Meanings of minor planet names: 245001–246000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

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. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, 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".

245001–245100

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

245101–245200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
245158 Thomasandrews	2004 TU18	Thomas Andrews (1873–1912), the architect primarily responsible for the design of the RMS Titanic.	JPL · 245158

245201–245300

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

245301–245400

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

245401–245500

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245417 Rostand	2005 JA46	Edmond Rostand (1868–1918), a French poet and playwright.	JPL · 245417

245501–245600

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

245601–245700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

245701–245800

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

245801–245900

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245890 Krynychenka	2006 QE58	Galyna Ivanivna Biletska (born 1961), the leader of the "Krynychenka" folk song and dance ensemble from Andrushivka	JPL · 245890

245901–246000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
245943 Davidjoseph	2006 RZ114	David Joseph Masiero (born 1953), an American mechanical engineer, specializing in nuclear power plant design. He is the father of the discoverer Joseph Masiero.	JPL · 245943
245983 Machholz	2006 SG198	Donald Edward Machholz Jr. (born 1952) is an American amateur astronomer. He discovered visually 11 new comets in 1978–2010 (including periodic comets 96P and 141P). He is one of the inventors of the Messier Marathon.	JPL · 245983

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Preceded by 244,001–245,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 245,001–246,000

Succeeded by 246,001–247,000

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