Asminor 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]
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 166028 Karikókatalin | 2002 AR204 | Katalin Karikó (born 1955) is a Hungarian biochemist and researcher of mRNA-technologies for protein therapies. | IAU · 166028 |
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
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| 166229 Palanga | 2002 FS16 | Palanga is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania | JPL · 166229 |
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| There are no named minor planets in this number range | |||
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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| 166570 Adolfträger | 2002 RG118 | Adolf Träger (1888–1965), Czech landscape painter | JPL · 166570 |
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166614 Zsazsa | 2002 RG250 | Zsa Zsa Gábor (1917–2016), Hungarian-American actress and socialite | JPL · 166614 |
| 166622 Sebastien | 2002 SR15 | Sébastien Rodriguez (born 1976) is an assistant professor at the University of Paris Diderot and specializes in remote sensing of planetary surfaces and atmospheres. | JPL · 166622 |
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166745 Pindor | 2002 TV307 | Bartosz Pindor (born 1975), Canadian astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 166745 |
| 166746 Marcpostman | 2002 TY311 | Marc Postman (born 1958), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 166746 |
| 166747 Gordonrichards | 2002 TB316 | Gordon Richards (born 1972), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey who studies the demographics and physics of quasars | JPL · 166747 |
| 166748 Timrayschneider | 2002 TW320 | Donald Schneider (born 1955), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 166748 |
| 166749 Sesar | 2002 TV366 | Branimir Sesar (born 1980), Croatian-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey | JPL · 166749 |
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166886 Ybl | 2002 YB3 | Miklós Ybl (1814–1891), a Hungarian architect | JPL · 166886 |
| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166944 Seton | 2003 HP53 | Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774–1821), an educator, spiritual leader and saint. | JPL · 166944 |
| 166974 Joanbinimelis | 2003 OZ5 | Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. | IAU · 166974 |
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