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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
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| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
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| 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 † |
| 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 | ||
| 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 |