Meanings of minor-planet names: 176001–177000
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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 approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies 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 which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
176001–176100
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176014 Vedrana | 2000 RS106 | Vedrana Ivezić (born 2000), is an American amateur astronomer and the daughter of Croatian-American astrophysicist Željko Ivezić | JPL · 176014 |
176101–176200
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176103 Waynejohnson | 2001 BE61 | Wayne Johnson (born 1953), is an American amateur astronomer, president of the Huachuca Astronomy Club and chair of the western region of the Astronomical League. He discovered several supernovae, and was the first amateur to find two such astronomical objects on the same night. | JPL · 176103 |
176201–176300
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
176301–176400
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176380 Goran | 2001 TE248 | Goran Ivezić (born 1971), is a Croatian amateur astronomer and the brother of SDSS team member Željko Ivezić. | JPL · 176380 |
176401–176500
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
176501–176600
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176532 Boskri | 2002 AF2 | Abdelkarim Boskri (b. 1990), a Moroccan astrophysicist. | IAU · 176532 |
176601–176700
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176610 Nuñez | 2002 FW18 | Jorge I. Nunez (born 1981) is a scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He served as a LORRI Instrument Data Scientist for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. | JPL · 176610 |
176701–176800
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176710 Banff | 2002 QR56 | The Canadian town of Banff located within the Banff National Park, is known for its hot springs and mountainous scenery, and one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. | JPL · 176710 |
| 176711 Canmore | 2002 QM57 | The town of Canmore, the most important coal-mining centers in southern Alberta | JPL · 176711 |
176801–176900
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176866 Kuropatkin | 2002 TO316 | Nickolai Kuropatkin (born 1949), Russian-American physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 176866 |
| 176867 Brianlee | 2002 TA321 | Brian C. Lee (born 1968), American physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 176867 |
| 176884 Jallynsmith | 2002 UZ58 | J. Allyn Smith (born 1954), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 176884 |
176901–177000
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176981 Anteradonić | 2002 XJ116 | Ante Radonić (born 1951) is a Croatian astronomer, who writes for the weekly radio show Andromeda and is a major contributor to the popularization of astronomy and astronautics in Croatia. | IAU · 176981 |