃₄₀ || Krešimir Pavlovski (born 1954) is a Croatian astrophysicist and emeritus professor at the University of Zagreb, who has contributed to astronomy education in Croatia. || IAU · 179877 |}

179901–180000

|- | 179901 Romanbrajša || 2002 UA₆₇ || Roman Brajša (b. 1963) is a leading astrophysicist at, and director of, the Hvar Observatory. He is a major contributor to the development of astronomy education and astrophysics in Croatia. || IAU · 179901 |}