Meanings of minor planet names: 173001–174000

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.

173001–173100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
173002 Dorfi2006 OSErnst Dorfi, Austrian professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of Vienna, promoter of astronomyJPL · 173002
173032 Mingus2006 QF40Jose Antonio Lacruz Martin (born 1967), a member of the group of observers at Monte del Pardo, Madrid, who obtained his bachelor's degree in law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.JPL · 173032
173086 Nireus2007 RS8Nireus, son of Aglaea and Charopus, mythological Greek king of Syme island, killed by Eurypylos during the Trojan warJPL · 173086
173094 Wielicki2007 TM69Krzysztof Wielicki (born 1950) is a Polish mountaineer. He was fifth man in the world to climb all fourteen of the world's 8000-m mountains.JPL · 173094

173101–173200

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173108 Ingola6240 P-LIngeborg Walpurga Gasperi (1915–2002) grew up in Germany and Switzerland. In 1942 she married Mario Gasperi, an Italian engineer and expert in the construction of airplanes.JPL · 173108
173117 Promachus1973 SA1Promachus, Greek warrior of the Iliad, killed by the Trojan hero AcamasJPL · 173117

173201–173300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

173301–173400

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173395 Dweinberg2000 CJ149David Weinberg (born 1963), American astronomer known for theoretical interpretation of observed galaxy clustering. He is a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.JPL · 173395

173401–173500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

173501–173600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

173601–173700

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173649 Jeffreymoore2001 FS184Jeffrey M. Moore (born 1953) is a Research Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, who served as a Co-Investigator and Geology Science Team Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 173649

173701–173800

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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

173801–173900

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173872 Andrewwest2001 TJ245Andrew A. West (born 1977), an American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 173872

173901–174000

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173936 Yuribo2001 WM2Yuribo, official mascot character of the town of Kuma Kogen, JapanJPL · 173936

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
172,001–173,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 173,001–174,000		 Succeeded by
174,001–175,000
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