Meanings of minor planet names: 253001–254000

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".

253001–253100

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

253101–253200

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253201–253300

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253301–253400

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253401–253500

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253412 Ráskaylea	2003 QU29	Lea Ráskay, a 16th-century Hungarian nun and scholar. She was a member of the Dominican monastery on Margaret Island, Budapest.	JPL · 253412

253501–253600

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253536 Tymchenko	2003 SB215	Mykhajlo Todosovych Tymchenko (1943–2013), a sports coach and longtime physical education teacher at the gymnasium of Andrushivka, Ukraine	JPL · 253536
253587 Cloutier	2003 TH10	Bill Cloutier (born 1955), amateur astronomer and community educator, is current Chairman of the McCarthy Observatory Board of Directors and a founder of the facility. A proponent of science literacy and educational excellence, he has observed this minor planet.	JPL · 253587

253601–253700

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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

253701–253800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

253801–253900

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253901–254000

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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 252,001–253,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 253,001–254,000

Succeeded by 254,001–255,000

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