Meanings of minor planet names: 302001–303000

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".

302001–302100

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

302101–302200

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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

302201–302300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

302301–302400

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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

302401–302500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

302501–302600

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302542 Tilmann	2002 NG57	Tilmann Arne Meyer (born 2006), son of German discoverer Maik Meyer	JPL · 302542

302601–302700

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302652 Hauke	2002 RW241	Hauke Christoph Meyer (born 2011), son of German discoverer Maik Meyer	JPL · 302652

302701–302800

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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

302801–302900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
302849 Richardboyle	2003 FB123	Richard Boyle (born 1943), an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory. He is an expert in high-precision photometry of stars and stellar clusters. His work includes asteroseismology and the discoveries of minor planets using the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope at Mount Graham, Arizona, United States.	JPL · 302849

302901–303000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
302932 Francoballoni	2003 SB314	Nicola Franco Balloni (born 1950), an Italian diplomat and scholar.	JPL · 302932

References

Preceded by 301,001–302,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 302,001–303,000

Succeeded by 303,001–304,000

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