Meanings of minor planet names: 250001–251000

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".

250001–250100

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

250101–250200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
250164 Hannsruder	2002 TM69	Hanns Ruder (1939–2015), a professor of astrophysics at Tübingen, Germany.	JPL · 250164

250201–250300

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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

250301–250400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
250354 Lewicdeparis	2003 SP244	The WIC de Paris (Women International Club), welcomes women of all nationalities living in and around Paris and provides them a friendly environment for sharing cultures.	JPL · 250354
250374 Jírovec	2003 UL4	Vojtěch Matyáš Jírovec (1763–1850), also known as Adalbert Gyrowetz, was a Bohemian composer born in České Budějovice.	JPL · 250374

250401–250500

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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

250501–250600

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250526 Steinerzsuzsanna	2004 PO42	Zsuzsanna Steiner (1927–2012), a Hungarian physics and mathematics teacher	JPL · 250526

250601–250700

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250606 Bichat	2005 EL222	Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771–1802) was a French anatomist and physiologist.	JPL · 250606

250701–250800

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250719 Jurajbardy	2005 SN21	Juraj Bardy (1919–2011) was a Slovak amateur astronomer and secondary school teacher who taught at the Gymnasium in Považská Bystrica. As an enthusiastic popularizer of astronomy, he contributed to its development in the region. He was the designer of the Považská Bystrica sundial.	JPL · 250719

250801–250900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
250840 Motörhead	2005 UT158	Motörhead, a British heavy metal group established in 1975	JPL · 250840

250901–251000

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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

References

Preceded by 249,001–250,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 250,001–251,000

Succeeded by 251,001–252,000

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