Meanings of minor planet names: 247001–248000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	247001–247100
	247101–247200
	247201–247300
	247301–247400
	247401–247500
	247501–247600
247542 Ripplrónai	2002 RP117	József Rippl-Rónai (1861–1927), a Post-Impressionist avant-garde Hungarian painter, known for working in the Les Nabis style †
247553 Berndpauli	2002 RV234	Bernd V. Pauli (b. 1945) is a respected meteorite aficionado and collector with keen interests in astronomy and Egyptology. Co-author of the Electronic Catalogue of Meteorites and Meteorite Craters, he has been a long-time member of the Meteoritical Society and a prolific contributor to the Meteorite Mailing List. †
	247601–247700
247652 Hajossy	2002 WO21	Rudolf Hajossy (born 1941) is enthusiastic physicist and senior lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava. †
	247701–247800
	247801–247900
	247901–248000