Meanings of minor planet names: 166001–167000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
166201–166300
166229 Palanga 2002 FS16 Palanga is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania
166501–166600
166570 Adolfträger 2002 RG118 Adolf Träger, 19th-20th-century Czech landscape painter
166601–166700
166614 Zsazsa 2002 RG250 Zsa Zsa Gábor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite
166701–166800
166745 Pindor 2002 TV307 Bartosz Pindor, Canadian astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
166746 Marcpostman 2002 TY311 Marc Postman, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
166747 Gordonrichards 2002 TB316 Gordon Richards, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
166748 Timrayschneider 2002 TW320 Donald Schneider, American astronomer and a Sloan Digital Sky Survey builder
166749 Sesar 2002 TV366 Branimir Sesar, Croatian-American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
166801–166900
166886 Ybl 2002 YB3 Miklós Ybl, one of Hungary's most influential architects
166901–167000
166944 Seton 2003 HP53 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), an educator, spiritual leader and saint.
Preceded by
165,001–166,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 166,001–167,000
Succeeded by
167,001–168,000
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