Meanings of asteroid names (25001-26000)

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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

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

Contents: 25001... 25101... 25201... 25301... 25401... 25501... 25601... 25701... 25801... 25901...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
25001-25100
25001 Pacheco	1998 OW6	Rafael Pacheco, Spanish (Catalan) amateur astronomer observing from the Observatori Astronomic de Consell in Majorca*
25029 Ludwighesse	1998 QO28	Ludwig Otto Hesse, 19th-century German mathematician †
25058 Shanegould	1998 QO63	Shane Gould, Australian olympic swimmer*
25082 Williamhodge	1998 RP1	William Hodge, Scottish mathematician*
25101-25200
25142 Hopf	1998 SA28	Eberhard Hopf, German mathematician*
25143 Itokawa	1998 SF36	Hideo Itokawa, Japanese rocket scientist*
25201-25300
25216 Enricobernardi	1998 TU1	Enrico Bernardi, Italian engineer*
25237 Hurwitz	1998 UG7	Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician or Mark Viglino Hurwitz, American astronomer*
25240 Qiansanqiang	1998 UO8	Sanqiang Qiang, 20th-century Chinese nuclear scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the founders of China's atomic energy program †
25258 Nathaniel	1998 VU	Nathaniel Brian Marsden, second grandson of Minor Planet Center director Brian G. Marsden (the asteroid was discovered on his first birthday) †
25273 Barrycarole	1998 VN32	Combination of Barry and Carole Parents of Discoverer Ian P. Griffin *
25275 Jocelynbell	1998 VF33	Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, British astrophysicist, co-discoverer of the first radio pulsar in 1967 †
25276 Dimai	1998 VJ33	Alessandro Dimai, Italian amateur astronomer and friend of the discoverer †
25301-25400
25301 Ambrofogar	1998 XZ2	Ambrogio Fogar, Italian sailor (yachtsman), explorer and author † ‡
25302 Niim	1998 XW3	Yoshihiro Niim, Japanese space engineer †
25331 Berrevoets	1999 KY4	Cor Berrevoets, Dutch developer of Registax, astronomical image-processing freeware †
25340 Segoves	1999 RX31	Segovesus, Central European Celtic prince † ‡
25384 Partizánske	1999 UW1	Partizánske, western Slovakia (originally Symoni), home to a public observatory †
25399 Vonnegut	1999 VN20	Kurt Vonnegut, Junior, American novelist and satirist*
25401-25500
25472 Joanoro	1999 XL36	Joan Oro, Spanish (Catalonian)-American biologist and public science advocate †
25501-25600
25593 Camillejordan	1999 YA5	Camille Jordan, French mathematician*
25594 Kessler	1999 YA9	Marvin Kessler, American member of the Northeast Kansas Amateur Astronomer's League †
25601-25700
25601 Francopacini	2000 AX2	Franco Pacini, Italian astrophysicist †
25602 Ucaronia	2000 AA3	Umberto Caronia, father of co-discoverer Alfredo Caronia †
25604 Karlin	2000 AM6	Samuel Karlin, American statistician and mathematician, member of the National Academy of Sciences and recipient of the National Medal of Science †
25624 Kronecker	2000 AK48	Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician*
25625 Verdenet	2000 AN48	Michel Verdenet, French amateur astronomer, chairman of the Association française des observateurs d'étoiles variables (AFOÉV, French Association of Variable Star Observers) † ‡ +
25628 Kummer	2000 AZ50	Ernst Eduard Kummer, 19th-century German mathematician †
25701-25800
25778 Csere	2000 CQ34	Elemír Csere, 20th-century Slovak amateur astronomer, founder of the public observatory in Hlohovec and its first director †
25800 Glukhovsky	2000 CG83	Lisa Doreen Glukhovsky, a finalist in the 2004 Intel Science Talent Search, a winner in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and recipient of the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award †
25801-25900
25864 Banič	2000 GR82	Stefan Banič, 19th-20th-century Slovak-American inventor of the parachute †
25890 Louisburg	2000 VG38	Louisburg, Kansas, home of the Powell Observatory †
25893 Sugihara	2000 WR9	Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat in Lithuania, who defied orders and assisted asylum-seekers fleeing Nazi persecution in Europe during World War II †
25901-26000
25924 Douglasadams	2001 DA42	Douglas Adams, 20th-century British author; the provisional designation for this asteroid references the year of his death, his initials, and the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (42), as given in his novel serial The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy †
25930 Spielberg	2001 DJ54	Steven Spielberg, American film director †

Preceded by 24001–25000

Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (25001-26000)

Succeeded by 26001–27000