Meanings of minor planet names: 250,001–260,000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
250,001–251,000 []
250164 Hannsruder	2002 TM69	Hanns Ruder (1939-2015), astrophysics professor at Tübingen, Germany. †
250354 Lewicdeparis	2003 SP244	The WIC de Paris (Women International Club), welcomes women of all nationalities living in and around Paris and provides them a friendly environment for sharing cultures. †
250374 Jírovec	2003 UL4	Vojtěch Matyáš Jírovec (1763–1850), also known as Adalbert Gyrowetz, was a Bohemian composer born in České Budějovice. †
250526 Steinerzsuzsanna	2004 PO42	Zsuzsanna Steiner (1927–2012), a Hungarian physics and mathematics teacher. †
250606 Bichat	2005 EL222	Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771–1802) was a French anatomist and physiologist. †
250840 Motörhead	2005 UT158	The British heavy metal group Motörhead, established in 1975. †
251,001–252,000 []
251001 Sluch	2006 OM14	Sluch, a river that flows through Ukraine in the basin of the Dniper. †
251018 Liubirena	2006 QC31	Liubov Grinishyn (born 1955) and Irene Malinovska (born 1967) are poetesses and lyric story writers. †
251325 Leopoldjosefine	2007 CX26	Leopold Gierlinger (b. 1935) and Josefine Gierlinger (b. 1935), the parents of the discoverer. †
251449 Olexakorol'	2008 CK117	Oleksiy Kostyantynovych Korol' (1913–1977) worked in the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and was a member of IAU Commission No. 9. He obtained observations of celestial bodies to help solve problems in fundamental astrometry. †
251595 Rudolfböttger	2009 HA36	Rudolf Christian Böttger (1806–1881), a German chemist and physicist at the Physikalischer Verein of Frankfurt am Main. †
251621 Lüthen	2009 RR2	Hartwig Lüthen (born 1960), associate professor of plant physiology at the University of Hamburg. †
251625 Timconrow	2010 DD21	Tim Conrow (b. 1958), a senior engineer at the California Institute of Technology’s Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. †
251627 Joyceearl	2010 JV16	Joyce (1920-2003) and Earl (1914-1979) Bonar were the grandparents of Amy Mainzer, the PI of the NEOWISE project to study minor planets. †
252,001–253,000 []
252470 Puigmarti	2001 UE14	Josep Puigmarti (born 1932), an artist known for dreamlike and automatic surrealism over six decades of exhibitions throughout five continents. †
252794 Maironis	2002 FL7	Maironis, pseudonym of Jonas Maciulis (1862–1932), one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. †
253,001–254,000 []
253412 Ráskaylea	2003 QU29	Lea Ráskay was a Hungarian nun and scholar of the 16th century. She was a member of the Dominican monastery on Margaret Island, Budapest. †
253536 Tymchenko	2003 SB215	Mykhajlo Todosovych Tymchenko (1943–2013), a Ukrainian physical education teacher in the Andrushivka gymnasium and a sports coach, who taught many generations of local schoolchildren. †
254,001–255,000 []
254299 Shambleau	2004 RT288	"Shambleau" (1933) is a short story by the American writer C. L. Moore (1911–1987). †
254422 Henrykent	2004 VR122	Henry Kent, an inventor with a passion and curiosity for science and engineering. †
254749 Kurosawa	2005 PE6	Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998), an Japanese film director, producer, screen writer and editor. †
254846 Csontváry	2005 RT3	Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry (1853-1919), a Hungarian painter. †
254863 Robinwarren	2005 SM4	Robin Warren (b. 1937), an Australian pathologist. †
254876 Strommer	2005 ST19	Gyula Strommer (1920–1995), a Hungarian mechanical engineer and mathematician, and a full professor of the Budapest University of Technology †
255,001–256,000 []
255019 Fleurmaxwell	2005 TN52)	Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourg's 2005 national champion figure skater. †
255073 Victoriabond	2005 UR8	Victoria Bond, popular Australian science radio presenter of "Diffusion Science Radio". †
255257 Mechwart	2005 VR1	András Mechwart (1834-1907), a Hungarian industrialist. †
255308 Christianzuber	2005 WB5	Christian Zuber (1930–2005), a French journalist, writer, film producer and lecturer. †
255703 Stetson	2006 QN90	Peter Brailey Stetson (born 1952), developer of freely-available software for the analysis of CCD images and spectra. †
255989 Dengyushian	2006 TU94)	Deng Yu-Shian (1906–1944), known as the Father of Taiwanese Folk Music, wrote many famous melodies which are considered to be the symbols of Taiwan's mind and spirit. †
256,001–257,000 []
256369 Vilain	2006 YB3	Christiane Vilain (b. 1949), a retired researcher and teacher of physics and the history of physics. †
256374 Danielpequignot	2006 YZ13	Daniel Pequignot (b. 1945), an astronomer at Paris Observatory. †
256537 Zahn	2007 GX4	Jean-Paul Zahn (b. 1935), a specialist in fluid dynamics and internal structure of stars. †
256547 Davidesmith	2007 HA15	David E. Smith (born 1939), a planetary scientist. †
256697 Nahapetov	2008 AZ1	Rodion Rafailovich Nahapetov (born 1944), an outstanding Ukrainian-born, Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia, film director and screenwriter. †
256699 Poudai	2008 AZ2	Poudai Town (Puqian Zhen) is a town in Vunsiang City (Wenchang Shi), Hainan †
256795 Suzyzahn	2008 CS68	Suzy Collin-Zahn (b. 1938), a specialist of quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies. †
256796 Almanzor	2008 CN69	Plaza del Moro Almanzor is the highest peak (2592 m) in the Sierra de Gredos, Avila, Spain. †
256797 Benbow	2008 CA70	Admiral Benbow Inn, the fictional home of Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel "Treasure Island". †
256813 Marburg	2008 CW116	Marburg, a German city. †
256892 Wutayou	2008 DW40	Ta-You Wu (1907–2000) was a renowned physicist who introduced modern physics to China. †
257,001–258,000 []
257005 Arpadpal	2008 EW152	Árpád Pál (1929–2006), a Romanian astronomer and professor at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. †
257234 Güntherkurtze	2009 DD112	Günther Kurtze (1921–1986), a physicist and professor of acoustics at TH Karlsruhe. †
257248 Chouchiehlun	2009 FA19	Chouchiehlun (born 1979) is one of the most famous musicians in Taiwan, best known for "Ting Ma Ma De Hua" ("Listen to Mother's Words"). †
257261 Ovechkin	2009 FS47	Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (b. 1985), a Russian ice-hockey winger who began his career with the Dynamo Moscow. †
257296 Jessicaamy	2009 HT57	Jessica Amy Todd (b. 1994) is a daughter of the discoverer. †
257336 Noeliasanchez	2009 JA1	Noelia Sanchez (b. 1975) is an aeronautical engineer and co-founder of the DEIMOS space company, where she works as Head of the Space Situational Awareness Division for NEO and Space Debris. †
257371 Miguelbello	2009 PM4	Miguel Bello (b. 1961), the founder and CEO of the DEIMOS space company. †
257439 Peppeprosperini	2010 PL23	Giuseppe Prosperini (1937–2005), an active amateur astronomer who observed lunar and minor-planet occultations. †
257515 Zapperudi	1997 CD6	Rudolf Zappe (b. 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1953. †
257533 Iquique	1998 CN4	Iquique, a port city in northern Chile. †
259,001–260,000 []
259344 Paré	2003 GQ	Ambroise Paré (1510–1590), a French surgeon and one of the fathers of modern surgery. †
259387 Atauta	2003 KT13	Atauta is a very small Spanish town located in the province of Soria, famous for the production of high-quality Ribera del Duero wine. †
259905 Vougeot	2004 EO9	The Burgundy village of Vougeot is situated between Beaune and Dijon, France. †

Preceded by 240,001–250,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 250,001–251,000

Succeeded by 260,001–270,000