Meanings of minor planet names: 242001–243000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	242001–242100
	242101–242200
	242201–242300
	242301–242400
	242401–242500
242479 Marijampole	2004 TF115	Marijampole, with a population of 45 000, is the largest city in the Suvalkija region of south-west Lithuania. †
242492 Fantomas	2004 VU65	Fantomas is one of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction. Fantomas was created in 1911 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. †
	242501–242600
242516 Lindseystirling	2005 AW	Lindsey Stirling (b. 1986), an American violinist, dancer and composer †
242523 Kreszgéza	2005 AJ10	Géza Kresz (1846-1901), a Hungarian physician †
242529 Hilaomar	2005 AL54	Hila Omar is really into astronomy and promotes that science in Morocco. †
	242601–242700
242648 Fribourg	2005 NQ63	Fribourg is a young, dynamic and bilingual region of Switzerland near the capital, Bern. †
	242701–242800
	242801–242900
242830 Richardwessling	2006 DK8	Richard J. Wessling (born 1935) worked at U.S. Precision Lens for 35 years, making telescope mirrors from the early 1960s onwards and opening the Pines Optical Shop in 1991. †
	242901–243000