Meanings of minor planet names: 172001–173000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	172001–172100
	172101–172200
	172201–172300
172269 Tator	2002 TJ₆₉	Michael Tator, German amateur astronomer and co-founder of Turtle Star Observatory in Muelheim-Ruhr †
	172301–172400
172315 Changqiaoxiaoxue	2002 TL₃₀₀	Suzhou ChangQiao Primary School †
172317 Walterbos	2002 TZ₃₁₅	Rene Walterbos, Dutch/American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey †
172318 Wangshui	2002 TY₃₄₂	Shu-i Wang, American optical engineer and a Sloan Digital Sky Survey builder †
	172401–172500
172425 Taliajacobi	2003 OJ₁₈	Talia Jacobi, Israeli medical student, nature guide and fan of astronomy, wife of the discoverer †
	172501–172600
172525 Adamblock	2003 TY₁	Adam Block, American astronomy popularizer, and astronomical director of the Mount Lemmon Science Center †
	172601–172700
	172701–172800
172734 Giansimon	2004 CN₁	Gianluca and Simona Fagioli, sons of the second discoverer †
	172801–172900
172850 Coppens	2005 EU₂₇	Yves Coppens, French paleoanthropologist, codiscoverer of the Australopithecus afarensis Lucy †
	172901–173000
172932 Bachleitner	2005 JC	Johannes Bachleitner (b. 1965), a well-known Austrian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. †
172947 Baeyens	2005 JQ₁₃₈	Dennis A. Baeyens, molecular biologist †
172989 Xuliyang	2006 KW₆₇	Xu Liyang is a good friend of the first discoverer †
172996 Stooke	2006 KL₁₄₁	Philip John Stooke, Canadian geographer, author of the International Atlas of Lunar Exploration †

Preceded by 171,001–172,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 172,001–173,000	Succeeded by 173,001–174,000

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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