Meanings of minor planet names: 279001–280000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

279001–279100

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

279101–279200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
279119 Khamatova 2009 OY1 Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova (born 1975), a famous Russian theater and film actress. JPL

279201–279300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
279226 Demisroussos 2009 UR103 Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (b. 1946), a Greek singer and performer. JPL
279274 Shurpakov 2009 WL8 Sergey Eduardovich Shurpakov (born 1966), an amateur astronomer and ICQ Coordinator for Belarus who has observed comets since 1986. JPL

279301–279400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
279377 Lechmankiewicz 2010 CH1 Lech Mankiewicz (born 1960), a director of the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. JPL

279401–279500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
279410 McCallon 2010 EF144 Howard McCallon (b. 1945), an American engineer. JPL

279501–279600

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

279601–279700

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

279701–279800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
279723 Wittenberg 1991 RM3 Wittenberg, situated in Saxony-Anhalt, was the centre of the Reformation. Its five-hundredth anniversary will be celebrated in 2017. Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchton and Lukas Cranach all worked in the town. Luther's Ninety-Five Theses were posted there.JPL

279801–279900

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

279901–280000

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.
Preceded by
278,001–279,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 279,001–280,000 		Succeeded by
280,001–281,000
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