Meanings of minor planet names: 280001–281000

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".

280001–280100

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

280101–280200

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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

280201–280300

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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

280301–280400

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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

280401–280500

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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

280501–280600

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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

280601–280700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
280640 Ruetsch	2005 AV	Simon Ruetsch (born 1996), a member of the Jura Astronomy Society (French: Société jurassienne d'astronomie) in Switzerland	JPL · 280640
280641 Edosara	2005 AT3	Edoardo Rossi (born 1998) and Sara Breschi (born 1996), two amateur astronomers at the Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory in Italy	JPL · 280641
280642 Doubs	2005 AR27	The Doubs, a 453-km-long river in eastern France and western Switzerland, tributary of the Saône.	JPL · 280642
280652 Aimaku	2005 CQ	AIMAKU, the Italian association for people who suffer from alkaptonuria (genetic disease)	JPL · 280652

280701–280800

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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

280801–280900

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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

280901–281000

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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 279,001–280,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 280,001–281,000

Succeeded by 281,001–282,000

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