Meanings of minor planet names: 170001–171000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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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170001–170100 | |||
170006 Stoughton | 2002 TV309 | Chris Stoughton, American astronomer and a builder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170007 Strateva | 2002 TV323 | Iskra Strateva, Bulgarian-born, former American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170008 Michaelstrauss | 2002 TZ338 | Michael Strauss, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170009 Subbarao | 2002 TY340 | Mark Subbarao, an American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. † | |
170010 Szalay | 2002 TJ341 | Alex Szalay, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170011 Szkody | 2002 TE352 | Paula Szkody, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170012 Anithakar | 2002 TF359 | Ani Thakar, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170022 Douglastucker | 2002 UO66 | Douglas Tucker, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170023 Vogeley | 2002 UR68 | Michael S. Vogeley, American astronomer, a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170101–170200 | |||
170162 Nicolashayek | 2003 FJ2 | Nicolas Hayek, a member of the Société jurassienne d´astronomie † | |
170301–170400 | |||
170306 Augustzátka | 2003 SZ32 | August Zátka, 19th-20th-century Czech personality of České Budějovice † | |
170395 Nicolevogt | 2003 SP319 | Nicole Vogt, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † | |
170801–170900 | |||
170879 Verbeeckje | 2004 LV5 | Elena Verbeeck is the daughter of Francis Verbeeck, friend of the discoverer † | |
170900 Jendrassik | 2004 VY69 | The world’s first turboprop was designed by the Hungarian mechanical engineer, György Jendrassik. † | |
170901–171000 | |||
170906 Coluche | 2004 XC41 | Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche, French comedian and actor † | |
170927 Dgebessire | 2005 AS3 | Gérad Bessire (b. 1953), a biologist and pedagogue from Courroux, in the Swiss Jura. † | |
Preceded by 169,001–170,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 170,001–171,000 |
Succeeded by 171,001–172,000 |
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