Meanings of minor planet names: 181001–182000

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".

181001–181100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
181043 Anan	2005 PV	Anan, a city which located in eastern Shikoku Island, Japan	JPL · 181043

181101–181200

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181136 Losonczrita	2005 QA152	Rita Losoncz (born 1985) is the fiancée of Krisztián Vida who participated with many observations in the minor planet survey at the Konkoly Observatory	JPL · 181136

181201–181300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
181241 Dipasquale	2005 UD7	Pietro Di Pasquale (born 1947), a cardiologist at the hospital in Palermo city	JPL · 181241
181249 Tkachenko	2005 UZ158	Viktor Tkachenko (born 1953) has been director of the Kyiv Palace of Sports	JPL · 181249
181279 Iapyx	2006 BF8	Iapyx, son of Iasus and favourite of Apollo, the healer of Aeneas during the Trojan War, and mythological founder of Apulia	JPL · 181279
181298 Ladányi	2006 QY	Tamás Ladányi (born 1972), a Hungarian amateur astronomer and a member of "The World At Night" group.	JPL · 181298

181301–181400

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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

181401–181500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
181419 Dragonera	2006 SN218	Sa Dragonera is a small island in the Balearic Islands, 3.2 km long and 500 meters high.	JPL · 181419
181483 Ampleforth	2006 TA95	Ampleforth, England, home to the Benedictine community of Ampleforth Abbey, to Ampleforth College where the discoverer was educated, and to the churchyard of Our Lady and St. Benedict's where his stepfather is buried	JPL · 181483

181501–181600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
181518 Ursulakleguin	2006 UL86	Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929–2018) was an American novelist and the author of many books and stories for adults and children. Recipient of numerous literary awards, Le Guin's words will be remembered, worlds will be visited, and characters beloved, for as long as her namesake orbits the Sun.	JPL · 181518
181562 Paulrosendall	2006 UT325	Paul E. Rosendall (born 1984) is a senior software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as the Lead for Software Fault Protection for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto.	JPL · 181562
181569 Leetyphoon	2006 VD21	Typhoon Lee (born 1948) is a member of Taiwan's Academia Sinica, who specializes in isotope geochemistry and nuclear astrophysics.	JPL · 181569

181601–181700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
181627 Philgeluck	2006 XZ5	Philippe Geluck, Belgian comedian, humorist and cartoonist, creator of "Le Chat"	JPL · 181627
181670 Kengyun	2008 BO15	KengYun (1924–2000) was a master of Zen, who taught others how to understand themselves, and to recognize the laws of universe and reality. He helped others accomplish their completeness and human evolution toward the bliss of lives.	JPL · 181670

181701–181800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
181702 Forcalquier	1988 RC9	Forcalquier is a French community in front of the Luberon Massif, in the Alpes-de Haute Provence department.	JPL · 181702
181751 Phaenops	1996 HS12	Phaenops, the father of Xanthos and Thouon, was left in bitter grief and anguish, after hearing that Diomedes had killed both of his sons	JPL · 181751

181801–181900

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181824 Königsleiten	1998 SY35	The village of Königsleiten is part of Wald im Pinzgau, in the Austrian province of Salzburg	JPL · 181824

181901–182000

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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 180,001–181,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 181,001–182,000

Succeeded by 182,001–183,000

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