Meanings of minor planet names: 163001–164000
Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref · Catalog
163623 Miknaitis 2002 TR 346 Gajus Miknaitis ( born 1976 ) , American astrophysicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 163623
163624 Moorthy 2002 TD 366 Bhasker Moorthy ( born 1978 ) , American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 163624
163625 Munn 2002 TU 367 Jeff Munn ( born 1961 ) , American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 163625
163626 Glatfelter 2002 UV Pam Glatfelter ( born 1955 ) , American Operational Site Manager for the Table Mountain Observatory in California JPL · 163626
163639 Tomnash 2002 UN 51 Thomas Nash ( born 1943 ) , American physicist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 163639
163640 Newberg 2002 UB 59 Heidi Jo Newberg ( born 1965 ) , American astronomer and software developer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 163640
163641 Nichol 2002 UC 68 Robert Nichol ( born 1966 ) , British observational cosmologist with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey JPL · 163641
163693 Atira 2003 CP 20 Atira , the Native American Pawnee goddess of Earth and the evening star JPL · 163693
163601–163700
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