Meanings of minor planet names: 176001–177000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

176001–176100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

176101–176200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
176103 Waynejohnson 2001 BE61 Wayne Johnson, a.k.a. "Mr. Galaxy", American amateur astronomer, president of the Huachuca Astronomy Club and chair of the western region of the Astronomical League, discoverer of several supernovae, the first amateur to find two on the same night JPL

176201–176300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

176301–176400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

176401–176500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

176501–176600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

176601–176700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

176701–176800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
176710 Banff 2002 QR56 Banff, Alberta, well known for its hot springs and mountainous scenery, is one of Canada's most popular tourist attractions. JPL
176711 Canmore 2002 QM57 The town of Canmore, the most important coal-mining centers in southern Alberta JPL

176801–176900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
176866 Kuropatkin 2002 TO316 Nickolai Kuropatkin, Russian-American physicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL
176867 Brianlee 2002 TA321 Brian C. Lee, American physicist and Sloan Digital Sky Survey builder JPL
176884 Jallynsmith 2002 UZ58 J. Allyn Smith, American astronomer and a builder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL

176901–177000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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
175,001–176,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 176,001–177,000
Succeeded by
177,001–178,000
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