Meanings of minor planet names: 248001–249000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

248001–248100

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

248101–248200

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248183 Peisandros2005 AD28Peisander (Peisandros), son of Antimachos, from Greek mythology. He and his brother Hippolochos were killed by Agamemnon during the Trojan War.JPL · 248183

248201–248300

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248262 Liuxiaobo2005 GR128Liu Xiaobo (born 1955) received the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and nonviolent struggle for human rights in China.JPL · 248262

248301–248400

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248388 Namtso2005 SE19Namtso is a mountain lake in Tibet. It is also known as Lake Nam, Nam Co, and Tengri Nor.JPL · 248388

248401–248500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

248501–248600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

248601–248700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

248701–248800

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248750 Asteroidday2006 RH1Asteroid Day is an annual global movement that brings people from around the world together to learn about asteroids and what we can do to protect our planet from asteroid impacts. The United Nations has proclaimed that Asteroid Day will be observed globally on June 30 every year.JPL · 248750

248801–248900

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248839 Mazeikiai2006 SY406Mažeikiai is a Lithuanian city of 45,000 inhabitants, located 280 km northwest of Vilnius on the Venta River. Mazeikiai was first mentioned in 1335 and received the rights of self-government in 1919.JPL · 248839

248901–249000

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248908 Ginostrada2006 VY45Gino Strada (born 1948), an Italian surgeon and founder of Emergency, an Italian non-governmental humanitarian organization that operates in several countries all over the worldJPL · 248908
248970 Giannimorandi2007 BC49Gianni Morandi (born 1944), an Italian singer, actor and entertainerJPL · 248970
248993 Jonava2007 GM28Jonava, a city in central LithuaniaJPL · 248993

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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247,001–248,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 248,001–249,000		 Succeeded by
249,001–250,000
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