# Meanings of minor-planet names: 287001–288000

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

* 282,000s
* 283,000s
* 284,000s
* 285,000s
* 286,000s
* 287,000s
* 288,000s
* 289,000s
* 290,000s
* 291,000s
* 292,000s
* 287,001…
* 287,101…
* 287,201…
* 287,301…
* 287,401…
* 287,501…
* 287,601…
* 287,701…
* 287,801…
* 287,901…

## 287001–287100

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

## 287101–287200

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

## 287201–287300

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

## 287301–287400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 287347 Mézes | 2002 TM$_{382}$ | Tibor Mézes (born 1942), a Slovak amateur astronomer and popularizer of astronomy | JPL · 287347 |
| 287374 Vreeland | 2002 VR | Michael James Vreeland (1838–1876) was a Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, seriously wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg, who would later die from his injuries. He was a great-grandfather of the discoverer. | IAU · 287374 |

## 287401–287500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 287432 Bril | 2002 WP$_{28}$ | Henk Bril (b. 1962), a Dutch amateur astronomer. | IAU · 287432 |
| 287433 de Groot | 2002 WQ$_{28}$ | Henk de Groot (b. 1954), a Dutch amateur astronomer. | IAU · 287433 |

## 287501–287600

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

## 287601–287700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 287693 Hugonnaivilma | 2003 QD$_{31}$ | Vilma Hugonnai (1847–1922), the first Hungarian woman medical doctor, receiving her degree in 1879 in Zurich | JPL · 287693 |

## 287701–287800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 287711 Filotáslili | 2003 QO$_{69}$ | Lili Filotás (1908–1988), a Hungarian radio announcer, publisher and editor of Hungria Magazin. | IAU · 287711 |
| 287787 Karády | 2003 SY$_{128}$ | Katalin Karády (1910–1990), a Hungarian actress awarded the Righteous among the Nations for rescuing Hungarian Jews | JPL · 287787 |

## 287801–287900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 287829 Juancarlos | 2003 SB$_{201}$ | Juan Carlos Atienza Ballano (1961–2017) was a Catholic priest for 33 years. He held the positions of Episcopal Vicar, Rector of the Seminary and Dean of the El Burgo de Osma Cathedral, amongst others. He worked to conserve the religious artistic heritage of Soria province. | IAU · 287829 |
| 287875 Pavlokorsun | 2003 SV$_{313}$ | Pavlo Korsun (1957–2022), a Ukrainian astrophysicist. | IAU · 287875 |

## 287901–288000

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