Meanings of minor planet names: 280001–281000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 280601–280700 | |||
| 280640 Ruetsch | 2005 AV | Simon Ruetsch (born 1996), a member of the Société jurassienne d´astronomie. † | |
| 280641 Edosara | 2005 AT3 | Edoardo Rossi (b. 1998) and Sara Breschi (b. 1996) are two active young amateur astronomers at the San Marcello Observatory. † | |
| 280642 Doubs | 2005 AR27 | The Doubs, a 453-km-long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, tributary of the Saône. † | |
| 280652 Aimaku | 2005 CQ | AIMAKU, the Italian association for sufferers of the genetic disease alkaptonuria. † | |
| Preceded by 279,001–280,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 280,001–281,000 |
Succeeded by 281,001–282,000 |
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