Meanings of minor planet names: 163001–164000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	163001–163100
	163101–163200
163119 Timmckay	2002 AO₂₀₈	Tim McKay, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
163153 Takuyaonishi	2002 CO₁₁₆	Takuya Onishi, Boeing 767 co-pilot for a Japanese airline †
	163201–163300
	163301–163400
	163401–163500
163470 Kenwallis	2002 RQ₁₈₁	Ken Wallis (1916–2013), a British aviator and engineer. †
	163501–163600
	163601–163700
163623 Miknaitis	2002 TR₃₄₆	Gajus Miknaitis, American astrophysicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
163624 Moorthy	2002 TD₃₆₆	Bhasker Moorthy, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
163625 Munn	2002 TU₃₆₇	Jeff Munn, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
163626 Glatfelter	2002 UV	Pam Glatfelter, American Operational Site Manager for the NASA Table Mountain Facility †
163639 Tomnash	2002 UN₅₁	Thomas Nash, American physicist and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
163640 Newberg	2002 UB₅₉	Heidi Jo Newberg, American astronomer who wrote Sloan Digital Sky Survey software †
163641 Nichol	2002 UC₆₈	Robert Nichol, British observational cosmologist and long-term contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
163693 Atira	2003 CP₂₀	Atira, the Pawnee goddess of Earth and the evening star †
	163701–163800
163800 Richardnorton	2003 QS₆₉	Richard Norton, author of many popular books and articles about meteorites †
	163801–163900
163819 Teleki	2003 RN₈	Sámuel Teleki, 19th-20th-century Hungarian explorer, first to reach the snow-line on Mount Kilimanjaro, first to set foot on Mount Kenya, first European to see Lake Turkana (which he named Lake Rudolf) †
	163901–164000

Preceded by 162,001–163,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 163,001–164,000	Succeeded by 164,001–165,000

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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