Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 250001–251000
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.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] 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.[6]
250001–250100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
250101–250200
|-id=164 | 250164 Hannsruder || 2002 TM69 || Hanns Ruder (de) (1939–2015), a German professor of astrophysics at the University of Tübingen || JPL · 250164 |}
250201–250300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
250301–250400
|-id=354 | 250354 Lewicdeparis || 2003 SP244 || The WIC de Paris (Women International Club), welcomes women of all nationalities living in and around Paris and provides them a friendly environment for sharing cultures. || JPL · 250354 |-id=370 | 250370 Obertocitterio || 2003 TK4 || Oberto Citterio (born 1933) is an astronomer at the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics. He has made important contributions in the field of astronomical optics and instrumentation from infrared to γ-rays, with particular reference to the X-ray optics technology used for many space projects. || IAU · 250370 |-id=374 | 250374 Jírovec || 2003 UL4 || Vojtěch Matyáš Jírovec (1763–1850), also known as Adalbert Gyrowetz, was a Bohemian composer born in České Budějovice. || JPL · 250374 |}
250401–250500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
250501–250600
|-id=526 | 250526 Steinerzsuzsanna || 2004 PO42 || Zsuzsanna Steiner (1927–2012), a Hungarian physics and mathematics teacher || JPL · 250526 |}
250601–250700
|-id=606 | 250606 Bichat || 2005 EL222 || Xavier Bichat (1771–1802), an anatomist and pathologist || JPL · 250606 |}
250701–250800
|-id=719 | 250719 Jurajbardy || 2005 SN21 || Juraj Bardy (sk) (1919–2011) was a Slovak amateur astronomer and secondary school teacher who taught at the Gymnasium in Považská Bystrica. As an enthusiastic popularizer of astronomy, he contributed to its development in the region. He was the designer of the Považská Bystrica sundial. || JPL · 250719 |-id=774 | 250774 Syosset || 2005 TX11 || Syosset is a hamlet on Long Island, New York. Originally colonized by Dutch settlers in the 1600s, it became a well populated, suburban town after World War II. The discoverer was born in Syosset. || JPL · 250774 |}
250801–250900
|-id=840 | 250840 Motörhead || 2005 UT158 || Motörhead, a British heavy metal group established in 1975 || JPL · 250840 |}
250901–251000
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
Template:MinorPlanetNameMeanings/See also
References
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet Circulars. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?asteroids#discovery. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/Astrometry.html#name. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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