Meanings of minor planet names: 266001–267000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
266001–266100
266051 Hannawieser 2006 NB Hanna Wieser (born 1957), a Swiss violinist.
266081 Villyket 2006 RP109 Violet R. Ket (b. 1985), the wife of the discoverer.
266601–266700
266622 Málna 2008 QO3 Szofia Málna Sárneczky (born 2010), the daughter of the discoverer.
266646 Zaphod 2008 SD209 Zaphod Beeblebrox, the ex-Galactic President and confidence trickster in Douglas Adams' book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
266701–266800
266711 Tuttlingen 2009 QX38 Tuttlingen, a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.
266725 Vonputtkamer 2009 RU26 Jesco von Puttkamer (born 1933), a German-born aerospace engineer and senior NASA manager.
266801–266900
266887 Wolfgangries 2009 WO24 Wolfgang Ries (b. 1968), an Austrian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer.
266854 Sezenaksu 2009 UB90 Sezen Aksu (Fatma Sezen Yildirim, b. 1954), a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer.
266901–267000
266983 Josepbosch 2010 WE66 Josep Bosch (born 1983) is the second son of Josep M. Bosch, the main observer at the Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Observatory.
Preceded by
265,001–266,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 266,001–267,000
Succeeded by
267,001–268,000
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