Meanings of minor planet names: 160001–161000
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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name | |
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160001–160100 | |||
160001 Bakonybél | 2006 GU31 | The ancient village of Bakonybél (founded in 1018) is located in the heart of the High Bakony Landscape Protection Area † | |
160013 Elbrus | 1294 T-2 | Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain of the Caucasus in Russia † | |
160201–160300 | |||
160259 Mareike | 2002 QH53 | Mareike Hönig, mathematician † | |
160401–160500 | |||
160493 Nantou | 2007 CD13 | Nantou County is located at the geographical center of Taiwan † | |
160501–160600 | |||
160512 Franck-Hertz | 1990 TE11 | James Franck and Gustav Hertz received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1925 † | |
160901–161000 | |||
160903 Shiokaze | 2001 TO56 | The Japan Railway's express train Shiokaze was inaugurated in 1972, connecting Uwajima with Takamatsu, Japan † | |
Preceded by 159,001–160,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 160,001–161,000 |
Succeeded by 161,001–162,000 |
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