Meanings of minor planet names: 182001–183000
Every time a new minor planet is discovered, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC). The discoverer can then create and submit a name for them. The name has to follow the IAU's naming conventions. This list shows the minor planets that are in the correct range and the meanings of those names.
The official names of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids. Most of these asteroids were named after World War II. 
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication. Adding names before they are officially announced is not allowed.[7] The WGSBN publishes a complete guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar-System bodies.[8]
182001–182100
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 182044 Ryschkewitsch | 2000 CV109 | Michael Ryschkewitsch (born 1951) was the NASA Headquarters Chief Engineer. He was then the Head of the APL Space Department for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. | JPL · 182044 |
182101–182200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 182122 Sepan | 2000 QY234 | Rebecca L. H. Sepan (born 1977) was a senior mission operations analyst at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He was then a Flight Controller for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. | JPL · 182122 |
182201–182300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 182262 Solène | 2001 HA | Soléne Delavier (born 1996) is one of the observers at the Observatory of Saint-Veran in France. This is where this minor planet was discovered. | JPL · 182262 |
182301–182400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
182401–182500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
182501–182600
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 182590 Vladisvujnovic | 2001 TA245 | Vladis Vujnovic (born 1933) is a professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Zagreb. He is also a pianist and author of astronomy textbooks. He has helped development of astronomy and astrophysics in Croatia. | IAU · 182590 |
| 182591 Mocescobedo | 2001 TG247 | Cuauhtemoc Escobedo (born 1962) was an Seattle jazz music educator. He got the 2006 Golden Apple Award. He was also in the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame. | IAU · 182591 |
| 182592 Jolana | 2001 TF257 | Jolana Kürtiova (born 1963) was the wife of Slovak amateur astronomer Stefan Kürti. | JPL · 182592 |
182601–182700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
182701–182800
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
182801–182900
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
182901–183000
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
References
change- ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
| Preceded by 181,001–182,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 182,001–183,000 |
Succeeded by 183,001–184,000 |