This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

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. Public Domain 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]

269001–269100

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

269101–269200

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

269201–269300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
269232 Tahin2008 QVSzilvia Tahin (born 1975), wife of Hungarian discoverer Krisztián SárneczkyJPL · 269232
269243 Charbonnel2008 QN14Stéphane Charbonnel (born 1973), a French amateur astronomer and professor of PhysicsJPL · 269243
269245 Catastini2008 QL19Mario Catastini (born 1932), a retired Italian elementary-school teacherJPL · 269245
269251 Kolomna2008 QW28Kolomna, one of the oldest cities in the Moscow region, founded around AD 1140JPL · 269251
269252 Bogdanstupka2008 QA29Bohdan Stupka (1941–2012), a Ukrainian actor and received many international awards.JPL · 269252
269300 Diego2008 SB82Diego Rodriguez, a Spanish astrophotographer and co-founder of the M1 group of variable-star observersJPL · 269300

269301–269400

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269323 Madisonvillehigh2008 SE209Madisonville High School, Texas, is a long-time participant in the IASC minor planet search campaigns.JPL · 269323
269390 Igortkachenko2009 QA34Igor Tkachenko (1964–2009), a Russian military pilot and posthumous Hero of the Russian FederationJPL · 269390

269401–269500

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269484 Marcia2009 UB4Marcia de Queiroz, the daughter of Portuguese-Swiss discoverer José De QueirozJPL · 269484
269485 Bisikalo2009 UQ14Dmitry V. Bisikalo (born 1961), a specialist in interacting binary stars and numerical astrophysics, and deputy director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of SciencesJPL · 269485

269501–269600

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269548 Fratyu2009 WRFratyu Popov (1846–1903) was a Bulgarian public figure, revolutionary, teacher and judge. He came from an old family in Sopot and participated in the establishment of the Sopot Revolutionary Committee (1869). He was the prototype of the teacher Fratyu from the novel Under the Yoke by Ivan Vazov.IAU · 269548
269550 Chur2009 WT5Chur, the oldest town in SwitzerlandJPL · 269550
269567 Bakhtinov2009 WK105Pavel Ivanovich Bakhtinov (born 1963), a radio engineer, amateur astronomer and well-known astrophotographer.JPL · 269567
269589 Kryachko2009 XN1Timur Valer'evič Krjačko (born 1970) an amateur astronomer and an observer of comets and discoverer of minor planetsJPL · 269589

269601–269700

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

269701–269800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
269742 Kroónorbert1998 UH23Norbert Kroó (born 1934), a renowned researcher of solid state physics, optics, laser physics and neutron physics and a member of the Hungarian Academy of SciencesJPL · 269742
269762 Nocentini1999 TN4Francesca Nocentini (born 1975), a friend of Italian discoverer Gianluca MasiJPL · 269762

269801–269900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

269901–270000

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

References

  1. ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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