# Meanings of minor-planet names: 294001–295000

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

* 289,000s
* 290,000s
* 291,000s
* 292,000s
* 293,000s
* 294,000s
* 295,000s
* 296,000s
* 297,000s
* 298,000s
* 299,000s
* 294,001…
* 294,101…
* 294,201…
* 294,301…
* 294,401…
* 294,501…
* 294,601…
* 294,701…
* 294,801…
* 294,901…

## 294001–294100

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

## 294101–294200

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

## 294201–294300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 294295 Brodardmarc | 2007 VU | Brodard Marc (born 1950), a retired teacher and demonstrator at the Observatory Naef, Switzerland | JPL · 294295 |
| 294296 Efeso | 2007 VS$_2$ | Ephesus (Efeso), a city in the Turkish province of Izmir province, was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis, one of the seven Wonders of the ancient World. Among many other monumental buildings are the Library of Celsus and a theatre capable of holding 25.000 spectators. Efeso is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | JPL · 294296 |

## 294301–294400

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

## 294401–294500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 294402 Joeorr | 2007 VN$_{1891}$ | Joseph Newton Orr (1954–2013), a longtime supporter of Lowell Observatory's research and preservation efforts. | JPL · 294402 |

## 294501–294600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 294595 Shingareva | 2008 AH$_1$ | Kira B. Shingareva (born 1938), a professor at the Moscow State University for Geodesy and Cartography, and the head of the Planetary Cartography Laboratory | JPL · 294595 |
| 294600 Abedinabedin | 2008 AA$_3$ | Abedin Y. Abedin (born 1982), a friend of Chinese co-discoverer Ye Quan-Zhi | JPL · 294600 |

## 294601–294700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 294664 Trakai | 2008 AL$_{86}$ | Trakai is a Lithuanian historic city known for its medieval island castle and lake resort. | JPL · 294664 |

## 294701–294800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 294727 Dennisritchie | 2008 BV$_{41}$ | Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011), a computer scientist, creator of the C programming language, and winner of the Turing, Hamming Medal and National Medal of Technology awards. | JPL · 294727 |

## 294801–294900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 294814 Nataliakidalova | 2008 CJ$_{117}$ | Natalia Kidalova (born 1976) is a school teacher of English and Ukrainian language. She was the winner of the Global Teacher Prize Ukraine 2019, an annual national prize for teachers in Ukraine. | IAU · 294814 |

## 294901–295000

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