Meanings of minor planet names: 259001–260000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

259001–259100

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

259101–259200

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

259201–259300

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

259301–259400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
259344 Paré 2003 GQ Ambroise Paré (1510–1590), a French surgeon and one of the fathers of modern surgery. JPL
259387 Atauta 2003 KT13 Atauta is a very small Spanish town located in the province of Soria, famous for the production of high-quality Ribera del Duero wine. JPL

259401–259500

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

259501–259600

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

259601–259700

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

259701–259800

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

259801–259900

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

259901–260000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
259905 Vougeot 2004 EO9 The Burgundy village of Vougeot is situated between Beaune and Dijon, France. 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
258,001–259,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 259,001–260,000 		Succeeded by
260,001–261,000
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