Meanings of minor planet names: 167001–168000

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".

167001–167100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
167018 Csontoscsaba	2003 QS29	Csaba Csontos (born 1940), a Hungarian architect	JPL · 167018

167101–167200

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167113 Robertwick	2003 SW78	Bob Wick, American sculptor, co-chairman of Wick Communications, member of the Arizona Astronomy Board, and light pollution advocate	JPL · 167113

167201–167300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
167208 Lelekovice	2003 UN7	Lelekovice, Czech Republic, birthplace of co-discoverer Kamil Hornoch, on the occasion of the 720th anniversary of the founding of the village	JPL · 167208

167301–167400

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167341 Börzsöny	2003 VG	Börzsöny, a mountain range in northern Hungary.	JPL · 167341

167401–167500

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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

167501–167600

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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

167601–167700

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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

167701–167800

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167748 Markkelly	2004 XB42	Mark Kelly, an astronaut who has flown on four NASA shuttle missions	JPL · 167748

167801–167900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
167852 Maturana	2005 DM	Angelica Maturana, friend of Italian co-discoverer Andrea Boattini	JPL · 167852
167875 Kromminga	2005 EV29	Albion Kromminga was a physics professor at Calvin College from 1965 until retiring in 1996	JPL · 167875

167901–168000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
167960 Rudzikas	2005 EV249	Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas, president of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences	JPL · 167960
167971 Carlyhowett	2005 EF303	Carly J. Howett (born 1979) is a research scientist at Southwest Research Institute, who served as an encounter Composition Team co-investigator for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 167971
167976 Ormsbymitchel	2005 GS8	Ormsby M. Mitchel (1809–1862) was an astronomer who founded the Cincinnati Observatory and later became director of the Dudley Observatory. He published the first popular journal of astronomy (The Sidereal Messenger) in the United States and confirmed that the star Antares is a double star.	JPL · 167976

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Preceded by 166,001–167,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 167,001–168,000

Succeeded by 168,001–169,000

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