Meanings of minor planet names: 160001–161000

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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

160001–160100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
160001 Bakonybél2006 GU31The ancient village of Bakonybél (founded in 1018) is located in the heart of the High Bakony Landscape Protection AreaJPL · 160001
160013 Elbrus1294 T-2Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain of the Caucasus in RussiaJPL · 160013

160101–160200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
160105 Gobi2000 SK43The Gobi desert is a large desert region in Asia, covering parts of southern Mongolia and northern/northwestern China. The Gobi is notable in history as part of the great Mongol Empire, and as the location of several important cities along the Silk Road.JPL · 160105

160201–160300

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
160215 Haines-Stiles2002 CB274Geoffrey Haines-Stiles (born 1948) served as the Public Outreach Cinematographer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 160215
160259 Mareike2002 QH53Mareike Hönig (born 1981), German mathematician and wife of the discoverer Sebastian F. HönigJPL · 160259

160301–160400

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160401–160500

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160493 Nantou2007 CD13Nantou County is located at the geographical center of TaiwanJPL · 160493

160501–160600

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160512 Franck-Hertz1990 TE11James Franck and Gustav Hertz received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1925JPL · 160512

160601–160700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160701–160800

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160801–160900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

160901–161000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
160903 Shiokaze2001 TO56The Japan Railway's express train Shiokaze was inaugurated in 1972, connecting Uwajima with Takamatsu, JapanJPL · 160903

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
159,001–160,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 160,001–161,000		 Succeeded by
161,001–162,000
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