Meanings of minor planet names: 166001–167000 explained

166001–166100

|-id=028| 166028 Karikókatalin || || Katalin Karikó (born 1955) is a Hungarian biochemist and researcher of mRNA-technologies for protein therapies. || |}

166101–166200

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166201–166300

|-id=229| 166229 Palanga || || Palanga is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania || |}

166301–166400

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166401–166500

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166501–166600

|-id=570| 166570 Adolfträger || || Adolf Träger (1888–1965), Czech landscape painter || |}

166601–166700

|-id=614| 166614 Zsazsa || || Zsa Zsa Gábor (1917–2016), Hungarian-American actress and socialite || |-id=622| 166622 Sebastien || || Sébastien Rodriguez (born 1976) is an assistant professor at the University of Paris Diderot and specializes in remote sensing of planetary surfaces and atmospheres. || |}

166701–166800

|-id=745| 166745 Pindor || || Bartosz Pindor (born 1975), Canadian astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || |-id=746| 166746 Marcpostman || || Marc Postman (born 1958), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || |-id=747| 166747 Gordonrichards || || Gordon Richards (born 1972), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey who studies the demographics and physics of quasars || |-id=748| 166748 Timrayschneider || || Donald Schneider (born 1955), American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || |-id=749| 166749 Sesar || || Branimir Sesar (born 1980), Croatian-American astronomer with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey || |}

166801–166900

|-id=886| 166886 Ybl || || Miklós Ybl (1814–1891), a Hungarian architect || |}

166901–167000

|-id=944| 166944 Seton || || Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774–1821), an educator, spiritual leader and saint. || |-id=974| 166974 Joanbinimelis || || Joan Binimelis García (1539–1616), a Spanish astronomer, geographer and physician. || |}