Meanings of minor planet names: 240001–241000
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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 240001–240100 | |||
| 240022 Demitra | 2001 TR258 | Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice-hockey player. † | |
| 240301–240400 | |||
| 240381 Emilchyne | 2003 SB317 | Emilchyne, the disctict in Ukraine. † | |
| 240601–240700 | |||
| 240697 Gemenc | 2005 GC | Gemenc, a forest and the only remaining tidal area of the Danube in Hungary. † | |
| 240701–240800 | |||
| 240757 Farkasberci | 2005 KS8 | Bertalan "Berci" Farkas (born 1949), the first Hungarian cosmonaut and the first Esperantist in space. † | |
| 240801–240900 | |||
| 240871 MOSS | 2006 DA | The Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey or MOSS is an international amateur sky survey established in 2011. † | |
| Preceded by 239,001–240,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 240,001–241,000 |
Succeeded by 241,001–242,000 |
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