# Meanings of minor-planet names: 241001–242000

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.

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* 241,001…
* 241,101…
* 241,201…
* 241,301…
* 241,401…
* 241,501…
* 241,601…
* 241,701…
* 241,801…
* 241,901…

## 241001–241100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 241090 Nemet | 2006 UK$_{290}$ | Timothy Nemet (born 1996) displayed unrivaled enthusiasm in the pursuit of astronomical knowledge, following in the Canadian tradition of astronomical excellence and embodying the spirit of Beyond the International Year of Astronomy. | JPL · 241090 |

## 241101–241200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 241113 Zhongda | 2007 OU$_4$ | The Sun Yat-sen University, also unofficially referred as Zhongshan University, is ranked as one of China's top universities. The first discoverer spent part of his childhood as well as his undergraduate career at the university. | JPL · 241113 |
| 241136 Sandstede | 2007 QY$_{11}$ | Gerd Sandstede [de] (born 1929), a German chemist active in the development of fuel cells, and a former director of the Battelle Institute, Frankfurt | JPL · 241136 |
| 241153 Omegagigia | 2007 RQ$_{39}$ | The astronomical society "Omega" (Sociedad Astronómica Asturiana) is based in Gijón, northern Spain. The society was founded in 1981, and awarded a silver medal from the city council of Gijón on the occasion of society's 40th anniversary in 2021. In the asteroid's name, "Gigia" is the Latin name of Gijón. | IAU · 241153 |
| 241192 Pulyny | 2007 SH$_6$ | The Ukrainian town of Pulyny (also known as Chervonoarmijsk), located in the country's northern province of Zhytomyr Oblast. It is the birthplace of the writers Girsh Diamont (1911–1941), Ernst Kontschak (1903–1979) and Svyatoslav Borodulin (born 1927). | JPL · 241192 |

## 241201–241300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 241276 Guntramlampert | 2007 TF$_{436}$ | Guntram Lampert (born 1967) is an Austrian pharmacist, amateur astronomer and telescope maker. He has built a number of Schiefspiegler telescopes and has an excellent reputation as an optician in this field. | JPL · 241276 |

## 241301–241400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 241362 Nesiotites | 2007 YH$_2$ | Nesiotites is an extinct genus of giant shrew, in the family Soricidae, which was endemic to the Balearic Islands until c. 2200 BCE. | IAU · 241362 |
| 241363 Érdibálint | 2007 YA$_4$ | Bálint Érdi (born 1945), a Hungarian astronomer and full professor at the Eötvös University in Budapest | JPL · 241363 |
| 241364 Reneangelil | 2008 AR$_2$ | René Angélil (1942–2016) was a Canadian music producer and singer. Inspired by the cosmos, his motto was generosity. He helped many friends and artists such as world-renowned singer Céline Dion reach their full potential. | IAU · 241364 |
| 241368 Hildjózsef | 2008 DL | József Hild (1789–1867), a Hungarian architect. | IAU · 241368 |

## 241401–241500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 241418 Darmstadt | 2008 UX$_{201}$ | Darmstadt, a German city known for its architecture of the Art Nouveau | JPL · 241418 |
| 241442 Shandongkexie | 2008 YN$_9$ | Shandongkexie is the Chinese phonetic alphabet representation of the Shandong Association for Science and Technology | JPL · 241442 |
| 241475 Martinagedeck | 2009 BK$_{14}$ | Martina Gedeck (born 1961), a German actresses | JPL · 241475 |

## 241501–241600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 241509 Sessler | 2009 DT$_{26}$ | Gerhard M. Sessler (born 1931) is professor of Electroacoustics at Technischen Universität Darmstadt. | JPL · 241509 |
| 241527 Edwardwright | 2010 CK$_9$ | Edward L. Wright (born 1947), the Principal Investigator of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission and a professor at UCLA. | JPL · 241527 |
| 241528 Tubman | 2010 CA$_{10}$ | Harriet Tubman (c. 1822–1913), a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. | JPL · 241528 |
| 241529 Roccutri | 2010 CA$_{14}$ | Roc Cutri (born 1957), an astronomer specializing in analyzing large astronomical datasets. | JPL · 241529 |
| 241538 Chudniv | 2010 EV$_{42}$ | Chudniv, the small town of in northern Ukraine. | JPL · 241538 |

## 241601–241700

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

## 241701–241800

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

## 241801–241900

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

## 241901–242000

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