Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 243001–244000

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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 published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.

243001–243100

|-id=002 | 243002 Lemmy || 2006 TG₁₁₉ || Lemmy (1945–2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter whose music helped set the foundations for the heavy metal genre || JPL · 243002 |-id=073 | 243073 Freistetter || 2007 HT₃ || Florian Freistetter (de) (born 1977), an astronomer and science writer. || JPL · 243073 |-id=094 | 243094 Dirlewanger || 2007 RU₈ || Wolfgang Dirlewanger (born 1953), leader of dental clinic in Nagold, Germany || JPL · 243094 |-id=096 | 243096 Klauswerner || 2007 RX₁₅ || Klaus Werner (born 1957), German astronomer and professor of astronomy at the University of Tübingen || JPL · 243096 |-id=097 | 243097 Batavia || 2007 RF₁₆ || The fort of Batavia (Castro Batava) was a Roman frontier fort (1st to 5th century AD) in the area of Passau in Bavaria, Germany. || JPL · 243097 |}

243101–243200

|-id=109 | 243109 Hansludwig || 2007 RT₁₃₂ || Hans-Ludwig Neumann (de) (1938–1991), a German physicist and amateur astronomer. From 1976 to 1991, he was the president of the Physical society (German: Physikalischer Verein (de)) based in Frankfurt am Main. || JPL · 243109 |}

243201–243300

|-id=204 | 243204 Kubanchoria || 2007 UA₅ || The Kuban Cossack Choir, a folkloric Russian ensemble, was founded on 1811 and named on the occasion of its 200th anniversary on 12 October 2011 (M.P.C. 76677). || JPL · 243204 |-id=262 | 243262 Korkosz || 2007 YV₄₇ || Frank and John Korkosz, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, were pioneers in the development of mid-sized, high-quality planetariums. || JPL · 243262 |-id=285 | 243285 Fauvaud || 2008 CJ₁₈₁ || Stéphane Fauvaud (born 1968), an active French amateur astronomer || JPL · 243285 |}

243301–243400

|-id=320 | 243320 Jackuipers || 2008 SG₁₂ || Jack Kuipers (1921–2016), an American aerospace engineer and mathematician. He taught mathematics at Calvin College for 20 years after a 17-year engineering career in the aerospace industry and is known for his book on quaternions: Quaternions and rotation Sequences: a Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace, and Virtual Reality ( Src). || JPL · 243320 |-id=381 | 243381 Alessio || 2008 YM₄ || Alessio Muler (born 2002), second son of Argentine-born Spanish amateur astronomer Gustavo Muler, who co-discovered this minor planet || JPL · 243381 |}

243401–243500

|-id=440 | 243440 Colonia || 2009 FD₂ || Colonia (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium) is the Roman name for Cologne, Germany's fourth-largest city, founded in the year 38 BC by the Romans. || JPL · 243440 |-id=458 | 243458 Bubulina || 2009 QQ₃₈ || Marina Denisa Botofan (2008–2010), nicknamed "Bubulina", who lived in Constanta, Romania, and died in Pavia, Italy, of lymphoblastic leukemia. || JPL · 243458 |-id=491 | 243491 Mühlviertel || 2009 UH₁₉ || Muehlviertel, the northernmost of the four districts of Upper Austria. || JPL · 243491 |}

243501–243600

|-id=516 | 243516 Marklarsen || 2009 FD₂ || Mark Larson (born 1962), a senior scientist at the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University, responsible for the camera aboard the WISE spacecraft || JPL · 243516 |-id=526 | 243526 Russwalker || 2010 DY₂₈ || Russ Walker (born 1931), an astronomer specializing in infrared observations of small Solar System bodies || JPL · 243526 |-id=529 | 243529 Petereisenhardt || 2010 DO₅₀ || Peter Eisenhardt (born 1957) is the project scientist for the WISE mission and a former member of the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera science team. || JPL · 243529 |-id=536 | 243536 Mannheim || 2010 EQ₁₁₁ || Mannheim, a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg || JPL · 243536 |-id=546 | 243546 Fengchuanliu || 2010 JH₆₁ || Fengchuan Liu (born 1965), an expert in cryogenic physics who served as the project manager for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NEOWISE projects and who has worked on a number of other NASA low temperature physics experiments || JPL · 243546 |-id=591 | 243591 Ignacostantino || 1998 RG₃ || Ignazio Costantino (born 1960), an Italian amateur astronomer, electrionic engineer, and a sailor || JPL · 243591 |}

243601–243700

|-id=637 | 243637 Frosinone || 1999 TZ₁₀ || Named Frusna in ancient Volscan and Frusino by the Romans, Frosinone is a provincial administrative seat and the discoverer's birthplace. || JPL · 243637 |}

243701–243800

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

243801–243900

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

243901–244000

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}