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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
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| 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 † |
| 28059 Kiliaan | 1998 OZ7 | Cornelis Kiliaan, 16th-century Flemish linguist † |
| 28101–28200 | ||
| 28196 Szeged | 1998 XY12 | Szeged, Hungary † |
| 28201–28300 | ||
| 28220 York | 1998 YN12 | York, UK † |
| 28242 Mingantu | 1999 AT22 | * |
| 28301–28400 | ||
| 28340 Yukihiro | 1999 EG5 | Yukihiro Adachi, Japanese member of the Matsue Astronomy Club and an observing partner of the discoverer † |
| 28346 Kent | 1999 FV19 | Kent Hodgson, teacher and author † |
| 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 27,001–28,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 28,001–29,000 |
Succeeded by 29,001–30,000 |