Meanings of minor planet names: 172001–173000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

172001–172100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

172101–172200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

172201–172300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
172269 Tator 2002 TJ69 Michael Tator, German amateur astronomer and co-founder of Turtle Star Observatory in Muelheim-Ruhr JPL

172301–172400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
172315 Changqiaoxiaoxue 2002 TL300 Suzhou ChangQiao Primary School JPL
172317 Walterbos 2002 TZ315 Rene Walterbos, Dutch/American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL
172318 Wangshui 2002 TY342 Shu-i Wang, American optical engineer and a Sloan Digital Sky Survey builder JPL

172401–172500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
172425 Taliajacobi 2003 OJ18 Talia Jacobi, Israeli medical student, nature guide and fan of astronomy, wife of the discoverer JPL

172501–172600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
172525 Adamblock 2003 TY1 Adam Block, American astronomy popularizer, and astronomical director of the Mount Lemmon Science Center JPL

172601–172700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

172701–172800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
172734 Giansimon 2004 CN1 Gianluca and Simona Fagioli, sons of the second discoverer JPL

172801–172900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
172850 Coppens 2005 EU27 Yves Coppens, French paleoanthropologist, codiscoverer of the Australopithecus afarensis Lucy JPL

172901–173000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
172932 Bachleitner 2005 JC Johannes Bachleitner (b. 1965), a well-known Austrian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. JPL
172947 Baeyens 2005 JQ138 Dennis A. Baeyens, molecular biologist JPL
172989 Xuliyang 2006 KW67 Xu Liyang is a good friend of the first discoverer JPL
172996 Stooke 2006 KL141 Philip John Stooke, Canadian geographer, author of the International Atlas of Lunar Exploration JPL

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
171,001–172,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 172,001–173,000 		Succeeded by
173,001–174,000
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