Meanings of minor planet names: 173001–174000

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".

173001–173100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
173002 Dorfi	2006 OS	Ernst Dorfi (born 1956), Austrian professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of Vienna, promoter of astronomy	JPL · 173002
173032 Mingus	2006 QF40	Jose Antonio Lacruz Martin (born 1967), a member of the group of observers at Monte del Pardo, Madrid, who obtained his bachelor's degree in law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.	JPL · 173032
173086 Nireus	2007 RS8	Nireus, son of Aglaea and Charopus, mythological Greek king of Syme island, killed by Eurypylos during the Trojan war	JPL · 173086
173094 Wielicki	2007 TM69	Krzysztof Wielicki (born 1950) is a Polish mountaineer. He was fifth man in the world to climb all fourteen of the world's 8000-m mountains.	JPL · 173094

173101–173200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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.	JPL · 173108
173117 Promachus	1973 SA1	Promachus, Greek warrior of the Iliad, killed by the Trojan hero Acamas	JPL · 173117

173201–173300

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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

173301–173400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
173395 Dweinberg	2000 CJ149	David Weinberg (born 1963), American astronomer known for theoretical interpretation of observed galaxy clustering. He is a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.	JPL · 173395

173401–173500

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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

173501–173600

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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

173601–173700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
173649 Jeffreymoore	2001 FS184	Jeffrey M. Moore (born 1953) is a Research Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, who served as a Co-Investigator and Geology Science Team Lead for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 173649

173701–173800

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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

173801–173900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
173872 Andrewwest	2001 TJ245	Andrew A. West (born 1977), an American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 173872

173901–174000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
173936 Yuribo	2001 WM2	Yuribo, official mascot character of the town of Kuma Kogen, Japan	JPL · 173936

References

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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