Meanings of minor planet names: 251001–252000

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".

251001–251100[edit]

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
251001 Sluch	2006 OM₁₄	Sluch, a river that flows through Ukraine in the basin of the Dniper.	JPL · 251001
251018 Liubirena	2006 QC₃₁	Liubov Grinishyn (born 1955) and Irene Malinovska (born 1967), Ukraine poets and lyric story writers, as well as amateur astronomers at the nearby Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory	JPL · 251018

251101–251200[edit]

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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

251201–251300[edit]

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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

251301–251400[edit]

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251325 Leopoldjosefine	2007 CX₂₆	Leopold Gierlinger (born 1935) and Josefine Gierlinger (born 1935), parents of German discoverer Richard Gierlinger	JPL · 251325

251401–251500[edit]

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251449 Olexakorol'	2008 CK₁₁₇	Oleksiy Kostyantynovych Korol' (1913–1977) worked in the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and was a member of IAU Commission No. 9. He obtained observations of celestial bodies to help solve problems in fundamental astrometry.	JPL · 251449

251501–251600[edit]

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
251595 Rudolfböttger	2009 HA₃₆	Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), a German chemist and physicist at the "Physikalischer Verein" of Frankfurt am Main	JPL · 251595

251601–251700[edit]

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
251621 Lüthen	2009 RR₂	Hartwig Lüthen (born 1960), associate professor of plant physiology at the University of Hamburg.	JPL · 251621
251625 Timconrow	2010 DD₂₁	Tim Conrow (born 1958), a senior engineer at the California Institute of Technology's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.	JPL · 251625
251627 Joyceearl	2010 JV₁₆	Joyce (1920–2003) and Earl (1914–1979) Bonar, grandparents of Amy Mainzer, the principal investigator of the space-based NEOWISE mission	JPL · 251627

251701–251800[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

251801–251900[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

251901–252000[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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 250,001–251,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 251,001–252,000	Succeeded by 252,001–253,000

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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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