Meanings of minor planet names: 260001–261000
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.
260001–260100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
260101–260200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
260201–260300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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260235 Attwood | 2004 RU289 | Randy Attwood (born 1957), a Canadian editor who has served as national President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. | JPL · 260235 |
260301–260400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
260401–260500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
260501–260600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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260508 Alagna | 2005 EU51 | Roberto Alagna (born 1963), a French tenor of Sicilian origin. | JPL · 260508 |
260601–260700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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260601 Wesselényi | 2005 GP8 | Miklós Wesselényi (1796–1850), a Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Board of Academy of Sciences, and a hero of the 1838 Pest flood. | JPL · 260601 |
260676 Evethuriere | 2005 JT44 | Evelyne Gerlic, born Thurière (1944–2013), a researcher in nuclear physics, who worked at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France. | JPL · 260676 |
260701–260800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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260724 Malherbe | 2005 KB10 | Francois de Malherbe (1555–1628), a French poet and a great defender of the purity of French language. | JPL · 260724 |
260801–260900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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260824 Hermanus | 2005 PC24 | Hermanus, a South African coastal town previously named "Hermanuspietersfontein", which was founded in honor of the man who taught Dutch to farmers' children | JPL · 260824 |
260886 Henritudor | 2005 QP143 | Henri Owen Tudor (1859–1928), a Luxembourgish engineer and inventor. | JPL · 260886 |
260901–261000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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260906 Robichon | 2005 RR2 | Noël Robichon (born 5 December 1967), a French astronomer, working at the Paris-Meudon Observatory. | JPL · 260906 |
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by 259,001–260,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 260,001–261,000 |
Succeeded by 261,001–262,000 |
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