Meanings of minor planet names: 163001–164000

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".

163001–163100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

163101–163200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
163119 Timmckay	2002 AO208	Tim McKay, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 163119
163153 Takuyaonishi	2002 CO116	Takuya Onishi, a Boeing 767 co-pilot and Japanese astronaut candidate for the ISS	JPL · 163153

163201–163300

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163244 Matthewhill	2002 FU18	Matthew E. Hill (born 1971) is a senior scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as a Co-Investigator for a High Energy Charged Particles Spectrometer aboard the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 163244
163255 Adrianhill	2002 GT27	Adrian Hill (born 1964) is a software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and served as a Fault Protection and Autonomy Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 163255

163301–163400

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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

163401–163500

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163470 Kenwallis	2002 RQ181	Ken Wallis (1916–2013), a British aviator and engineer.	JPL · 163470

163501–163600

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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

163601–163700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
163623 Miknaitis	2002 TR346	Gajus Miknaitis, American astrophysicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 163623
163624 Moorthy	2002 TD366	Bhasker Moorthy, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 163624
163625 Munn	2002 TU367	Jeff Munn, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 163625
163626 Glatfelter	2002 UV	Pam Glatfelter, American Operational Site Manager for the NASA's Table Mountain Facility	JPL · 163626
163639 Tomnash	2002 UN51	Thomas Nash, American physicist and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 163639
163640 Newberg	2002 UB59	Heidi Jo Newberg, American astronomer who wrote Sloan Digital Sky Survey software	JPL · 163640
163641 Nichol	2002 UC68	Robert Nichol, British observational cosmologist and long-term contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 163641
163693 Atira	2003 CP20	Atira, the Native American Pawnee goddess of Earth and the evening star	JPL · 163693

163701–163800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
163800 Richardnorton	2003 QS69	O. Richard Norton (1937–2009), author of many popular books and articles about meteorites †	JPL · 163800

163801–163900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
163819 Teleki	2003 RN8	Sámuel Teleki (1845–1916), Hungarian explorer, first to reach the snow-line on Mount Kilimanjaro, first to set foot on Mount Kenya, first European to see Lake Turkana (which he named Lake Rudolf)	JPL · 163819

163901–164000

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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

References

Preceded by 162,001–163,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 163,001–164,000

Succeeded by 164,001–165,000

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