Meanings of minor planet names: 296001–297000
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[4][5]
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]
Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[4][5] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. |
|---|---|---|
| 296501–296600 | ||
| 296525 Milanovskiy | 2009 OU2 | Aleksandr Evgen'evich Milanovskiy (1950-2004), a famous Russian geologist and meteorite searcher and investigator. JPL |
| 296577 Arkhangelsk | 2009 RV2 | The city of Arkhangelsk was founded in 1584 on the banks of the Northern Dvina river, near the White sea, as the first seaport of Russia. JPL |
| 296601–296700 | ||
| 296638 Sergeibelov | 2009 SD101 | Belov Sergei Aleksandrovich (1944–2013) is one of the most renowned Soviet and European basketball players of the 20th century. JPL |
| 296701–296800 | ||
| 296753 Mustafamahmoud | 2009 UP14 | Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Husayn (1921–2009), commonly known as Mustafa Mahmoud, was an Egyptian scientist and a prolific author. JPL |
| 296801–296900 | ||
| 296819 Artesian | 2009 WY6 | The Artesian archaeological expedition was organized by Moscow State Pedagogical University and undertook researches, including archeoastronomy, on the territory of the Bosporan Kingdom. JPL |
| 296901–270000 | ||
| 296905 Korochantsev | 2010 CJ36 | Vladimir Alexeevich Korochantsev (b. 1934) is a Russian journalist, publicist and writer. JPL |
| 296907 Alexander | 2010 CA52 | Claudia Alexander (1959-2015), an American planetary scientist who served as the project manager for the Galileo mission to Jupiter and the U.S. project scientist for the Rosetta mission. JPL |
| 296950 Robertbauer | 2010 EJ19 | A. Robert Bauer, Sr., MD (1897-1984) successfully combined oxygen, heat, humidity and ease of nursing care in 1931 to create the first modern neonatal intensive care unit-grade incubator. Roughly one in eight infants are born prematurely, and many of them have benefited from Bauer's invention. JPL |
| 296968 Ignatianum | 2010 ES74 | Ignatianum is the Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education in Krakow, Poland. JPL |
| 296987 Piotrflin | 2010 ET119 | Piotr Flin (b. 1945), a Polish astronomer and a Professor at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce. JPL |
- ^ a b "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ a b "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.