Meanings of minor planet names: 260,001–270,000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
260,001–261,000 []
260235 Attwood	2004 RU289	Randy Attwood (born 1957), a Canadian editor who has served as national President of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. †
260508 Alagna	2005 EU51	Roberto Alagna (born 1963), a French tenor of Sicilian origin. †
260601 Wesselényi	2005 GP8	Baron Miklós Wesselényi (1796-1850), a Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Board of Academy of Sciences, and a hero of the 1838 Pest flood. †
260676 Evethuriere	2005 JT44	Evelyne Thuriere (1944–2013), a researcher in nuclear physics, who worked at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. †
260724 Malherbe	2005 KB10	Francois de Malherbe (1555–1628), a French poet and a great defender of the purity of French language. †
260824 Hermanus	2005 PC24	The village Hermanuspietersfontein, later shortened to Hermanus, was founded in honor of a man who taught Dutch to farmers' children. †
260886 Henritudor	2005 QP143	Henri Owen Tudor (1859–1928), a Luxembourgish engineer and inventor. †
260906 Robichon	2005 RR2	Noël Robichon (born 1967), a French astronomer. †
261,001–262,000 []
261291 Fucecchio	2005 UC159	Fucecchio, a historic town located midway between Pisa and Florence. †
261690 Jodorowsky	2005 YU210	Alejandro Jodorowsky (b. 1929), a Chilean-French film-maker, playwright, actor, author, musician and comics writer. †
261930 Moorhead	2006 KF138	James Marshall Moorhead (b. 1940), an American-Canadian astronomer. †
261936 Liulin	2006 OR2	Liu Lin (b. 1936), a professor at China's Nanjing University. †
262,001–263,000 []
262106 Margaretryan	2006 RU108	Margaret Ryan Masiero (b. 1956), the mother of the discoverer. †
262295 Jeffrich	2006 SY395	Jeffrey Rich Jr. (b. 1983), an American astronomer. †
262418 Samofalov	2006 UV61	Viacheslav Samofalov (b. 1963), a composer and a soloist of the Ukrainian National Philharmonic. †
262536 Nowikow	2006 UJ349	Igor Nowikow, a physics teacher at Markham District High School in Markham, Canada. †
262876 Davidlynch	2007 BL73	David Keith Lynch (b. 1946), an American filmmaker and television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. †
262972 Petermansfield	2007 ER9	Peter Mansfield (b. 1933), an English physicist. †
263,001–264,000 []
263251 Pandabear	2008 AA119	The giant panda is an endangered species and is a favourite animal to many. †
263255 Jultayu	2008 BN14	Jultayu, a mountain near Vega de Ario, Asturias, Spain. †
263516 Alexescu	2008 EW144	Matei Alexescu (1929–1993), a Romanian astronomer. †
263613 Enol	2008 GM1	Lago Enol, a gorgeous mountain lake in the Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. †
263844 Johnfarrell	2009 BV7	John A. Farrell (born 1935), an American physicist and a comet and variable-star observer. †
263906 Yuanfengfang	2009 FS44	Yuan Fengfang (born 1986), founder of the Guangzhou Stargazers Association. †
263932 Speyer	2009 HY44	Speyer is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded by the Romans in 10 BC. †
263940 Malyshkina	2009 HN58	Marina Evgen'evna Malyshkina (born 1978), the wife of the discoverer. †
264,001–265,000 []
264020 Stuttgart	2009 QS1	Stuttgart, the capital city of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. †
264033 Boris-Mikhail	2009 QS33	Boris I (832-907), also known as Boris-Mikhail, was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire in 852-889. †
264045 Heinerklinkrad	2009 RC26	Heiner Klinkrad (b. 1953), a German engineer, academic and former head of the European Space Agency's Space Debris Office. †
264061 Vitebsk	2009 SY100	Vitebsk, the fourth-largest and one of the oldest cities in Belarus. †
264077 Dluzhnevskaya	2009 SH215	Ol'ga Borisovna Dluzhnevskaya (born 1936), a scientist in the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. †
264131 Bornim	2009 UQ4	Bornim, a district of Potsdam, capital of the German state of Brandenburg. †
264150 Dolops	2009 VT24	Dolops, son of Klythios (Clytius), was killed by Hektor, son of Priam, in the Trojan War. †
264165 Poehler	2010 AP120	Amy Poehler (b. 1971), an actor, writer, and comedian who has been nominated for numerous awards for her work on Saturday Night Live and other television shows. †
264476 Aepic	2001 HP	Aepic comes from “Amateurs Espace Pic”, a French association of amateur astronomers that popularizes astronomy at the Pic du Midi Observatory. †
265,001–266,000 []
265490 Szabados	2005 GW	László Szabados (b. 1948), a Hungarian astronomer †
265594 Keletiágnes	2005 RS3	Ágnes Keleti (b. 1921), a Hungarian artistic gymnast and coach, the member of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. †
266,001–267,000 []
266051 Hannawieser	2006 NB	Hanna Wieser (born 1957), a Swiss violinist. †
266081 Villyket	2006 RP109	Violet R. Ket (b. 1985), the wife of the discoverer. †
266622 Málna	2008 QO3	Szofia Málna Sárneczky (born 2010), the daughter of the discoverer. †
266646 Zaphod	2008 SD209	Zaphod Beeblebrox, the ex-Galactic President and confidence trickster in Douglas Adams' book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. †
266711 Tuttlingen	2009 QX38	Tuttlingen, a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. †
266725 Vonputtkamer	2009 RU26	Jesco von Puttkamer (born 1933), a German-born aerospace engineer and senior NASA manager. †
266887 Wolfgangries	2009 WO24	Wolfgang Ries (b. 1968), an Austrian amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. †
266854 Sezenaksu	2009 UB90	Sezen Aksu (Fatma Sezen Yildirim, b. 1954), a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer. †
266983 Josepbosch	2010 WE66	Josep Bosch (born 1983) is the second son of Josep M. Bosch, the main observer at the Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Observatory. †
267,001–268,000 []
267003 Burkert	1978 PF	Andreas M. Burkert (born 1959), a full professor and chair in computational astrophysics at the University of Munich and, since 2011, president of the Astronomische Gesellschaft. †
267585 Popluhár	2002 QA130	Ján Popluhár (1935–2011), a Slovak football player. †
268,001–269,000 []
268115 Williamalbrecht	2004 TK9	William B. Albrecht (1917–2009), an active amateur astronomer. †
268242 Pebble	2005 JW1	Pebble Johnson (born 1971), an innovative teacher of middle-school science and technology in Forsyth County, Georgia. †
268669 Bunun	2006 FA	The Bunun tribe is a native tribe of Taiwan. †
269,001–270,000 []
269232 Tahin	2008 QV	Szilvia Tahin (b. 1975), the wife of the discoverer. †
269245 Catastini	2008 QL19	Mario Catastini (born 1932), a retired Italian elementary-school teacher. †
269251 Kolomna	2008 QW28	Kolomna, founded around AD 1140, is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the Moscow region. †
269252 Bogdanstupka	2008 QA29	Bogdan Stupka (1941–2012), a Ukrainian actor and received many international awards. †
269300 Diego	2008 SB82	Diego Rodriguez, a Spanish astrophotographer and co-founder of the M1 group of variable-star observers. †
269323 Madisonvillehigh	2008 SE209	Madisonville High School, Texas, is a long-time participant in the IASC minor planet search campaigns. †
269390 Igortkachenko	2009 QA34	Igor Valentinovich Tkachenko (1964–2009), a Russian pilot and posthumous Hero of the Russian Federation. †
269484 Marcia	2009 UB4	Marcia de Queiroz, the daughter of the discoverer. †
269485 Bisikalo	2009 UQ14	Dmitry Valer'evich Bisikalo (born 1961), the deputy director of the Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences and a specialist in interacting binary stars and numerical astrophysics. †
269550 Chur	2009 WT5	The city of Chur, capital of Grisons canton, is the oldest town in Switzerland. †
269567 Bakhtinov	2009 WK105	Pavel Ivanovich Bakhtinov (born 1963), a radio engineer, amateur astronomer and well-known astrophotographer. †
269589 Kryachko	2009 XN1	Timur Valer'evich Kryachko (born 1970) an amateur astronomer and an observer of comets and minor planets. †
269742 Kroónorbert	1998 UH23	Norbert Kroó (b. 1934), a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a renowned researcher of solid state physics, optics, laser physics and neutron physics. †
269762 Nocentini	1999 TN4	Francesca Nocentini (born 1975), a friend of the discoverer. †

Preceded by 250,001–260,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 260,001–261,000

Succeeded by 270,001–280,000