Meanings of minor planet names: 291001–292000

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".

291001–291100

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

291101–291200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

291201–291300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

291301–291400

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291325 de Tyard	2006 BG191	Pontus de Tyard (c. 1521–1605), a French poet and priest, and a member of La Pléiade, a group of seven humanist poets.	JPL · 291325

291401–291500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

291501–291600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

291601–291700

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291633 Heyun	2006 HY20	He Yun (born 1921), a Chinese radio/TV engineer and the chief designer of the old Shanghai TV Tower. He is also a veteran amateur astronomer, who has been active in the greater Shanghai region for decades.	JPL · 291633

291701–291800

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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

291801–291900

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291847 Ladoix	2006 OP1	Ladoix, a French village situated north of Beaune, in the Burgundy vineyard region	JPL · 291847
291849 Orchestralondon	2006 OL2	Orchestra London Canada, a 1937-founded professional Canadian symphony orchestra in London, Ontario	JPL · 291849
291855 Calabròcorrado	2006 ON14	Corrado Calabrò (born 1935) is an Italian poet who has regenerated contemporary poetry opening it dream-like to science. His poem Roaming tells of a large asteroid that strikes the Moon causing the Earth to wobble.	JPL · 291855

291901–292000

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291923 Kuzmaskryabin	2006 QW23	Andriy Kuzmenko (1968–2015), better known under his pen name "Kuzma", was a Ukrainian poet, composer, TV-showman and lead singer of the band Skryabin	JPL · 291923

References

Preceded by 290,001–291,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 291,001–292,000

Succeeded by 292,001–293,000

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