Meanings of minor planet names: 279001–280000

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.

279001–279100

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

279101–279200

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279119 Khamatova2009 OY1Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975), a Russian theater and film actressJPL · 279119

279201–279300

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279226 Demisroussos2009 UR103Demis Roussos (1946–2015), a Greek singer and performerJPL · 279226
279274 Shurpakov2009 WL8Sergey Shurpakov (born 1966), a Belarusian amateur astronomer, observer of comets and discoverer of minor planets and coordinator of the "International Comet Quarterly" (ICQ) for BelarusJPL · 279274

279301–279400

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279377 Lechmankiewicz2010 CH1Lech Mankiewicz (born 1960), a director of the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw.JPL · 279377
279397 Dombeck2010 DN77Thomas W. Dombeck (1945–2016) received his Physics PhD from Northwestern University. He displayed his creative genius as professor, research scientist, project director for Pan-STARRS, husband and father.JPL · 279397

279401–279500

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279410 McCallon2010 EF144Howard McCallon (born 1945), an American engineer.JPL · 279410

279501–279600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

279601–279700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

279701–279800

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279723 Wittenberg1991 RM3Wittenberg, a town situated in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was starting point of the Reformation, where Martin Luther posted his The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.JPL · 279723

279801–279900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

279901–280000

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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
278,001–279,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 279,001–280,000		 Succeeded by
280,001–281,000
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