Meanings of minor planet names: 242001–243000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

242001–242100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

242101–242200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

242201–242300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

242301–242400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

242401–242500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242479 Marijampole 2004 TF115 Marijampole, with a population of 45 000, is the largest city in the Suvalkija region of south-west Lithuania. JPL · 242479
242492 Fantomas 2004 VU65 Fantomas is one of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction. Fantomas was created in 1911 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. JPL · 242492

242501–242600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242516 Lindseystirling 2005 AW Lindsey Stirling (born 1986), an American violinist, dancer and composer JPL · 242516
242523 Kreszgéza 2005 AJ10 Géza Kresz (1846–1901), a Hungarian physician JPL · 242523
242529 Hilaomar 2005 AL54 Hila Omar is really into astronomy and promotes that science in Morocco. JPL · 242529

242601–242700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242648 Fribourg 2005 NQ63 Fribourg is a young, dynamic and bilingual region of Switzerland near the capital, Bern. JPL · 242648

242701–242800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

242801–242900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
242830 Richardwessling 2006 DK8 Richard J. Wessling (born 1935) worked at U.S. Precision Lens for 35 years, making telescope mirrors from the early 1960s onwards and opening the Pines Optical Shop in 1991. JPL · 242830

242901–243000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
241,001–242,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 242,001–243,000 		Succeeded by
243,001–244,000
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