Meanings of minor planet names: 260001–261000

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".

260001–260100[edit]

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

260101–260200[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

260201–260300[edit]

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260235 Attwood	2004 RU₂₈₉	Randy Attwood (born 1957), a Canadian editor who has served as national President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.	JPL · 260235

260301–260400[edit]

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260366 Quanah	2004 US₃	Quanah Parker (c. 1852–1911), last chief of the Comanche, led his people in war and peace. Thrust into an age of conflict, he gained the respect of his former enemies as a remarkable leader and advocate for his people.	JPL · 260366

260401–260500[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

260501–260600[edit]

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260508 Alagna	2005 EU₅₁	Roberto Alagna (born 1963), a French tenor of Sicilian origin.	JPL · 260508

260601–260700[edit]

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260601 Wesselényi	2005 GP₈	Miklós Wesselényi (1796–1850), a Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Board of Academy of Sciences, and a hero of the 1838 Pest flood.	JPL · 260601
260676 Evethuriere	2005 JT₄₄	Evelyne Gerlic, born Thurière (1944–2013), a researcher in nuclear physics, who worked at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France.	JPL · 260676

260701–260800[edit]

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260724 Malherbe	2005 KB₁₀	Francois de Malherbe (1555–1628), a French poet and a great defender of the purity of French language.	JPL · 260724

260801–260900[edit]

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260824 Hermanus	2005 PC₂₄	Hermanus, a South African coastal town previously named "Hermanuspietersfontein", which was founded in honor of the man who taught Dutch to farmers' children	JPL · 260824
260886 Henritudor	2005 QP₁₄₃	Henri Owen Tudor (1859–1928), a Luxembourgish engineer and inventor.	JPL · 260886

260901–261000[edit]

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260906 Robichon	2005 RR₂	Noël Robichon (born 1967), a French astronomer, working at the Paris-Meudon Observatory.	JPL · 260906

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 259,001–260,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 260,001–261,000	Succeeded by 261,001–262,000

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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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