Meanings of minor planet names: 186001–187000

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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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]

186001–186100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
186007 Guilleminet2001 QS100Pierre-François de Guilleminet (1691–1755), a French astronomer and mathematician with the Montpellier Royal Society of Sciences and designer of the Babote Observatory.JPL · 186007

186101–186200

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186142 Gillespie2001 TO245Bruce Gillespie (born 1950), is an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). He was the Apache Point Observatory Operations Site Manager and the SDSS-III and -IV Program ManagerJPL · 186142

186201–186300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

186301–186400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

186401–186500

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186411 Margaretsimon2002 PF152Margaret Simon (born 1967), a strategic communications manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, who served as the External Events Coordinator for the New Horizons mission to Pluto.JPL · 186411

186501–186600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

186601–186700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

186701–186800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

186801–186900

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186832 Mosser2004 FD76Mosser Roger (1936–1990), a French self-taught opticianJPL · 186832
186835 Normanspinrad2004 FE92Norman Spinrad (born 1940), American science-fiction writerJPL · 186835

186901–187000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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185,001–186,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 186,001–187,000		 Succeeded by
187,001–188,000
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