Meanings of minor planet names: 257001–258000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

257001–257100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
257005 Arpadpal 2008 EW152 Árpád Pál (1929–2006), a Romanian astronomer and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. JPL

257101–257200

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

257201–257300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
257234 Güntherkurtze 2009 DD112 Günther Kurtze (1921–1986), a physicist and professor of acoustics at TH Karlsruhe. JPL
257248 Chouchiehlun 2009 FA19 Chouchiehlun (born 1979) is one of the most famous musicians in Taiwan, best known for "Ting Ma Ma De Hua" ("Listen to Mother's Words"). JPL
257261 Ovechkin 2009 FS47 Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (b. 1985), a Russian ice-hockey winger who began his career with the Dynamo Moscow. JPL
257296 Jessicaamy 2009 HT57 Jessica Amy Todd (b. 1994) is a daughter of the discoverer. JPL

257301–257400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
257336 Noeliasanchez 2009 JA1 Noelia Sanchez (b. 1975) is an aeronautical engineer and co-founder of the DEIMOS space company, where she works as Head of the Space Situational Awareness Division for NEO and Space Debris. JPL
257371 Miguelbello 2009 PM4 Miguel Bello (b. 1961), the founder and CEO of the DEIMOS space company. JPL

257401–257500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
257439 Peppeprosperini 2010 PL23 Giuseppe Prosperini (1937–2005), an active amateur astronomer who observed lunar and minor-planet occultations. JPL

257501–257600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
257515 Zapperudi 1997 CD6 Rudolf Zappe (b. 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1953. JPL
257533 Iquique 1998 CN4 Iquique, a port city in northern Chile. JPL

257601–257700

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

257701–257800

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

257801–257900

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

257901–258000

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
256,001–257,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 257,001–258,000 		Succeeded by
258,001–259,000
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