Meanings of minor planet names: 161001–162000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	161001–161100
161092 Zsigmond	2002 OL₂₈	Vilmos Zsigmond, Academy Award-winning Hungarian-American cinematographer †
	161101–161200
	161201–161300
161207 Lidz	2002 TW₃₀₅	Adam Lidz, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
161215 Loveday	2002 UL₆₆	Jonathan Loveday, British astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
161278 Cesarmendoza	2003 FW₁₂₈	Cesar Mendoza, Venezuelan astrophysicist †
	161301–161400
161315 de Shalit	2003 QS₅	Amos de Shalit, Israeli nuclear physicist †
161349 Mecsek	2003 SJ₁₂₇	Mecsek is a mountain range in southern Hungary †
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 †
	161401–161500
	161501–161600
161545 Ferrando	2004 XP₁₆	Rafael Ferrando, Spanish astronomer, founder of the Observatorio Astronomico Pla D'Arguines (Pla D'Arguines Astronomical Observatory) †
161546 Schneeweis	2004 XT₁₆	LtCdr (USN) Scott Schneeweis, American early U.S. space program historian, webmaster of "Spaceaholic" †
	161601–161700
161693 Attilladanko	2006 HL₄₆	Attilla Danko, Canadian software designer and amateur astronomer †
	161701–161800
161715 Wenchuan	2006 MZ₁₂	In memory of the 90,000 people killed in the great Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 May 12 †
	161801–161900
	161901–162000
161962 Galchyn	2007 HE₈₄	The village of Galchyn, northern part of it borders on Andrushivka, a district center in Ukraine †
161975 Kincsem	2007 LO	Kincsem was the most successful Thoroughbred race horse ever, having won 54 races for 54 starts †
161989 Cacus	1978 CA	Cacus, mythological fire-breathing monster, son of Vulcan, killed by Hercules †

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

Meanings of minor planet names

1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000

5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000

10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000

20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000

30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000

40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000

50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000

60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000

70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000

80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000

90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000

100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000

200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000

300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000

401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

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