Meanings of minor planet names: 284001–285000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

284001–284100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
284029 Esplugafrancoli2004 XQ16The Catalan village of Espluga de Francolí, located in the Tarragona province of Spain, known for its extensive cave systemJPL · 284029

284101–284200

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284201–284300

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284301–284400

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284401–284500

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284501–284600

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284601–284700

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284701–284800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

284801–284900

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284891 Kona2009 RT26Kona, a district of the Big Island of Hawaii, United States, known for its Kona coffee and for its annually held Ironman World Championship TriathlonJPL · 284891

284901–285000

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284945 Saint-Imier2010 EM44Saint-Imier, a Swiss town founded by the hermit St. Imerius in 884 ADJPL · 284945
284984 Ikaunieks2010 GC158Jānis Ikaunieks (1912–1969), a Latvian astronomer and observer of red giants who founded the Latvian Astronomical Society and the popular science magazine The Starry Sky and was the first director of the Baldone Observatory (069)JPL · 284984
284996 Rosaparks2010 LD58Rosa Parks (1913–2005), a civil rights activist from Alabama, known as the mother of the freedom movement. In 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus. Her action spurred efforts throughout the United States to end segregation.JPL · 284996

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
283,001–284,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 284,001–285,000		 Succeeded by
285,001–286,000
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