Meanings of minor planet names: 164001–165000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
164001–164100
164006 Thierry 2003 UT185 Thierry Christophe, French entomologist and the discoverer's younger brother
164101–164200
164130 Jonckheere 2003 YY21 Robert Louis Charles Jonckheere, French amateur astronomer who observed visual double stars
164201–164300
164215 Doloreshill 2004 MF6 Dolores H. Hill, American meteoriticist
164268 Hajmási 2004 VV69 József Hajmási, Hungarian physicist, teacher and amateur astronomer
164501–164600
164518 Patoche 2006 HN18 Patrice "Patoche" Christophe, French architect and oldest brother of the discoverer
164585 Oenomaos 2007 ND2 King Oenomaus of Pisa was the son of Ares by Harpina and father of Hippodamia
164586 Arlette 2007 NL4 Arlette Naef, wife of the discoverer
164587 Taesch 2007 OS Paul Taesch initiated the discoverer into observing the night sky when she was a teenager
164589 La Sagra 2007 PC11 Sierra de La Sagra, highest mountain (2382 m) of the Cordillera Subbética mountain range of southern Spain, home of the discovery site, Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra
164701–164800
164791 Nicinski 1999 FJ70 Tom Nicinski, American software engineer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
164792 Owen 1999 FD78 Russell Owen, American engineer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Preceded by
163,001–164,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 164,001–165,000
Succeeded by
165,001–166,000
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