Meanings of minor planet names: 281001–282000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

281001–281100

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

281101–281200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
281140 Trier 2007 DO7 Trier, a city in German, birthplace of philosopher Karl Marx, was founded by the Romans in 16 BCE as Augusta Treverorum. Numerous historic monuments make Trier an outstanding testimony to the Roman Empire. The association Sternwarte Trier is heavily involved in astronomical education. JPL

281201–281300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
281272 Arnaudleroy 2007 RC12 Arnaud Leroy (b. 1974), a French amateur astronomer at the Pic du Midi observatory. JPL

281301–281400

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

281401–281500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
281445 Scotthowe 2008 SS84 A. Scott Howe (b. 1960) is a senior engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. JPL
281459 Kyrylenko 2008 SU148 Brothers Dmytro Kyrylenko (b. 1985) and Peter Kyrylenko (b. 1987) are observers at the Andrushivka Observatory. JPL

281501–281600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
281561 Taitung 2008 UL78 Taitung County is in the southeast of Taiwan. JPL
281564 Fuhsiehhai 2008 UQ87 Hsieh-Hai Fu (b. 1952) serves at the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, specializing in astronomy and science education, and training university students to teach astronomy in secondary education. He is the founder of the Star Watcher journal and the author of several popular science books. JPL

281601–281700

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

281701–281800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
281772 Matttaylor 2009 RS26 Matthew Taylor (b. 1973), a British astrophysicist. JPL

281801–281900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
281820 Monnaves 2009 XW Ramon ("Mon") Naves Jr., the son of one of the discoverers. JPL

281901–282000

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
280,001–281,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 281,001–282,000 		Succeeded by
282,001–283,000
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