Meanings of asteroid names (28001-29000)

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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 28001... 28101... 28201... 28301... 28401... 28501... 28601... 28701... 28801... 28901...

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
28001-28100
28004 Terakawa 1997 XA *
28019 Warchal 1998 AW8 Bohdan Warchal, Slovak violinist, conductor and educator, member of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and chief conductor and soloist of the Slovak Chamber Orchestra †
28101-28200
28196 Szeged 1998 XY12 Szeged, Hungary †
28201-28300
28220 York 1998 YN12 York, UK †
28242 Mingantu 1999 AT22 *
28301-28400
28346 Kent 1999 FV19 Kent, UK*
28394 Mittag-Leffler 1999 RY36 Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician*
28396 Eymann 1999 RY44 *
28401-28500
28492 Marik 2000 CM59 Miklós Marik, Hungarian astronomer †
28501-28600
28513 Guo 2000 CM126 *
28516 Möbius 2000 DQ3 August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer*
28601-28700
28614 Vejvoda 2000 FO8 Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech musician, bandmaster and composer †
28701-28800
28729 Moivre 2000 GF123 Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician*
28766 Monge 2000 HP14 Gaspard Monge, French mathematician*
28801-28900
28878 Segner 2000 KL41 Ján Andrej Segner (Johan Andreas von Segner), Carpatho-German mathematician, physicist, doctor †
28901-29000
28978 Ixion 2001 KX76 Greek mythological character, a king of Thessaly, mostly famous for his terrible punishment for kin-slaying*
Preceded by:
27001–28000		 Meanings of asteroid names
List of asteroids (28001-29000)		 Succeeded by:
29001–30000
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