Meanings of minor planet names: 303001–304000
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 303501–303600 | |||
| 303546 Bourbaki | 2005 FR | Nicolas Bourbaki, a collective pseudonym under which a group of mathematicians wrote several books on modern advanced mathematics. † | |
| 303601–303700 | |||
| 303648 Mikszáth | 2005 KC9 | Kálmán Mikszáth (1847-1910), a Hungarian novelist and journalist. † | |
| 303701–303800 | |||
| 303710 Velpeau | 2005 PD17 | Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau (1795–1867), a French anatomist and surgeon. † | |
| 303901–304000 | |||
| 303909 Tomknops | 2005 TK170 | Tom Knops (1978–2011), a pilot with Tyrolean Airways, spouse of Nele Blomme and father of Toke Knops. Name suggested by Sofie Delanoye and Jeroen Maes, friends of the discoverer. † | |
| Preceded by 302,001–303,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 303,001–304,000 |
Succeeded by 304,001–305,000 |
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