Meanings of minor planet names: 245001–246000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	245001–245100
	245101–245200
245158 Thomasandrews	2004 TU18	Thomas Andrews (1873–1912), the architect primarily responsible for the design of the RMS Titanic. †
	245201–245300
	245301–245400
	245401–245500
245417 Rostand	2005 JA46	Edmond Rostand (1868–1918), a French poet and playwright. †
	245501–245600
	245601–245700
	245701–245800
	245801–245900
245890 Krynychenka	2006 QE58	Galyna Ivanivna Biletska (born 1961), the leader of the "Krynychenka" folk song and dance ensemble from Andrushivka. †
	245901–246000
245943 Davidjoseph	2006 RZ114	David Joseph Masiero (b. 1953) is a mechanical engineer, specializing in nuclear power plant design. He is the father of the discoverer. †