Meanings of minor planet names: 165001–166000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
165001–165100
165101–165200
165201–165300
165301–165400
165347 Philplait	2000 WG11	Phil Plait, American astronomer, educator and author †
165401–165500
165501–165600
165601–165700
165612 Stackpole	2001 FP86	Michael Stackpole, American science fiction author and science advocate †
165701–165800
165801–165900
165901–166000

Preceded by 164,001–165,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 165,001–166,000

Succeeded by 166,001–167,000