Meanings of minor planet names: 242001–243000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.^[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).^[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.^[3]^[4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,^[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate. This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

242001–242100[edit]

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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242101–242200[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

242201–242300[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

242301–242400[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

242401–242500[edit]

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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[edit]

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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, a Moroccan amateur astronomer and promoter of science. He has constructed an observatory with a 60-cm telescope in a cultural center south of the city of Marrakech.	JPL · 242529

242601–242700[edit]

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242648 Fribourg	2005 NQ₆₃	Fribourg is a young, dynamic and bilingual region of Switzerland near the capital, Bern.	JPL · 242648

242701–242800[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

242801–242900[edit]

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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[edit]

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243000 Katysirles	2006 TB₁₁₂	Katherine Ann Sirles (1980–2016) was a sociologist and beloved teacher who studied the sociology of drugs, deviant behavior and gender.	JPL · 243000

References[edit]

↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Search this book on
↑ 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. Search this book on
↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. Search this book on

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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[MPC-Circulars-Archive-1] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[JPL-Discovery-2] "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[DoMPN-3] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Search this book on

[DoMPN-Addendum-4] 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. Search this book on

[Herget-5] Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. Search this book on

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