Meanings of minor planet names: 261001–262000

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".

261001–261100

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

261101–261200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
261109 Annie	2005 SN284	Annie Lakey Becker (born 1980), an American microbiologist and wife of the discoverer Andrew C. Becker	JPL · 261109
261110 Neoma	2005 SE285	Neoma Tennyson Skye Becker (born 2015) is the daughter of the discoverer.	JPL · 261110

261201–261300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
261291 Fucecchio	2005 UC159	Fucecchio, a historic Italian town located between Pisa and Florence	JPL · 261291

261301–261400

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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

261401–261500

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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

261501–261600

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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

261601–261700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
261690 Jodorowsky	2005 YU210	Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), a Chilean-French film-maker, playwright, actor, author, musician and comics writer.	JPL · 261690

261701–261800

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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

261801–261900

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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

261901–262000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
261930 Moorhead	2006 KF138	James Marshall Moorhead (born 1940), an American-Canadian astronomer	JPL · 261930
261936 Liulin	2006 OR2	Liu Lin (born 1936), a professor at China's Nanjing University	JPL · 261936

References

Preceded by 260,001–261,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 261,001–262,000

Succeeded by 262,001–263,000

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