Meanings of minor planet names: 161001–162000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

161001–161100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
161092 Zsigmond 2002 OL28 Vilmos Zsigmond, Academy Award-winning Hungarian-American cinematographer JPL

161101–161200

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

161201–161300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
161207 Lidz 2002 TW305 Adam Lidz, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL
161215 Loveday 2002 UL66 Jonathan Loveday, British astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL
161278 Cesarmendoza 2003 FW128 Cesar Mendoza, Venezuelan astrophysicist JPL

161301–161400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
161315 de Shalit 2003 QS5 Amos de Shalit, Israeli nuclear physicist JPL
161349 Mecsek 2003 SJ127 Mecsek is a mountain range in southern Hungary JPL
161371 Bertrandou 2003 SO244 Bertrand Christophe, the discoverer's son, named for Bertrandou le Fifre, a character in Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac JPL

161401–161500

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

161501–161600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
161545 Ferrando 2004 XP16 Rafael Ferrando, Spanish astronomer, founder of the Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines (Pla D'Arguines Astronomical Observatory) JPL
161546 Schneeweis 2004 XT16 LtCdr (USN) Scott Schneeweis, American early U.S. space program historian, webmaster of "Spaceaholic" JPL

161601–161700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
161693 Attilladanko 2006 HL46 Attilla Danko, Canadian software designer and amateur astronomer JPL

161701–161800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
161715 Wenchuan 2006 MZ12 In memory of the 90,000 people killed in the great Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 May 12 JPL

161801–161900

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

161901–162000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
161962 Galchyn 2007 HE84 The village of Galchyn, northern part of it borders on Andrushivka, a district center in Ukraine JPL
161975 Kincsem 2007 LO Kincsem was the most successful Thoroughbred race horse ever, having won 54 races for 54 starts JPL
161989 Cacus 1978 CA Cacus, mythological fire-breathing monster, son of Vulcan, killed by Hercules 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
160,001–161,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 161,001–162,000 		Succeeded by
162,001–163,000
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