Meanings of minor planet names: 163001–164000
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 163101–163200 | ||
| 163119 Timmckay | 2002 AO208 | Tim McKay, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † |
| 163153 Takuyaonishi | 2002 CO116 | Takuya Onishi, Boeing 767 co-pilot for a Japanese airline † |
| 163401–163500 | ||
| 163470 Kenwallis | 2002 RQ181 | Ken Wallis (1916–2013), a British aviator and engineer. † |
| 163601–163700 | ||
| 163623 Miknaitis | 2002 TR346 | Gajus Miknaitis, American astrophysicist and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † |
| 163624 Moorthy | 2002 TD366 | Bhasker Moorthy, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † |
| 163625 Munn | 2002 TU367 | Jeff Munn, American astronomer and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † |
| 163626 Glatfelter | 2002 UV | Pam Glatfelter, American Operational Site Manager for the NASA Table Mountain Facility † |
| 163639 Tomnash | 2002 UN51 | Thomas Nash, American physicist and contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † |
| 163640 Newberg | 2002 UB59 | Heidi Jo Newberg, American astronomer who wrote Sloan Digital Sky Survey software † |
| 163641 Nichol | 2002 UC68 | Robert Nichol, British observational cosmologist and long-term contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey † |
| 163693 Atira | 2003 CP20 | Atira, the Pawnee goddess of Earth and the evening star † |
| 163701–163800 | ||
| 163800 Richardnorton | 2003 QS69 | Richard Norton, author of many popular books and articles about meteorites † |
| 163801–163900 | ||
| 163819 Teleki | 2003 RN8 | Sámuel Teleki, 19th-20th-century 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) † |
| Preceded by | Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 163,001–164,000 |
Succeeded by 164,001–165,000 |
