Meanings of minor planet names: 283001–284000

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".

283001–283100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
283057 Casteldipiazza	2008 OZ5	Castel di Piazza, a historic Italian village in northern Tuscany, near Florence, and home of co-discoverer Giancarlo Fagioli	JPL · 283057

283101–283200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
283141 Dittsche	2008 YW26	Oliver Michael "Olli" Dittrich (born 1956), known as "Dittsche", is a German actor, comedian and musician.	JPL · 283141
283142 Weena	2008 YV29	Weena, a fictional character in H. G. Wells sci-fi novel The Time Machine	JPL · 283142

283201–283300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
283277 Faber	2011 HX34	Sandra Moore Faber (born 1944), an astronomer at University of California at Santa Cruz	JPL · 283277

283301–283400

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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

283401–283500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
283461 Leacipaola	2001 PX28	Paola Leaci (born 1980), a researcher at the Physics Department of the Sapienza University of Rome	JPL · 283461

283501–283600

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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

283601–283700

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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

283701–283800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
283786 Rutebeuf	2003 QF104	Rutebeuf (1245–1285), a French poet	JPL · 283786

283801–283900

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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

283901–284000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
283990 Randallrosenfeld	2004 SG2	Randall Rosenfeld (born 1959), the national archivist of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada	JPL · 283990

References

Preceded by 282,001–283,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 283,001–284,000

Succeeded by 284,001–285,000

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