Meanings of minor planet names: 179001–180000

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.

179001–179100

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179101–179200

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179201–179300

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179301–179400

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179401–179500

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179501–179600

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179593 Penglangxiaoxue2002 LK61Penglang School is located in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China. It was founded in 1906.JPL · 179593
179595 Belkovich2002 MK4Oleg Belkovich (born 1934) is recognized worldwide for his work on the radar observations of meteorsJPL · 179595

179601–179700

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179647 Stuartrobbins2002 PG152Stuart J. Robbins (born 1983) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. He served as a Science Team Planning Liaison for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.JPL · 179647
179678 Rietmeijer2002 QS66Frans J. M. Rietmeijer, Dutch-American planetary geologist and research professor at the University of New MexicoJPL · 179678

179701–179800

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179764 Myriamsarah2002 SCMyriam and Sarah, daughters of Swiss discoverer Michel OryJPL · 179764

179801–179900

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179875 Budavari2002 TX328Tamas Budavari (born 1973), a Hungarian physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky SurveyJPL · 179875

179901–180000

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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
178,001–179,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 179,001–180,000		 Succeeded by
180,001–181,000
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