Meanings of minor planet names: 277001–278000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

277001–277100

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

277101–277200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
277106 Forgó 2005 GY Forgó László (1907-1985), a Hungarian mechanical engineer and inventor. JPL

277201–277300

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

277301–277400

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

277401–277500

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

277501–277600

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

277601–277700

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

277701–277800

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

277801–277900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
277816 Varese 2006 GL Varese is "the city of gardens", in a lake district with beautiful landscapes on the border of the Italian Alps. JPL
277883 Basu 2006 JA69 Shantanu Basu (b. 1964), an American astrophysicist. JPL

277901–278000

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
276,001–277,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 277,001–278,000 		Succeeded by
278,001–279,000
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