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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
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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