Meanings of minor planet names: 173001–174000

173001–173100

 * -id=002
 * 173002 Dorfi || 2006 OS || Ernst Dorfi (1956-2020), Austrian professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of Vienna, promoter of astronomy || ·
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 * 173032 Mingus || || Jose Antonio Lacruz Martin (born 1967), a member of the group of observers at Monte del Pardo, Madrid, who obtained his bachelor's degree in law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. || ·
 * -id=086
 * 173086 Nireus || || Nireus, son of Aglaea and Charopus, mythological Greek king of Syme island, killed by Eurypylos during the Trojan war || ·
 * -id=094
 * 173094 Wielicki || || Krzysztof Wielicki (born 1950) is a Polish mountaineer. He was fifth man in the world to climb all fourteen of the world's 8000-m mountains. || ·
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173101–173200

 * -id=108
 * 173108 Ingola || 6240 P-L || Ingeborg Walpurga Gasperi (1915–2002) grew up in Germany and Switzerland. In 1942 she married Mario Gasperi, an Italian engineer and expert in the construction of airplanes. || ·
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 * 173117 Promachus || || Promachus, Greek warrior of the Iliad, killed by the Trojan hero Acamas || ·
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173201–173300

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173301–173400

 * -id=395
 * 173395 Dweinberg || || David Weinberg (born 1963), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, known for theoretical interpretation of observed galaxy clustering || ·
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173401–173500

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173501–173600

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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173601–173700

 * -id=649
 * 173649 Jeffreymoore || || Jeffrey M. Moore (born 1953) is a Research Scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, who served as a Co-Investigator and Geology Science Team Lead for the New Horizons mission to Pluto. || ·
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173701–173800

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173801–173900

 * -id=872
 * 173872 Andrewwest || || Andrew A. West (born 1977), an American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || ·
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173901–174000

 * -id=936
 * 173936 Yuribo || || Yuribo, official mascot character of the town of Kuma Kogen, Japan || ·
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