Meanings of minor planet names: 256001–257000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

256001–256100

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

256101–256200

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

256201–256300

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

256301–256400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
256369 Vilain 2006 YB3 Christiane Vilain (b. 1949), a retired researcher and teacher of physics and the history of physics. JPL
256374 Danielpequignot 2006 YZ13 Daniel Pequignot (b. 1945), an astronomer at Paris Observatory. JPL

256401–256500

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

256501–256600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
256537 Zahn 2007 GX4 Jean-Paul Zahn (b. 1935), a specialist in fluid dynamics and internal structure of stars. JPL
256547 Davidesmith 2007 HA15 David E. Smith (born 1939), a planetary scientist. JPL

256601–256700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
256697 Nahapetov 2008 AZ1 Rodion Rafailovich Nahapetov (born 1944), an outstanding Ukrainian-born, Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia, film director and screenwriter. JPL
256699 Poudai 2008 AZ2 Poudai Town (Puqian Zhen) is a town in Vunsiang City (Wenchang Shi), Hainan JPL

256701–256800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
256795 Suzyzahn 2008 CS68 Suzy Collin-Zahn (b. 1938), a specialist of quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies. JPL
256796 Almanzor 2008 CN69 Plaza del Moro Almanzor is the highest peak (2592 m) in the Sierra de Gredos, Avila, Spain. JPL
256797 Benbow 2008 CA70 Admiral Benbow Inn, the fictional home of Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel "Treasure Island". JPL

256801–256900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
256813 Marburg 2008 CW116 Marburg, a German city. JPL
256892 Wutayou 2008 DW40 Ta-You Wu (1907–2000) was a renowned physicist who introduced modern physics to China. JPL

256901–257000

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.
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255,001–256,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 256,001–257,000 		Succeeded by
257,001–258,000
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