Meanings of minor planet names: 263001–264000

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]

263001–263100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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263101–263200

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263201–263300

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263251 Pandabear	2008 AA₁₁₉	The giant panda or "panda bear", an endangered species native in south central China	JPL · 263251
263255 Jultayu	2008 BN₁₄	Jultayu, a 1940-meter mountain in Asturias, northern Spain	JPL · 263255

263301–263400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

263401–263500

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263501–263600

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263516 Alexescu	2008 EW₁₄₄	Matei Alexescu [ro] (1929–1993), a Romanian astronomer, director of the Urseanu Observatory in Bucharest and founder of the Planetarium in Bacău	JPL · 263516

263601–263700

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263613 Enol	2008 GM₁	Lake Enol, a mountain lake in the Picos de Europa of northern Spain	JPL · 263613

263701–263800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

263801–263900

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263844 Johnfarrell	2009 BV₇	John Farrell (born 1935), an American physicist and an observer of comets and variable stars. He is a member of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network board of directors and Science Advisory Group.	JPL · 263844

263901–264000

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263906 Yuanfengfang	2009 FS₄₄	Yuan Fengfang (born 1986), founder of the Guangzhou Stargazers Association	JPL · 263906
263932 Speyer	2009 HY₄₄	Speyer, one of Germany's oldest cities, founded by the ancient Romans	JPL · 263932
263940 Malyshkina	2009 HN₅₈	Marina Evgen'evna Malyshkina (born 1978), wife of Russian discoverer Timur Valer'evič Krjačko	JPL · 263940

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References

^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ 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.
^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
^ "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.

Preceded by 262,001–263,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 263,001–264,000	Succeeded by 264,001–265,000

[WGSBN-Bulletin-Archive-1] "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[MPC-Circulars-Archive-2] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[JPL-Discovery-3] "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[DoMPN-4] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[DoMPN-Addendum-5] 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.

[Herget-6] Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.

[MPC-Preannouncement-7] "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[WGSBN-Naming-Guidelines-8] "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.

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