Meanings of minor planet names: 268001–269000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
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268101–268200 | |||
268115 Williamalbrecht | 2004 TK9 | William B. Albrecht (1917–2009), an active amateur astronomer. † | |
268201–268300 | |||
268242 Pebble | 2005 JW1 | Pebble Johnson (born 1971), an innovative teacher of middle-school science and technology in Forsyth County, Georgia. † | |
268601–268700 | |||
268669 Bunun | 2006 FA | The Bunun tribe is a native tribe of Taiwan. † | |
Preceded by 267,001–268,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 268,001–269,000 |
Succeeded by 269,001–270,000 |
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