Meanings of minor planet names: 260001–261000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

260001–260100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

260101–260200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

260201–260300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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

260301–260400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

260401–260500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

260501–260600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
260508 Alagna 2005 EU51 Roberto Alagna (born 1963), a French tenor of Sicilian origin. JPL

260601–260700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
260601 Wesselényi 2005 GP8 Baron 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
260676 Evethuriere 2005 JT44 Evelyne Thuriere (1944–2013), a researcher in nuclear physics, who worked at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. JPL

260701–260800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
260724 Malherbe 2005 KB10 Francois de Malherbe (1555–1628), a French poet and a great defender of the purity of French language. JPL

260801–260900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
260824 Hermanus 2005 PC24 The village Hermanuspietersfontein, later shortened to Hermanus, was founded in honor of a man who taught Dutch to farmers' children. JPL
260886 Henritudor 2005 QP143 Henri Owen Tudor (1859–1928), a Luxembourgish engineer and inventor. JPL

260901–261000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
260906 Robichon 2005 RR2 Noël Robichon (born 1967), a French astronomer. JPL

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
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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