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.
- 167,000s
- 168,000s
- 169,000s
- 170,000s
- 171,000s
- 172,000s
- 173,000s
- 174,000s
- 175,000s
- 176,000s
- 177,000s
- 172,001…
- 172,101…
- 172,201…
- 172,301…
- 172,401…
- 172,501…
- 172,601…
- 172,701…
- 172,801…
- 172,901…
172101–172200
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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172191 Ralphmcnutt | 2002 PH152 | Ralph McNutt (born 1953) is a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as a science team co-investigator and as the Principal Investigator of the PEPSSI instrument aboard the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 172191 |
172901–173000
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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172932 Bachleitner | 2005 JC | Hannes Bachleitner (born 1965), a well-known Austrian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer | JPL · 172932 |
172947 Baeyens | 2005 JQ138 | Dennis A. Baeyens, molecular biologist | JPL · 172947 |
172951 Mehoke | 2005 JN174 | Douglas S. Mehoke (born 1956) is a thermal engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and served as a Thermal Systems Engineer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 172951 |
172985 Ericmelin | 2006 HW147 | Eric D. Melin (born 1977) is a software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and served as the Ground Systems Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. | JPL · 172985 |
172989 Xuliyang | 2006 KW67 | Xu Liyang, a friend of Chinese co-discoverer Ye Quan-Zhi | JPL · 172989 |
172996 Stooke | 2006 KL141 | Philip John Stooke, Canadian geographer, author of the International Atlas of Lunar Exploration | JPL · 172996 |
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