Meanings of minor planet names: 249001–250000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

249001–249100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
249010 Abdel-Samad 2007 QE5 Hamed Abdel-Samad (born 1972) is an Egyptian political scientist whose satirical German TV series "Safary through Germany" has initiated a broad national discussion. JPL
249044 Barrymarshall 2007 TO72 Barry J. Marshall (b. 1951), an Australian microbiologist. JPL
249061 Anthonyberger 2007 TG298 Anthony R. Berger (born 1937), a distinguished Canadian geologist. JPL

249101–249200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
249160 Urriellu 2008 BO14 Urriellu, a wonderful limestone peak located in the Macizo central of the Picos de Europa. JPL

249201–249300

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

249301–249400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
249302 Ajoie 2008 UM7 Ajoie is the name of a region in the North of Swiss Jura. JPL

249401–249500

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

249501–249600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
249514 Donaldroyer 2010 CZ44 Donald Royer (b. 1942), an expert in the systems needed to operate and communicate with NASA space missions. He served as the mission operations systems manager for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. JPL
249515 Heinrichsen 2010 CF48 Ingolf Heinrichsen (b. 1964), an expert in the systems engineering, operations, and management of space telescopes, including the Kepler mission, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and the Spitzer Space Telescope. JPL
249516 Aretha 2010 CV60 Aretha Franklin (b. 1942), an American singer known as the Queen of Soul who has won 17 Grammy Awards and has influenced countless singers. JPL
249519 Whitneyclavin 2010 CA130 Whitney Clavin (b. 1971), a science writer who works to inform the public about results from NASA astronomy missions such as the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Kepler mission and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. JPL
249521 Truth 2010 CU212 Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883), an American abolitionist and advocate for women’s rights. JPL
249522 Johndailey 2010 DP15 John Dailey (b. 1978), a software engineer who was the lead developer for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer’s moving object processing system for identifying minor planets in the project’s infrared images. JPL
249523 Friedan 2010 DO53 Betty Friedan (1921-2006), an author and social activist who wrote The Feminine Mystique, a book that made an enormous impact on women's lives. JPL
249530 Ericrice 2010 GJ92 Eric Rice (b. 1979), a systems engineer specializing in fault protection. He has served as the fault protection engineer for several NASA spacecraft, including the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. JPL
249539 Pedrosevilla 2010 HY7 Pedro Sevilla (b. 1967), an engineer who worked on the payload electronics and focal planes of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. JPL
249540 Eugeniescott 2010 HX14 Eugenie Scott (b. 1946), an American physical anthropologist. JPL
249541 Steinem 2010 HR25 Gloria Steinem (b. 1934), a writer and journalist who co-founded Ms. Magazine and the Ms. Foundation for Women. JPL
249544 Ianmclean 2010 HQ44 Ian McLean (b. 1949), a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles. JPL

249601–249700

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

249701–249800

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

249801–249900

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

249901–250000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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
248,001–249,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 249,001–250,000 		Succeeded by
250,001–251,000
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