Meanings of minor planet names: 293001–294000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

293001–293100

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

293101–293200

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

293201–293300

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

293301–293400

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

293401–293500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
293499 Wolinski 2007 GP5 Georges Wolinski (1934-2015), a French cartoonist. JPL

293501–293600

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

293601–293700

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

293701–293800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
293707 Govoradloanatoly 2007 QT1 Anatoliy Vasylyovych Govoradlo (b. 1960), a physicist by education, is also known as a Ukrainian poet and composer. JPL

293801–293900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
293809 Zugspitze 2007 RD162 Zugspitze, located in the Alps, the highest mountain (2962 m) in Germany. JPL
293878 Tapping 2007 RV274 Kenneth Tapping (b. 1945), a solar physicist at the NRC-Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory. JPL

293901–294000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
293909 Matterhorn 2007 SS2 The Matterhorn (German), Monte Cervino (Italian) or Mont Cervin (French), is a remarkably shaped mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. JPL
293926 Harrystine 2007 TJ1 G. Harry Stine (b. 1928) helped found the hobby of spacemodeling (model rocketry) in 1957, a pastime enjoyed today by millions of space and astronomy enthusiasts worldwide. He also founded the National Association of Rocketry (Model Missiles Association) in 1959. JPL
293934 MPIA 2007 TM8 The Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy at Heidelberg, Germany. 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
292,001–293,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 293,001–294,000
Succeeded by
294,001–295,000
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