Meanings of minor planet names: 246001–247000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	246001–246100
	246101–246200
246132 Lugyny	2007 NM1	Lugyny, the district of in the north of Ukraine. †
246153 Waltermaria	2007 PW30	Walter E. B. Mazzucato (1921–2003) and Maria L. Pozzi (1927–2003) were the father and mother of the first discoverer. †
246164 Zdvyzhensk	2007 QH3	Zdvyzhensk (currently Brusyliv), the ancient town in Ukraine. †
	246201–246300
246238 Crampton	2007 RL274	David Crampton (born 1942) has overseen the development of exceptionally efficient, multiplexed spectrographs for CFHT and Gemini. Using them he helped establish Canadian excellence in observational cosmology. He has also excelled in research on Galactic structure and multiple stars, including X-ray binaries. †
246247 Sheldoncooper	2007 SP14	Sheldon Cooper, portrayed by Jim Parsons, is a geeky fictional character on the TV series "The Big Bang Theory". †
	246301–246400
246345 Carolharris	2007 TH298	Carol E. Harris (born 1940), Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria. †
	246401–246500
	246501–246600
246504 Hualien	2008 BG16	Hualien County is the largest county in Taiwan in terms of area, and is located on the mountainous eastern coast of Taiwan. †
	246601–246700
246643 Miaoli	2008 YU9	Miaoli, a city located in the mountainous terrain on the western coastline of Taiwan. †
	246701–246800
246759 Elviracheca	2009 CL4	Elvira Checa Pe˜na (b. 1958) worked from 2008 until 2014 as a chef at the Spanish Calar Alto Observatory. Through her culinary skills she contributed significantly to the well-being of her fellow colleagues, visiting astronomers and the discoverer of this asteroid. She and her food are dearly missed. †
246789 Pattinson	2009 DM89	Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (b. 1986), an English actor and musician. †
	246801–246900
246837 Bethfabinsky	2010 CR51	Beth Fabinsky (b. 1971), an American engineer who specializes in mission operations for NASA spacecraft. †
246841 Williamirace	2010 DR58	William Irace (b. 1941) is an engineer who worked on the Viking Mars orbiters, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite, the W. M. Keck Ten MeterTelescopes and the Spitzer Space Telescope. †
246842 Dutchstapelbroek	2010 EZ5	Maryn ‘Dutch’ Stapelbroek (b. 1947), a physicist specializing in infrared and visible light-detector design and construction. †
246861 Johnelwell	2010 KC18	John Elwell (b. 1958), an expert in the design, construction and calibration of infrared instrumentation for space-based missions to study astrophysics and the Earth’s atmosphere. †
	246901–24700
246913 Slocum	1998 SU63	Joshua Slocum (1844 – c. 1909) was the first person to circumnavigate the world alone. †