- Meanings of minor planet names: 175001–176000
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
Contents: 175,001… 175,101… 175,201… 175,301… 175,401… 175,501… 175,601… 175,701… 175,801… 175,901…
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name 175001–175100 175046 Corporon 2004 FD92 Serge Corporon, French electronics engineer, who works with the discoverer in constructing a very sensitive CCD camera for the Observatoire de Meudon † 175101–175200 175109 Sharickaer 2004 MN7 Sharvel Gretzner, American veterinarian assistant, and Rick Kaer, American construction worker, friends of the discoverer † 175201–175300 175208 Vorbourg 2005 GA14 Vorbourg, Switzerland, site of two twelfth century castles † 175259 Offenberger 2005 JH91 Allan Offenberger, Canadian physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, the discoverer's thesis advisor † 175301–175400 175365 Carsac 2005 QO143 Francis Carsac, 20th-century French science-fiction author, pen name of François Bordes, geologist and archaeologist † 175401–175500 175476 Macheret 2006 RA1 Augustin Macheret, Swiss professor of law and rector of the University of Fribourg, chairman of the Foundation Robert A. Naef, owner of the discovery site † 175601–175700 175613 Shikoku-karst 2006 VB95 Shikoku Karst, a karst plateau located at the border of Ehime and Kochi prefectures, Japan † 175629 Lambertini 2007 SX1 Giovanni Lambertini, 20th-century Italian friar and science enthusiast, one of the founders of the group of amateur astronomers in Ravenna, Italy, and mentor of two of the discoverers † 175636 Zvyagel 2007 UP4 Zvyagel, ancient name of Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukraine, birthplace of Larysa Petrivna Kosach, a.k.a. Lesya Ukrainka, 19th-20th-century poet and writer, on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Zvyagel in 2007 † Preceded by
174,001–175,000Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 175,001–176,000Succeeded by
176,001–177,000Categories:
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