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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]

165001–165100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
165067 Pauls	2000 ED₂₀₇	A. Georg Pauls (born 1958), engineer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey	JPL · 165067

165101–165200

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165192 Neugent	2000 QD₂₃₅	Kathryn F. Neugent (born 1987), research associate at Lowell Observatory and computer scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Src	JPL · 165192

165201–165300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

165301–165400

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165347 Philplait	2000 WG₁₁	Phil Plait (born 1964), American astronomer, educator and author	JPL · 165347

165401–165500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

165501–165600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
165574 Deidre	2001 DH₁₀₅	Deidre Ann Hunter (born 1953), astronomer at Lowell Observatory	JPL · 165574

165601–165700

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165612 Stackpole	2001 FP₈₆	Michael Stackpole (born 1957), American science fiction author and science advocate	JPL · 165612
165659 Michaelhicks	2001 LZ₆	Michael D. Hicks (born 1964), scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory	JPL · 165659