Meanings of minor planet names: 255001–256000

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".

255001–255100[edit]

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
255019 Fleurmaxwell	2005 TN₅₂	Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourg's 2005 national champion figure skater.	JPL · 255019
255073 Victoriabond	2005 UR₈	Victoria Bond, popular Australian science radio presenter of "Diffusion Science Radio"	JPL · 255073

255101–255200[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255201–255300[edit]

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255257 Mechwart	2005 VR₁	András Mechwart (1834–1907), a Hungarian industrialist	JPL · 255257

255301–255400[edit]

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255308 Christianzuber	2005 WB₅	Christian Zuber (1930–2005), a French journalist, writer, film producer and lecturer.	JPL · 255308

255401–255500[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255501–255600[edit]

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255587 Gardenia	2006 OU₄	Gardenia, a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae. The genus was named after Alexander Garden, a Scottish-born American naturalist.	JPL · 255587
255598 Paullauterbur	2006 PE₁	Paul Christian Lauterbur (1929–2007), an American chemist	JPL · 255598

255601–255700[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255701–255800[edit]

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255703 Stetson	2006 QN₉₀	Peter Brailey Stetson (born 1952), developer of freely-available software for the analysis of CCD images and spectra.	JPL · 255703

255801–255900[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255901–256000[edit]

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255989 Dengyushian	2006 TU₉₄₎	Deng Yu-Shian (1906–1944), known as the Father of Taiwanese Folk Music, wrote many famous melodies which are considered to be the symbols of Taiwan's mind and spirit.	JPL · 255989

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 254,001–255,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 255,001–256,000	Succeeded by 256,001–257,000

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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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