Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 290001–291000

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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]


290001–290100

|- | 290001 Uebersax || 2005 PP16 || Robert Uebersax (born 1963), a Swiss amateur astronomer and member of the Jura Astronomy Society (French: Société Jurassienne d'Astronomie) || JPL · 290001 |-id=074 | 290074 Donasadock || 2005 QF76 || Dona Sadock (born 1945), producer of the Firesign Theater and radio programs, and a friend of French discoverer Bernard Christophe || JPL · 290074 |}

290101–290200

|-id=127 | 290127 Linakostenko || 2005 QC149 || Lina Kostenko (born 1930), an awarded Ukrainian poet and writer of the Sixtiers cultural movement || JPL · 290127 |-id=129 | 290129 Rátzlászló || 2005 QC152 || László Rátz (1863–1930) was a Hungarian mathematics teacher best known for educating John von Neumann and Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner. He was a teacher of the Budapest Lutheran Gymnasium. Between 1894 and 1914 he was editor-in-chief of the Mathematical and Physical Journal for Secondary Schools. || JPL · 290129 |-id=156 | 290156 Houde || 2005 QL183 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 290156 |-id=181 | 290181 Sigut || 2005 RZ50 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 290181 |}

290201–290300

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

290301–290400

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

290401–290500

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

290501–290600

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

290601–290700

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

290701–290800

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

290801–290900

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

290901–291000

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

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