Meanings of minor planet names: 160001–161000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

160001–160100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
160001 Bakonybél 2006 GU31 The ancient village of Bakonybél (founded in 1018) is located in the heart of the High Bakony Landscape Protection Area JPL
160013 Elbrus 1294 T-2 Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain of the Caucasus in Russia JPL

160101–160200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160201–160300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
160259 Mareike 2002 QH53 Mareike Hönig, mathematician JPL

160301–160400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160401–160500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
160493 Nantou 2007 CD13 Nantou County is located at the geographical center of Taiwan JPL

160501–160600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
160512 Franck-Hertz 1990 TE11 James Franck and Gustav Hertz received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1925 JPL

160601–160700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160701–160800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160801–160900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

160901–161000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
160903 Shiokaze 2001 TO56 The Japan Railway's express train Shiokaze was inaugurated in 1972, connecting Uwajima with Takamatsu, Japan JPL

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.
Preceded by
159,001–160,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 160,001–161,000
Succeeded by
161,001–162,000
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