Meanings of minor planet names: 260001–261000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	260001–260100
	260101–260200
	260201–260300
260235 Attwood	2004 RU289	Randy Attwood (born 1957), a Canadian editor who has served as national President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. †
	260301–260400
	260401–260500
	260501–260600
260508 Alagna	2005 EU51	Roberto Alagna (born 1963), a French tenor of Sicilian origin. †
	260601–260700
260601 Wesselényi	2005 GP8	Baron Miklós Wesselényi (1796-1850), a Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Board of Academy of Sciences, and a hero of the 1838 Pest flood. †
260676 Evethuriere	2005 JT44	Evelyne Thuriere (1944–2013), a researcher in nuclear physics, who worked at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. †
	260701–260800
260724 Malherbe	2005 KB10	Francois de Malherbe (1555–1628), a French poet and a great defender of the purity of French language. †
	260801–260900
260824 Hermanus	2005 PC24	The village Hermanuspietersfontein, later shortened to Hermanus, was founded in honor of a man who taught Dutch to farmers' children. †
260886 Henritudor	2005 QP143	Henri Owen Tudor (1859–1928), a Luxembourgish engineer and inventor. †
	260901–261000
260906 Robichon	2005 RR2	Noël Robichon (born 1967), a French astronomer. †