Meanings of minor planet names: 289001–290000

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".

289001–289100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
289020 Ukmerge	2004 TG115	Ukmerge, a city with 22 000 inhabitants in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located 78 km north-west of Vilnius.	JPL · 289020
289021 Juzeliunas	2004 TM115	Gediminas Juzeliunas (born 1958), a Lithuanian physicist	JPL · 289021
289085 Andreweil	2004 TC244	André Weil (1906–1998), a French mathematician	JPL · 289085

289101–289200

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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

289201–289300

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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

289301–289400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
289314 Chisholm	2005 AS23	Eric Chisholm (born 1975), an engineering physicist and manager of the interpretive facility in Victoria	JPL · 289314

289401–289500

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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

289501–289600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
289586 Shackleton	2005 FZ4	Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), an Anglo-Irish explorer	JPL · 289586
289587 Chantdugros	2005 FB5	Le Chant du Gros, an open-air music festival founded by Gilles Pierre in 1991 and held in Le Noirmont, Switzerland	JPL · 289587

289601–289700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
289608 Wanli	2005 GB22	Mari Furukawa (born 1973), known as "Wanli", a Japanese painter	JPL · 289608

289701–289800

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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

289801–289900

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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

289901–290000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
289992 Onfray	2005 PF6	Michel Onfray (born 1959), a French philosopher	JPL · 289992

References

Preceded by 288,001–289,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 289,001–290,000

Succeeded by 290,001–291,000

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