Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 165001–166000

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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]


165001–165100

|-id=067 | 165067 Pauls || 2000 ED207 || A. Georg Pauls (born 1958), engineer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || JPL · 165067 |}

165101–165200

|-id=192 | 165192 Neugent || 2000 QD235 || Kathryn F. Neugent (born 1987), research associate at Lowell Observatory and computer scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Src || JPL · 165192 |}

165201–165300

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

165301–165400

|-id=347 | 165347 Philplait || 2000 WG11 || Phil Plait (born 1964), American astronomer, educator and author || JPL · 165347 |}

165401–165500

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

165501–165600

|-id=574 | 165574 Deidre || 2001 DH105 || Deidre Ann Hunter (born 1953), astronomer at Lowell Observatory || JPL · 165574 |}

165601–165700

|-id=612 | 165612 Stackpole || 2001 FP86 || Michael Stackpole (born 1957), American science fiction author and science advocate || JPL · 165612 |-id=659 | 165659 Michaelhicks || 2001 LZ6 || Michael D. Hicks (born 1964), scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory || JPL · 165659 |}

165701–165800

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

165801–165900

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

165901–166000

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

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