Meanings of minor planet names: 270001–271000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
	270001–270100
	270101–270200
	270201–270300
	270301–270400
270373 William	2002 AE3	William Edmonds' (b. 1945) work as a software engineer at NASA was integral to the Agency's profound impact on humankind's understanding of the Earth's environment and stands in the greatest tradition of scientific efforts to better our place in the universe. †
	270401–270500
270472 Csörgei	2002 CS316	Tibor Csörgei (b. 1972), a Slovak amateur astronomer and a keen observer of meteors, comets and asteroids. †
	270501–270600
270553 Loureed	2002 GG178	Lewis Allan (Lou) Reed (1942-2013), an American musician, singer and songwriter. †
	270601–270700
270601 Frauenstein	2002 NN57	Frauenstein, a small city on the crest of the Erzgebirge Mountains in Saxony, Germany. †
	270701–270800
	270801–270900
	270901–271000