Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 180001–181000
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]
180001–180100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
180101–180200
|-id=141 | 180141 Sperauskas || 2003 FA123 || Julius Sperauskas (born 1950), President of Lithuanian Astronomical Union (2003–2007), is a senior researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University (570). || JPL · 180141 |-id=143 | 180143 Gaberogers || 2003 FE124 || Gabe D. Rogers (born 1973) is an assistant group supervisor at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as the Spacecraft Systems Engineer for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 180143 |}
180201–180300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
180301–180400
|-id=367 | 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 || JPL · 180367 |}
180401–180500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
180501–180600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
180601–180700
|-id=643 | 180643 Cardoen || 2004 GK20 || Dany Cardoen (born 1949), French amateur astronomer and optician || JPL · 180643 |}
180701–180800
|-id=739 | 180739 Barbet || 2004 KX7 || Alix Barbet (born 1940), French archaeologist and author, and Jean Barbet, French aeronautical engineer || JPL · 180739 |}
180801–180900
|-id=824 | 180824 Kabos || 2005 GU8 || Gyula Kabos (1887–1941), Hungarian actor and comedian || JPL · 180824 |-id=855 | 180855 Debrarose || 2005 GO205 || Debra M. Rose (born 1959) is a Senior Program Manager for Research and Development at the Southwest Research Institute, and served as a Payload Instrument Sequencer for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || JPL · 180855 |-id=857 | 180857 Hofigéza || 2005 HG7 || Géza Hofi (1936–2002), an actor and comedian, had a strong influence on Hungarian cabaret || JPL · 180857 |}
180901–181000
|-id=940 | 180940 Bighornfire || 2005 ML2 || all firefighting personnel and organizations who tirelessly fought and suppressed the Bighorn Fire, a wildfire which scorched 120 000 acres of forest in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona in summer 2020. Their heroic efforts kept thousands of people safe, and saved the astronomical facilities located there. || IAU · 180940 |}
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References
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet Circulars. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?asteroids#discovery. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. 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. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5. 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. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/Astrometry.html#name. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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