Meanings of minor planet names: 290001–291000

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]

290001–290100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
290001 Uebersax2005 PP16Robert Uebersax (born 1963), a Swiss amateur astronomer and member of the Jura Astronomy Society (French: Société Jurassienne d'Astronomie)JPL · 290001
290074 Donasadock2005 QF76Dona Sadock (born 1945), producer of the Firesign Theater and radio programs, and a friend of French discoverer Bernard ChristopheJPL · 290074

290101–290200

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290127 Linakostenko2005 QC149Lina Kostenko (born 1930), an awarded Ukrainian poet and writer of the Sixtiers cultural movementJPL · 290127
290129 Rátzlászló2005 QC152László Rátz (1863–1930) was a Hungarian mathematics teacher best known for educating John von Neumann and Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner. He was a teacher of the Budapest Lutheran Gymnasium. Between 1894–1914 he was editor-in-chief of the Mathematical and Physical Journal for Secondary Schools.JPL · 290129

290201–290300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

290301–290400

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290401–290500

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290501–290600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

290601–290700

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290701–290800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

290801–290900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

290901–291000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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
289,001–290,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 290,001–291,000		 Succeeded by
291,001–292,000
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