Meanings of minor planet names: 299001–300000

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]

299001–299100

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299020 Chennaoui2005 AR3Hasnaa Chennaoui-Aoudjehane (born 1964), a Moroccan geochemist at Hassan II University in Casablanca. She is a member of the Nomenclature Committee of Meteorites, and former council member, of the Meteoritical Society. She classified and named nine observed falls in Morocco, including Tissint, the fifth Martian meteorite fall (Src).JPL · 299020

299101–299200

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299134 Moggicecchi2005 EB224Vanni Moggi Cecchi (born 1965), an Italian mineralogist and meteoriticist, who was the Curator of the Museum of Planetary Sciences in Prato, TuscanyJPL · 299134

299201–299300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

299301–299400

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299362 Marthacole2005 TK27Martha Cole (born 1945) was a professional photographer based in San Diego, California, in the 1980s and 1990s.JPL · 299362

299401–299500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

299501–299600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

299601–299700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

299701–299800

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299755 Ericmontellese2006 RB106Eric Montellese (born 1981), an American software and computer engineerJPL · 299755
299756 Kerryaileen2006 RO109Kerry Aileen Masiero (born 1984), sister of American astronomer Joseph Masiero who discovered this minor planetJPL · 299756

299801–299900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

299901–300000

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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
298,001–299,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 299,001–300,000		 Succeeded by
300,001–301,000
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