Meanings of minor planet names: 255001–256000

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citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

255001–255100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
255019 Fleurmaxwell 2005 TN52 Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourg's 2005 national champion figure skater. JPL · 255019
255073 Victoriabond 2005 UR8 Victoria Bond, popular Australian science radio presenter of "Diffusion Science Radio" JPL · 255073

255101–255200

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

255201–255300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
255257 Mechwart 2005 VR1 András Mechwart (1834–1907), a Hungarian industrialist JPL · 255257

255301–255400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
255308 Christianzuber 2005 WB5 Christian Zuber (1930–2005), a French journalist, writer, film producer and lecturer. JPL · 255308

255401–255500

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

255501–255600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
255598 Paullauterbur 2006 PE1 Paul Christian Lauterbur (1929–2007), an American chemist JPL · 255598

255601–255700

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

255701–255800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
255703 Stetson 2006 QN90 Peter Brailey Stetson (born 1952), developer of freely-available software for the analysis of CCD images and spectra. JPL · 255703

255801–255900

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

255901–256000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
255989 Dengyushian 2006 TU94) Deng Yu-Shian (1906–1944), known as the Father of Taiwanese Folk Music, wrote many famous melodies which are considered to be the symbols of Taiwan's mind and spirit. JPL · 255989

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.
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254,001–255,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 255,001–256,000 		Succeeded by
256,001–257,000
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