Meanings of minor planet names: 255001–256000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

255001–255100

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255019 Fleurmaxwell2005 TN52Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourg's 2005 national champion figure skater.JPL · 255019
255073 Victoriabond2005 UR8Victoria Bond, popular Australian science radio presenter of "Diffusion Science Radio"JPL · 255073

255101–255200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255201–255300

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255257 Mechwart2005 VR1András Mechwart (1834–1907), a Hungarian industrialistJPL · 255257

255301–255400

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255308 Christianzuber2005 WB5Christian Zuber (1930–2005), a French journalist, writer, film producer and lecturer.JPL · 255308

255401–255500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255501–255600

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255587 Gardenia2006 OU4Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae. The genus was named after Alexander Garden, a Scottish-born American naturalist.JPL · 255587
255598 Paullauterbur2006 PE1Paul Christian Lauterbur (1929–2007), an American chemistJPL · 255598

255601–255700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255701–255800

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255703 Stetson2006 QN90Peter Brailey Stetson (born 1952), developer of freely-available software for the analysis of CCD images and spectra.JPL · 255703

255801–255900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

255901–256000

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255989 Dengyushian2006 TU94)Deng Yu-Shian (1906–1944), known as the Father of Taiwanese Folk Music, wrote many famous melodies which are considered to be the symbols of Taiwan's mind and spirit.JPL · 255989

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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254,001–255,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 255,001–256,000		 Succeeded by
256,001–257,000
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