Meanings of minor planet names: 171001–172000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
171101–171200
171112 Sickafoose 2005 ER301 J. Lorin and Tanalynne Sickafoose, parents of the discoverer
171118 Szigetköz 2005 GJ1 Szigetköz, a beautiful island plain in western Hungary, part of the Little Hungarian Plain.
171153 Allanrahill 2005 GL81 Allan Rahill, meteorologist at the Canadian Meteorological Centre
171171 Prior 2005 GZ164 Richard M. Prior (b. 1942), a Professor of Physics who earned a PhD. in Nuclear Physics at the University of Florida.
171183 Haleakala 2005 HJ4 Haleakala (Hawaiian for the house of the sun), high dormant volcano on the island of Maui
171201–171300
171256 Lucieconstant 2005 PU5 Lucie Constant, the discoverer's goddaughter
171301–171400
171381 Taipei 2006 OG17 Taipei, known officially as Taipei City, is the political, economic and cultural center of Taiwan.
171396 Miguel 2006 QH33 Miguel Lacruz Martín, Spain mathematical observer
171401–171500
171429 Hunstead 2007 RD5 Richard (Dick) W. Hunstead, Australian astronomer
171433 Prothous 2007 RK35 Prothous, leader of Magnesia, son of Tenthredon, was one of the suitors of Helen
171448 Guchaohao 2007 RD147 Gu Chaohao is a mathematician who has made contributions to both pure and applied mathematics and was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980
171458 Pepaprats 2007 TF14 Pepa Prats Cruz, deceased wife of the astrophysicist José Luis Ortiz, codiscoverer of this minor planet
171465 Evamaria 6847 P-L Eva Maria Schubart, teacher of languages in the southern U.S
171501–171600
171588 Náprstek 1999 WG1 Vojta Náprstek, Czech philanthropist and advocate of progressive ideas
Preceded by
170,001–171,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 171,001–172,000
Succeeded by
172,001–173,000
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