Meanings of minor planet names: 279001–280000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 279101–279200 | |||
| 279119 Khamatova | 2009 OY1 | Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova (born 1975), a famous Russian theater and film actress. † | |
| 279201–279300 | |||
| 279226 Demisroussos | 2009 UR103 | Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (b. 1946), a Greek singer and performer. † | |
| 279274 Shurpakov | 2009 WL8 | Sergey Eduardovich Shurpakov (born 1966), an amateur astronomer and ICQ Coordinator for Belarus who has observed comets since 1986. † | |
| 279301–279400 | |||
| 279377 Lechmankiewicz | 2010 CH1 | Lech Mankiewicz (born 1960), a director of the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. † | |
| 279401–279500 | |||
| 279410 McCallon | 2010 EF144 | Howard McCallon (b. 1945), an American engineer. † | |
| Preceded by 278,001–279,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 279,001–280,000 |
Succeeded by 280,001–281,000 |
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