Meanings of minor planet names: 249001–250000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	249001–249100
249010 Abdel-Samad	2007 QE5	Hamed Abdel-Samad (born 1972) is an Egyptian political scientist whose satirical German TV series "Safary through Germany" has initiated a broad national discussion. †
249044 Barrymarshall	2007 TO72	Barry J. Marshall (b. 1951), an Australian microbiologist. †
249061 Anthonyberger	2007 TG298	Anthony R. Berger (born 1937), a distinguished Canadian geologist. †
	249101–249200
249160 Urriellu	2008 BO14	Urriellu, a wonderful limestone peak located in the Macizo central of the Picos de Europa. †
	249201–249300
	249301–249400
249302 Ajoie	2008 UM7	Ajoie is the name of a region in the North of Swiss Jura. †
	249401–249500
	249501–249600
249514 Donaldroyer	2010 CZ44	Donald Royer (b. 1942), an expert in the systems needed to operate and communicate with NASA space missions. He served as the mission operations systems manager for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. †
249515 Heinrichsen	2010 CF48	Ingolf Heinrichsen (b. 1964), an expert in the systems engineering, operations, and management of space telescopes, including the Kepler mission, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and the Spitzer Space Telescope. †
249516 Aretha	2010 CV60	Aretha Franklin (b. 1942), an American singer known as the Queen of Soul who has won 17 Grammy Awards and has influenced countless singers. †
249519 Whitneyclavin	2010 CA130	Whitney Clavin (b. 1971), a science writer who works to inform the public about results from NASA astronomy missions such as the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Kepler mission and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. †
249521 Truth	2010 CU212	Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883), an American abolitionist and advocate for women’s rights. †
249522 Johndailey	2010 DP15	John Dailey (b. 1978), a software engineer who was the lead developer for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer’s moving object processing system for identifying minor planets in the project’s infrared images. †
249523 Friedan	2010 DO53	Betty Friedan (1921-2006), an author and social activist who wrote The Feminine Mystique, a book that made an enormous impact on women's lives. †
249530 Ericrice	2010 GJ92	Eric Rice (b. 1979), a systems engineer specializing in fault protection. He has served as the fault protection engineer for several NASA spacecraft, including the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. †
249539 Pedrosevilla	2010 HY7	Pedro Sevilla (b. 1967), an engineer who worked on the payload electronics and focal planes of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission. †
249540 Eugeniescott	2010 HX14	Eugenie Scott (b. 1946), an American physical anthropologist. †
249541 Steinem	2010 HR25	Gloria Steinem (b. 1934), a writer and journalist who co-founded Ms. Magazine and the Ms. Foundation for Women. †
249544 Ianmclean	2010 HQ44	Ian McLean (b. 1949), a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles. †
	249601–249700
	249701–249800
	249801–249900
	249901–250000