Meanings of minor planet names: 300001–301000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300001–300100 | |||
| 300082 Moyocoanno | 2006 US217 | Moyoco Anno (b. 1971), a Japanese cartoonist and fashion writer. † | |
| 300201–300300 | |||
| 300221 Brucebills | 2006 XA5 | Bruce G. Bills (b. 1951), a planetary scientist. † | |
| 300801–300900 | |||
| 300892 Taichung | 2008 BT15 | Taichung is Taiwan's third largest city. † | |
| 300901–301000 | |||
| 300909 Kenthompson | 2008 BZ45 | Kenneth Lane Thompson (b. 1943), a computer scientist. † | |
| 300932 Kyslyuk | 2008 CL117 | Vitalij Stepanovych Kyslyuk (1940-2014), a Ukrainian astronomer. † | |
| Preceded by 299,001–300,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 300,001–301,000 |
Succeeded by 301,001–302,000 |
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