# Meanings of minor-planet names: 271001–272000

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). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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.
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, 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. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## Index100K200K300K400K500K600K

* 266,000s
* 267,000s
* 268,000s
* 269,000s
* 270,000s
* 271,000s
* 272,000s
* 273,000s
* 274,000s
* 275,000s
* 276,000s
* 271,001…
* 271,101…
* 271,201…
* 271,301…
* 271,401…
* 271,501…
* 271,601…
* 271,701…
* 271,801…
* 271,901…

## 271001–271100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 271009 Reitterferenc | 2002 YE$_3$ | Ferenc Reitter (1813–1874), a Hungarian architect and engineer | JPL · 271009 |

## 271101–271200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 271201–271300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 271216 Boblambert | 2003 TO$_{13}$ | Bob Lambert (born 1943), is an amateur astronomer, community educator, and a founder of the McCarthy Observatory. He oversaw the creation of the Observatory's Galileo's Garden, a place for contemplation and teaching. A proponent of science literacy and educational excellence, he has observed this minor planet. | JPL · 271216 |
| 271235 Bellay | 2003 UX$_{17}$ | Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560), a French poet | JPL · 271235 |

## 271301–271400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 271401–271500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 271501–271600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 271601–271700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 271701–271800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 271763 Hebrewu | 2004 SO$_{26}$ | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, often abbreviated as Hebrew U, one of the top research universities in the world | JPL · 271763 |

## 271801–271900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 271901–272000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||