Meanings of minor planet names: 162001–163000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

162001–162100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
162001 Vulpius	1990 TH9	Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570–1615), a German singer and composer of church music	JPL · 162001
162002 Spalatin	1990 TC10	George Spalatin (1484–1545) was a German theologian, humanist and historian. In 1502 he went to the University of Wittenberg and had good relations with Martin Luther and to the Reformation. Spalatin was painted by Lukas Cranach, father and son. He died at Altenburg and was buried in the St. Batholomew church.	JPL · 162002
162011 Konnohmaru	1994 AB1	Konnohmaru is a legendary warrior of the Heiji Rebellion (1159)	JPL · 162011
162035 Jirotakahashi	1995 YW1	Jiro Takahashi (born 1949), professor of science education at Ehime University	JPL · 162035

162101–162200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
162158 Merrillhess	1999 CZ9	Merrill Hess (born 1955), an amateur astronomer and has been President and Vice-President of the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society many times.	JPL · 162158
162166 Mantsch	1999 FW82	Paul Mantsch, American particle and astro-particle physicist and one of the builders of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 162166
162173 Ryugu	1999 JU3	Ryūgū-jō (Ryugu), the undersea palace of the dragon deity Ryūjin in Japanese mythology, from where a Japanese fisherman brought back a box with a secret. The naming alludes to the Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission.	JPL · 162173

162201–162300

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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

162301–162400

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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

162401–162500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
162466 Margon	2000 JA90	Bruce Margon (born 1948), American astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 162466

162501–162600

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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

162601–162700

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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

162701–162800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
162755 Spacesora	2000 WA68	"Space Sora", the non-profit organization who has contributed to the popularization of science, especially astronomy, among children in Ehime prefecture, Japan, since 2008	JPL · 162755

162801–162900

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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

162901–163000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
162937 Prêtre	2001 PQ9	Heart surgeon René Prêtre (born 1957), voted Swiss of the Year in 2009, treats children in both Switzerland and Mozambique	JPL · 162937
162978 Helenhart	2001 QD333	Helen M. Hart (born 1954), a mission operations analyst at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, served as a Mission Sequencer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 162978

References

Preceded by 161,001–162,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 162,001–163,000

Succeeded by 163,001–164,000

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