Meanings of minor planet names: 180001–181000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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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180101–180200 | |||
180141 Sperauskas | 2003 FA123 | Julius Sperauskas (b. 1950), President of Lithuanian Astronomical Union (2003–2007), is Senior Researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University. † | |
180301–180400 | |||
180367 Vonfeldt | 2003 YQ110 | Kevin Joseph VonFeldt (1983–2009), of Stafford, Texas, husband of Thanh, son of Randy and Mary and brother of Brian, was a licensed aircraft mechanic who loved family, baseball and motorcycles † | |
180601–180700 | |||
180643 Cardoen | 2004 GK20 | Dany Cardoen, French amateur astronomer and optician † | |
180701–180800 | |||
180739 Barbet | 2004 KX7 | Alix Barbet, French archaeologist and author, and Jean Barbet, French aeronautical engineer † | |
180801–180900 | |||
180824 Kabos | 2005 GU8 | Gyula Kabos, Hungarian actor and comedian † | |
180857 Hofigéza | 2005 HG7 | Géza Hofi, an actor and comedian, had a strong influence on Hungarian cabaret † | |
Preceded by 179,001–180,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 180,001–181,000 |
Succeeded by 181,001–182,000 |
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