Meanings of minor planet names: 295001–296000

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".

295001–295100

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

295101–295200

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295201–295300

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295299 Nannidiana	2008 GZ111	Giovanni Foglia (born 1932) and Diana Damiani (born 1938), the parents of Italian amateur astronomer Sergio Foglia, who is a discoverer of minor planets	JPL · 295299

295301–295400

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295401–295500

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295472 Puy	2008 QJ14	Denis Puy (born 1962), a Professor at the University of Montpellier and head of the Laboratory Universe and Particles of Montpellier.	JPL · 295472
295473 Cochard	2008 QD16	François Cochard (born 1965), a French engineer, who has promoted spectroscopy by amateur astronomers.	JPL · 295473

295501–295600

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295565 Hannover	2008 SL83	Hannover, the capital city of Niedersachsen, Germany	JPL · 295565

295601–295700

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295701–295800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

295801–295900

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295841 Gorbulin	2008 VT13	Volodymyr Pavlovych Gorbulin (born 1939) is a member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the International Academy of Astronautics. He was the first General Director of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (1992–1994).	JPL · 295841

295901–296000

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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 294,001–295,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 295,001–296,000

Succeeded by 296,001–297,000

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