Meanings of minor planet names: 186001–187000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	186001–186100
	186101–186200
	186201–186300
	186301–186400
	186401–186500
	186501–186600
	186601–186700
	186701–186800
	186801–186900
186832 Mosser	2004 FD₇₆	Mosser Roger, famous French self-taught optician †
186835 Normanspinrad	2004 FE₉₂	Norman Spinrad, American science-fiction writer †
	186901–187000

Preceded by 185,001–186,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 186,001–187,000	Succeeded by 187,001–188,000