Meanings of minor planet names: 279001–280000

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".

279001–279100

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

279101–279200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
279119 Khamatova	2009 OY1	Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975), a Russian theater and film actress	JPL · 279119

279201–279300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
279226 Demisroussos	2009 UR103	Demis Roussos (1946–2015), a Greek singer and performer	JPL · 279226
279274 Shurpakov	2009 WL8	Sergey Shurpakov (born 1966), a Belarusian amateur astronomer, observer of comets and discoverer of minor planets and coordinator of the "International Comet Quarterly" (ICQ) for Belarus	JPL · 279274

279301–279400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
279377 Lechmankiewicz	2010 CH1	Lech Mankiewicz (born 1960), a director of the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.	JPL · 279377
279397 Dombeck	2010 DN77	Thomas W. Dombeck (1945–2016) received his Physics PhD from Northwestern University. He displayed his creative genius as professor, research scientist, project director for Pan-STARRS, husband and father.	JPL · 279397

279401–279500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
279410 McCallon	2010 EF144	Howard McCallon (born 1945), an American engineer.	JPL · 279410

279501–279600

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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

279601–279700

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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

279701–279800

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279723 Wittenberg	1991 RM3	Wittenberg, a town situated in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was starting point of the Reformation, where Martin Luther posted his The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.	JPL · 279723

279801–279900

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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

279901–280000

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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 278,001–279,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 279,001–280,000

Succeeded by 280,001–281,000

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