Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 268001–269000
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]
268001–268100
|-id=057 | 268057 Michaelkaschke || 2004 RQ24 || Michael Kaschke (born 1957), the president and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics. Kaschke is a sponsor of scientific and social projects, university research, as well as instrumental for the creation of the German Optical Museum Jena (German: Deutsches Optisches Museum Jena). || JPL · 268057 |}
268101–268200
|-id=115 | 268115 Williamalbrecht || 2004 TK9 || William B. Albrecht (1917–2009), an American amateur astronomer || JPL · 268115 |}
268201–268300
|-id=242 | 268242 Pebble || 2005 JW1 || Pebble Johnson (born 1971), an American teacher of middle-school science and technology in Forsyth County, Georgia || JPL · 268242 |}
268301–268400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
268401–268500
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
268501–268600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
268601–268700
|-id=669 | 268669 Bunun || 2006 FA || The Bunun, a native tribe of Taiwan || JPL · 268669 |-id=686 | 268686 Elenaaprile || 2006 GW || Elena Aprile (born 1954) is an Italian physicist, who teaches at Columbia University in New York. She is head of the Xenon1T experiment at Laboratori Nationali Gran Sasso (LNGS), which is searching for dark matter. || JPL · 268686 |}
268701–268800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
268801–268900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
268901–269000
|-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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