Meanings of minor planet names: 284001–285000

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.

284001–284100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
284029 Esplugafrancoli2004 XQ16The Catalan village of Espluga de Francolí, located in the Tarragona province of Spain, known for its extensive cave systemJPL · 284029

284101–284200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

284201–284300

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284301–284400

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284401–284500

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284501–284600

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284601–284700

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284701–284800

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284801–284900

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284891 Kona2009 RT26Kona, the name of a district of the Big Island of Hawaii, United StatesJPL · 284891

284901–285000

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284945 Saint-Imier2010 EM44Saint-Imier, a Swiss town founded by the hermit St. Imerius in 884 ADJPL · 284945
284984 Ikaunieks2010 GC158Jānis Ikaunieks (1912–1969), Latvian astronomerJPL · 284984
284996 Rosaparks2010 LD58Rosa Parks (1913–2005), a civil rights activist from Alabama, known as the mother of the freedom movement. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. Her action spurred efforts throughout the United States to end segregation.JPL · 284996

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
283,001–284,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 284,001–285,000		 Succeeded by
285,001–286,000
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