Meanings of minor planet names: 179001–180000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

179001–179100

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

179101–179200

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

179201–179300

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

179301–179400

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

179401–179500

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

179501–179600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
179593 Penglangxiaoxue 2002 LK61 Penglang School, founded in 1906 in Kunshan City (Jiangsu Province) JPL
179595 Belkovich 2002 MK4 Oleg Belkovich (born 1934) is recognized worldwide for his work on the radar observations of meteors JPL

179601–179700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
179678 Rietmeijer 2002 QS66 Frans J. M. Rietmeijer, Dutch-American planetary geologist and research professor at the University of New Mexico JPL

179701–179800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
179764 Myriamsarah 2002 SC Myriam Ory and Sarah Ory are daughters of the discoverer. JPL

179801–179900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
179875 Budavari 2002 TX328 Tamas Budavari (b. 1973), a Hungarian physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. JPL

179901–180000

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

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
178,001–179,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 179,001–180,000
Succeeded by
180,001–181,000
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