Meanings of minor planet names: 326001–327000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
326101–326200
326164 Miketoomey 2012 BJ94 Michael (Mike) Toomey (b. 1971), a longtime supporter of Lowell Observatory.
326201–326300
326290 Akhenaten 1998 HE3 Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died in 1336 or 1334 BC.
Preceded by
325,001–326,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 326,001–327,000
Succeeded by
327,001–328,000
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