Meanings of minor planet names: 256001–257000

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.

256001–256100

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

256101–256200

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256201–256300

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256301–256400

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256369 Vilain2006 YB3Christiane Vilain (born 1949), a retired researcher and teacher of physics and the history of physics.JPL · 256369
256374 Danielpequignot2006 YZ13Daniel Pequignot (born 1945), an astronomer at Paris Observatory.JPL · 256374

256401–256500

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256501–256600

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256537 Zahn2007 GX4Jean-Paul Zahn (born 1935), a specialist in fluid dynamics and internal structure of stars.JPL · 256537
256547 Davidesmith2007 HA15David E. Smith (born 1934), a planetary scientist and principal investigator of the Mars Global Surveyor's MOLA, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LOLA, and MESSENGER's MLA instrumentsJPL · 256547

256601–256700

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256697 Nahapetov2008 AZ1Rodion Nahapetov (born 1944), a Ukrainian-born, Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and an awarded People's Artist of RussiaJPL · 256697
256699 Poudai2008 AZ2Poudai, a town on Hainan Island, ChinaJPL · 256699

256701–256800

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256795 Suzyzahn2008 CS68Suzy Collin-Zahn (born 1938), a specialist of quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies.JPL · 256795
256796 Almanzor2008 CN69Pico Almanzor (2592 m) in the Sierra de Gredos, the highest mountain in central SpainJPL · 256796
256797 Benbow2008 CA70Admiral Benbow Inn, the fictional home of Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel "Treasure Island".JPL · 256797

256801–256900

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256813 Marburg2008 CW116Marburg, a city in central GermanyJPL · 256813
256892 Wutayou2008 DW40Ta-You Wu (1907–2000) was a renowned physicist who introduced modern physics to China.JPL · 256892

256901–257000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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.
Preceded by
255,001–256,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 256,001–257,000		 Succeeded by
257,001–258,000
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