Meanings of minor planet names: 261001–262000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

261001–261100

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

261101–261200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
261109 Annie 2005 SN284 Annie Lakey Becker (b. 1980) is an American microbiologist and wife of the discoverer. JPL

261201–261300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
261291 Fucecchio 2005 UC159 Fucecchio, a historic town located midway between Pisa and Florence. JPL

261301–261400

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

261401–261500

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

261501–261600

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

261601–261700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
261690 Jodorowsky 2005 YU210 Alejandro Jodorowsky (b. 1929), a Chilean-French film-maker, playwright, actor, author, musician and comics writer. JPL

261701–261800

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

261801–261900

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

261901–262000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
261930 Moorhead 2006 KF138 James Marshall Moorhead (b. 1940), an American-Canadian astronomer. JPL
261936 Liulin 2006 OR2 Liu Lin (b. 1936), a professor at China's Nanjing University. 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
260,001–261,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 261,001–262,000 		Succeeded by
262,001–263,000
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