Meanings of minor planet names: 173001–174000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

173001–173100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
173002 Dorfi 2006 OS Ernst Dorfi, Austrian professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of Vienna, promoter of astronomy JPL
173032 Mingus 2006 QF40 Jose Antonio Lacruz Martin (b. 1967) obtained his bachelor degree in law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. JPL
173086 Nireus 2007 RS8 Nireus, son of Aglaea and Charopus, mythological Greek king of Syme island, killed by Eurypylos during the Trojan war JPL

173101–173200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
173108 Ingola 6240 P-L Ingeborg 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. The name was suggested by her second cousin, J. Schubart. JPL
173117 Promachus 1973 SA1 Promachus, Greek warrior of the Iliad, killed by the Trojan hero Acamas JPL

173201–173300

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

173301–173400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
173395 Dweinberg 2000 CJ149 David Weinberg, American astronomer known for theoretical interpretation of observed galaxy clustering JPL

173401–173500

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

173501–173600

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

173601–173700

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

173701–173800

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

173801–173900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
173872 Andrewwest 2001 TJ245 Andrew A. West, American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL

173901–174000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
173936 Yuribo 2001 WM2 Yuribo, official mascot character of the town of Kuma Kogen, Japan JPL

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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