Meanings of minor planet names: 263001–264000

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]

263001–263100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

263101–263200

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263201–263300

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263251 Pandabear2008 AA119The giant panda or "panda bear", an endangered species native in south central ChinaJPL · 263251
263255 Jultayu2008 BN14Jultayu, a 1940-meter mountain in Asturias, northern SpainJPL · 263255

263301–263400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

263401–263500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

263501–263600

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263516 Alexescu2008 EW144Matei Alexescu (1929–1993), a Romanian astronomer, director of the Urseanu Observatory in Bucharest and founder of the Planetarium in BacăuJPL · 263516

263601–263700

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263613 Enol2008 GM1Lake Enol, a mountain lake in the Picos de Europa of northern SpainJPL · 263613

263701–263800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

263801–263900

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263844 Johnfarrell2009 BV7John Farrell (born 1935), an American physicist and an observer of comets and variable stars. He is a member of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network board of directors and Science Advisory Group.JPL · 263844

263901–264000

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263906 Yuanfengfang2009 FS44Yuan Fengfang (born 1986), founder of the Guangzhou Stargazers AssociationJPL · 263906
263932 Speyer2009 HY44Speyer, one of Germany's oldest cities, founded by the ancient RomansJPL · 263932
263940 Malyshkina2009 HN58Marina Evgen'evna Malyshkina (born 1978), wife of Russian discoverer Timur Valer'evič KrjačkoJPL · 263940

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.
Preceded by
262,001–263,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 263,001–264,000		 Succeeded by
264,001–265,000
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