Meanings of minor planet names: 170,001–180,000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.^[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

• Meanings of minor planet names: 170001–171000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 171001–172000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 172001–173000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 173001–174000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 174001–175000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 175001–176000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 176001–177000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 177001–178000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 178001–179000
• Meanings of minor planet names: 179001–180000

References

1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.