Meanings of minor planet names: 281001–282000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 281101–281200 | |||
| 281140 Trier | 2007 DO7 | Trier, a city in German, birthplace of philosopher Karl Marx, was founded by the Romans in 16 BCE as Augusta Treverorum. Numerous historic monuments make Trier an outstanding testimony to the Roman Empire. The association Sternwarte Trier is heavily involved in astronomical education. † | |
| 281201–281300 | |||
| 281272 Arnaudleroy | 2007 RC12 | Arnaud Leroy (b. 1974), a French amateur astronomer at the Pic du Midi observatory. † | |
| 281401–281500 | |||
| 281445 Scotthowe | 2008 SS84 | A. Scott Howe (b. 1960) is a senior engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. † | |
| 281459 Kyrylenko | 2008 SU148 | Brothers Dmytro Kyrylenko (b. 1985) and Peter Kyrylenko (b. 1987) are observers at the Andrushivka Observatory. † | |
| 281501–281600 | |||
| 281561 Taitung | 2008 UL78 | Taitung County is in the southeast of Taiwan. † | |
| 281564 Fuhsiehhai | 2008 UQ87 | Hsieh-Hai Fu (b. 1952) serves at the Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, specializing in astronomy and science education, and training university students to teach astronomy in secondary education. He is the founder of the Star Watcher journal and the author of several popular science books. † | |
| 281701–281800 | |||
| 281772 Matttaylor | 2009 RS26 | Matthew Taylor (b. 1973), a British astrophysicist. † | |
| 281801–281900 | |||
| 281820 Monnaves | 2009 XW | Ramon ("Mon") Naves Jr., the son of one of the discoverers. † | |
| Preceded by 280,001–281,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 281,001–282,000 |
Succeeded by 282,001–283,000 |
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