Meanings of minor planet names: 165001–166000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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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165001–165100 | |||
165067 Pauls | 2000 ED207 | A. Georg Pauls, engineer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
165101–165200 | |||
165192 Neugent | 2000 QD235 | Kathryn F. Neugent, research associate at Lowell Observatory and computer scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory † | |
165301–165400 | |||
165347 Philplait | 2000 WG11 | Phil Plait, American astronomer, educator and author † | |
165501–165600 | |||
165574 Deidre | 2001 DH105 | Deidre Ann Hunter, astronomer at Lowell Observatory † | |
165601–165700 | |||
165612 Stackpole | 2001 FP86 | Michael Stackpole, American science fiction author and science advocate † | |
165659 Michaelhicks | 2001 LZ6 | Michael D. Hicks, scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory † | |
Preceded by 164,001–165,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 165,001–166,000 |
Succeeded by 166,001–167,000 |