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 (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[4][5]
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
171001–171100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
171101–171200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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171112 Sickafoose | 2005 ER301 | J. Lorin and Tanalynne Sickafoose, parents of the discoverer JPL | |
171118 Szigetköz | 2005 GJ1 | Szigetköz, a beautiful island plain in western Hungary, part of the Little Hungarian Plain. JPL | |
171153 Allanrahill | 2005 GL81 | Allan Rahill, meteorologist at the Canadian Meteorological Centre JPL | |
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. JPL | |
171183 Haleakala | 2005 HJ4 | Haleakala (Hawaiian for the house of the sun), high dormant volcano on the island of Maui JPL |
171201–171300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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171256 Lucieconstant | 2005 PU5 | Lucie Constant, the discoverer's goddaughter JPL |
171301–171400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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171381 Taipei | 2006 OG17 | Taipei, known officially as Taipei City, is the political, economic and cultural center of Taiwan. JPL | |
171396 Miguel | 2006 QH33 | Miguel Lacruz Martín, Spain mathematical observer JPL |
171401–171500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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171429 Hunstead | 2007 RD5 | Richard (Dick) W. Hunstead, Australian astronomer JPL | |
171433 Prothous | 2007 RK35 | Prothous, leader of Magnesia, son of Tenthredon, was one of the suitors of Helen JPL | |
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 JPL | |
171458 Pepaprats | 2007 TF14 | Pepa Prats Cruz, deceased wife of the astrophysicist José Luis Ortiz, codiscoverer of this minor planet JPL | |
171465 Evamaria | 6847 P-L | Eva Maria Schubart, teacher of languages in the southern U.S JPL |
171501–171600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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171588 Náprstek | 1999 WG1 | Vojta Náprstek, Czech philanthropist and advocate of progressive ideas JPL |
171601–171700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
171701–171800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
171801–171900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
171901–172000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
References
- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.