Meanings of minor planet names: 288001–289000

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.

288001–288100

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288101–288200

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288201–288300

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288301–288400

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288401–288500

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288478 Fahlman2004 FA17Gregory Fahlman (born 1944) has served since 2003 as the Director General of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada. He has made extensive contributions to studies of globular star clusters using ground- and space-based telescopes.JPL · 288478

288501–288600

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288601–288700

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288701–288800

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288801–288900

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288901–289000

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288960 Steponasdarius2004 TN16Steponas Darius (Steponas Darašius; 1896–1933), was a Lithuanian American pilot. In 1933, he and Stasys Girėnas (see below) attempted a nonstop flight from New York City to Kaunas, Lithuania. They crossed the Atlantic in 37 hours, but died when their plane crashed near the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany.JPL · 288960
288961 Stasysgirėnas2004 TZ19Stasys Girėnas (1893–1933) was a Lithuanian American pilot. In 1933, he and Steponas Darius (see above) attempted a nonstop flight from New York City to Kaunas, Lithuania. They crossed the Atlantic in 37 hours, but died when their plane crashed near the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany.JPL · 288961

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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287,001–288,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 288,001–289,000		 Succeeded by
289,001–290,000
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