Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 274001–275000

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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.

274001–274100

|-id=020 | 274020 Skywalker || 2007 RW₁₅ || Skywalker is the family name of the fictional characters Luke and Anakin in the Star Wars universe. || JPL · 274020 |-id=084 | 274084 Baldone || 2008 AU₁₀₁ || Baldone, a city in the southwest of Riga. || JPL · 274084 |}

274101–274200

|-id=137 | 274137 Angelaglinos || 2008 FC₆ || Angela Glinos (born 1962), a Canadian computer scientist, who has successfully balanced a career at Bell Labs and the University of Toronto while raising three daughters and supporting her husband's astronomical interests. || JPL · 274137 |}

274201–274300

|-id=213 | 274213 Satriani || 2008 JA₆ || Joe Satriani (born 1956), an American rock guitarist and top guitar virtuoso, who was recruited by Mick Jagger and then toured with Deep Purple as the lead guitarist || JPL · 274213 |-id=246 | 274246 Reggiacaserta || 2008 OY₉ || The Royal Palace of Caserta ("Reggia Caserta") is a former royal residence in southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It is one of the largest palaces erected in Europe during the 18th century. The palace was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. || JPL · 274246 |-id=264 | 274264 Piccolomini || 2008 PZ₆ || Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578/79), an Italian astronomer and archbishop, who created the first modern celestial atlas, De le stelle fisse (The sphere of the world and The fixed stars) in 1540. The lunar crater Piccolomini is also named after him. || IAU · 274264 |-id=300 | 274300 UNESCO || 2008 QG₂₄ || UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations || JPL · 274300 |}

274301–274400

|- | 274301 Wikipedia || 2008 QH₂₄ || Wikipedia, a free, copyleft, collaboratively edited online encyclopedia that was launched in 2001 || JPL · 274301 |-id=302 | 274302 Abaházi || 2008 QD₂₅ || Richard Abaházi (1907–1977), a Hungarian engineer who worked at Konkoly Observatory between 1935 and 1940. He made regular observations of occultations, and photographed comets and asteroids. || JPL · 274302 |-id=333 | 274333 Voznyukigor || 2008 RT₂₁ || Igor Mykolayovych Voznyuk (born 1964), a graduate of the Faculty of Physical Department of the Kyiv University, is an optician by profession. || JPL · 274333 |-id=334 | 274334 Kyivplaniy || 2008 RP₂₂ || Kyiv Planetarium in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the country's leading cultural and educational centers to promote astronomy. It was founded by Sergey Vsekhsvyatsky in 1952. || JPL · 274334 |}

274401–274500

|-id=472 | 274472 Pietà || 2008 SV₈₃ || The Vatican Pietà is a white Carrara marble sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, kept in the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City. This was the first masterpiece by the young Michelangelo, and it considered one of the greatest works of art. || JPL · 274472 |}

274501–274600

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

274601–274700

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

274701–274800

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

274801–274900

|-id=810 | 274810 Fedáksári || 2008 YP₂₅ || Sári Fedák (1879–1955), a Hungarian actress and singer, one of the most well known prima donnas of her time. || JPL · 274810 |-id=835 | 274835 Aachen || 2009 QC₁₁ || The German city of Aachen. It developed from a Roman settlement and spa, was the preferred medieval Imperial residence of Charlemagne, and, from 936 to 1531, the Aachen Cathedral was the coronation church for thirty German kings. || JPL · 274835 |-id=843 | 274843 Mykhailopetrenko || 2009 QF₃₀ || Mykhailo Petrenko (1817–1862), a Ukrainian romantic poet. Some of his poems were set to music and became very popular folk songs. || JPL · 274843 |-id=856 | 274856 Rosendosalvado || 2009 RQ₅ || Rosendo Salvado (1814–1900), a Spanish monk, missionary and bishop, who, in 1847, founded the Benedictine community in New Norcia, Australia. The town now hosts the New Norcia Station, ESA's deep space ground station with a 35-meter dish, built specifically to communicate with the Rosetta space probe. || MPC · 274856 |-id=860 | 274860 Emilylakdawalla || 2009 RE₂₆ || Emily Lakdawalla (born 1975), an American planetary geologist and awarded science communicator || JPL · 274860 |}

274901–275000

|-id=981 | 274981 Petrsu || 2009 TV₂ || Petrozavodsk State University in the Republic of Karelia, Russia || JPL · 274981 |}