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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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