Meanings of minor planet names: 183001–184000
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]
183001–183100
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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 | |||
183101–183200
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 183114 Vicques | 2002 RU140 | Vicques is named after the Swiss municipality of Vicques in the Jura Mountains. This is where this asteroid was discovered at the Jura Observatory | JPL · 183114 |
| 183182 Weinheim | 2002 SB51 | Weinheim is named after the German town of Weinheim. It is near the western side of the Odenwald mountain range near Heidelberg, Germany. | JPL · 183182 |
183201–183300
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 183287 Deisenstein | 2002 TJ318 | Daniel Eisenstein (born 1970), was an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 183287 |
| 183288 Eyer | 2002 TH331 | Laurent Eyer (born 1965), was a Swiss astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 183288 |
| 183294 Langbroek | 2002 TB382 | Marco Langbroek (born 1970), was a Dutch archeologist and amateur astronomer. He studies meteors. He is part of the Dutch Meteor Society | JPL · 183294 |
183301–183400
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 183357 Rickshelton | 2002 VT129 | Richard G. Shelton (born 1957) was a Senior Operations Analyst for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. | JPL · 183357 |
183401–183500
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 183403 Gal | 2002 XW115 | Roy Gal (born 1973) was an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. | JPL · 183403 |
183501–183600
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 183560 Křišťan | 2003 KO18 | Christian of Prachatice (1360–1368) was a medieval Czech astronomer. | JPL · 183560 |
183601–183700
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| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 183635 Helmi | 2003 UF413 | Amina Helmi (born 1970) is an Argentinian-Dutch astronomer. They work at the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 183635 |
183701–183800
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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 | |||
183801–183900
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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 | |||
183901–184000
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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 182,001–183,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 183,001–184,000 |
Succeeded by 184,001–185,000 |