Meanings of minor planet names: 163001–164000

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.

163001–163100

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

163101–163200

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163119 Timmckay2002 AO208Tim McKay, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 163119
163153 Takuyaonishi2002 CO116Takuya Onishi, a Boeing 767 co-pilot and Japanese astronaut candidate for the ISSJPL · 163153

163201–163300

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163244 Matthewhill2002 FU18Matthew E. Hill (born 1971) is a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as a Co-Investigator for a High Energy Charged Particles Spectrometer aboard the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 163244
163255 Adrianhill2002 GT27Adrian Hill (born 1964) is a software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and served as a Fault Protection and Autonomy Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 163255

163301–163400

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163401–163500

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163470 Kenwallis2002 RQ181Ken Wallis (1916–2013), a British aviator and engineer.JPL · 163470

163501–163600

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163601–163700

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163623 Miknaitis2002 TR346Gajus Miknaitis, American astrophysicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 163623
163624 Moorthy2002 TD366Bhasker Moorthy, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 163624
163625 Munn2002 TU367Jeff Munn, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 163625
163626 Glatfelter2002 UVPam Glatfelter, American Operational Site Manager for the NASA's Table Mountain FacilityJPL · 163626
163639 Tomnash2002 UN51Thomas Nash, American physicist and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 163639
163640 Newberg2002 UB59Heidi Jo Newberg, American astronomer who wrote Sloan Digital Sky Survey softwareJPL · 163640
163641 Nichol2002 UC68Robert Nichol, British observational cosmologist and long-term contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 163641
163693 Atira2003 CP20Atira, the Native American Pawnee goddess of Earth and the evening starJPL · 163693

163701–163800

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163800 Richardnorton2003 QS69O. Richard Norton (1937–2009), author of many popular books and articles about meteorites †JPL · 163800

163801–163900

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163819 Teleki2003 RN8Sámuel Teleki (1845–1916), Hungarian explorer, first to reach the snow-line on Mount Kilimanjaro, first to set foot on Mount Kenya, first European to see Lake Turkana (which he named Lake Rudolf)JPL · 163819

163901–164000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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
162,001–163,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 163,001–164,000		 Succeeded by
164,001–165,000
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