Meanings of minor planet names: 180001–181000

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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
180101–180200
180141 Sperauskas 2003 FA123 Julius Sperauskas (b. 1950), President of Lithuanian Astronomical Union (2003–2007), is Senior Researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University.
180301–180400
180367 Vonfeldt 2003 YQ110 Kevin Joseph VonFeldt (1983–2009), of Stafford, Texas, husband of Thanh, son of Randy and Mary and brother of Brian, was a licensed aircraft mechanic who loved family, baseball and motorcycles
180601–180700
180643 Cardoen 2004 GK20 Dany Cardoen, French amateur astronomer and optician
180701–180800
180739 Barbet 2004 KX7 Alix Barbet, French archaeologist and author, and Jean Barbet, French aeronautical engineer
180801–180900
180824 Kabos 2005 GU8 Gyula Kabos, Hungarian actor and comedian
180857 Hofigéza 2005 HG7 Géza Hofi, an actor and comedian, had a strong influence on Hungarian cabaret


Preceded by Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 180,001–181,000
Succeeded by
181,001–182,000