Meanings of minor planet names: 293001–294000

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".

293001–293100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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293101–293200

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293201–293300

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293301–293400

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293366 Roux	2007 EQ9	Pierre Paul Emile Roux (1853–1933) was a French bacteriologist. He was the closest collaborator of Louis Pasteur.	JPL · 293399
293383 Maigret	2007 EZ38	Jules Maigret, also known as "Commissaire Maigret", a fictional character created by writer Georges Simenon in 1931. Maigret is a French police detective and Commissaire a la Brigade Criminelle de Paris.	JPL · 293383

293401–293500

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293477 Teotihuacan	2007 FY	Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico. Apart from the pyramids, Teotihuacan is also anthropologically significant for its complex, multi-family residential avenue of the dead; and the small portion of its vibrant murals that have been exceptionally well-preserved.	JPL · 293477
293499 Wolinski	2007 GP5	Georges Wolinski (1934–2015), a French cartoonist	JPL · 293499

293501–293600

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293601–293700

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293701–293800

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293707 Govoradloanatoly	2007 QT1	Anatoliy Vasylyovych Govoradlo (born 1960), a physicist by education, who is also known as a Ukrainian poet and composer.	JPL · 293707

293801–293900

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293809 Zugspitze	2007 RD162	Zugspitze, located in the Alps, the highest mountain (2962 m) in Germany.	JPL · 293809
293878 Tapping	2007 RV274	Kenneth Tapping (born 1945), a solar physicist at the NRC-Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory.	JPL · 293878

293901–294000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
293909 Matterhorn	2007 SS2	The Matterhorn (Monte Cervino; Mont Cervin), a remarkably shaped mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy	JPL · 293909
293926 Harrystine	2007 TJ1	G. Harry Stine (1928–1997), one of the founding figures of model rocketry (hobby of spacemodeling) in the 1950s, enjoyed by millions of enthusiasts today. He also founded the National Association of Rocketry.	JPL · 293926
293934 MPIA	2007 TM8	The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at Heidelberg, Germany	JPL · 293934
293985 Franquin	2007 TF69	Andre Franquin (1924–1997) was a Belgian comics artist, producer of the Spirou and Fantasio strip, and creator of the characters Gaston Lagaffe and Marsupilami	JPL · 293985

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Preceded by 292,001–293,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 293,001–294,000

Succeeded by 294,001–295,000

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