Meanings of minor planet names: 268001–269000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

268001–268100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

268101–268200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
268115 Williamalbrecht 2004 TK9 William B. Albrecht (1917–2009), an active amateur astronomer. JPL

268201–268300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
268242 Pebble 2005 JW1 Pebble Johnson (born 1971), an innovative teacher of middle-school science and technology in Forsyth County, Georgia. JPL

268301–268400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

268401–268500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

268501–268600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

268601–268700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
268669 Bunun 2006 FA The Bunun tribe is a native tribe of Taiwan. JPL

268701–268800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

268801–268900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

268901–269000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
267,001–268,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 268,001–269,000 		Succeeded by
269,001–270,000
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