Meanings of asteroid names (1-500) 940073 219494988 2008-06-15T14:27:43Z Jonathan Cardy 4071608 fix link <!--- Can't use Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsDisclaimer yet ---> This is a list of the sources of [[asteroid]] names. These ascriptions have all been checked against [[Lutz D. Schmadel]]'s authoritative ''Dictionary of Minor Planet Names'' (and its predecessor [[Paul Herget]]'s ''The Names of the Minor Planets'' (1968), marked [H]) and should not be changed without first consulting those texts. Names established from other sources should quote the reference. {{TOC001.5a|prefix=}} {| border=0 cellpadding=5 align="center" ! Name !! Provisional Designation !! Source of Name |- ! colspan="3" style="background-color:silver;text-align:center;" id="001"| 1-100 |- | [[1 Ceres]] || - || [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]], Roman goddess |- | [[2 Pallas]] || - || [[Athena|Pallas]], Greek goddess |- | [[3 Juno]] || - || [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]], Roman goddess |- | [[4 Vesta]] || - || [[Vesta (mythology)|Vesta]], Roman goddess |- | [[5 Astraea]] || - || [[Astraea (mythology)|Astraea]], Greek goddess |- | [[6 Hebe]] || - || [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], Greek goddess |- | [[7 Iris]] || - || [[Iris (mythology)|Iris]], Greek goddess |- | [[8 Flora]] || - || [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], Roman goddess |- | [[9 Metis]] || - || [[Metis (mythology)|Metis]], mythological Greek Titaness |- | [[10 Hygiea]] || - || [[Hygieia]], Greek goddess |- | [[11 Parthenope]] || - || [[Parthenope]], Greek Muse |- | [[12 Victoria]] || - || [[Victoria (mythology)|Victoria]], Roman goddess |- | [[13 Egeria]] || - || [[Egeria]], Roman goddess |- | [[14 Irene]] || - || [[Eirene (Greek goddess)|Eirene]], Greek goddess |- | [[15 Eunomia]] || - || [[Eunomia (goddess)|Eunomia]], Greek goddess |- | [[16 Psyche]] || - || [[Eros and Psyche|Psyche]], Greek nymph |- | [[17 Thetis]] || - || [[Thetis]], Greek mother of Achilles |- | [[18 Melpomene]] || - || [[Melpomene]], Greek Muse |- | [[19 Fortuna]] || - || [[Fortuna (mythology)|Fortuna]], Roman goddess |- | [[20 Massalia]] || - || Latin name for [[Marseille]]s, [[France]] |- | [[21 Lutetia]] || - || Latin name for [[Paris]], [[France]] |- | [[22 Kalliope]] || - || [[Calliope]], Greek Muse, and her [[Linus (mythology)|Linus]], the inventor of melody and rhythm ([[(22) Kalliope I Linus]]) |- | [[23 Thalia]] || - || [[Thalia]], Greek Muse |- | [[24 Themis]] || - || [[Themis]], mythological Greek Titaness |- | [[25 Phocaea]] || - || [[Phocaea]], ancient city |- | [[26 Proserpina]] || - || [[Proserpina]], Roman goddess |- | [[27 Euterpe]] || - || [[Euterpe]], Greek goddess |- | [[28 Bellona]] || - || [[Enyo|Bellona]], Roman goddess |- | [[29 Amphitrite]] || - || [[Amphitrite]], Greek goddess |- | [[30 Urania]] || - || [[Urania]], Greek Muse |- | [[31 Euphrosyne]] || - || [[Euphrosyne (mythology)|Euphrosyne]], Greek [[Charites|Charis]] |- | [[32 Pomona]] || - || [[Pomona]], Roman goddess |- | [[33 Polyhymnia]] || - || [[Polyhymnia]], Greek Muse |- | [[34 Circe]] || - || [[Circe]], Greek goddess |- | [[35 Leukothea]] || - || [[Leukothea]], Greek goddess |- | [[36 Atalante]] || - || [[Atalanta]], mythological Greek heroine |- | [[37 Fides]] || - || [[Fides (mythology)|Fides]], Roman goddess |- | [[38 Leda]] || - || [[Leda (mythology)|Leda]], Greek mother of Helen of Troy |- | [[39 Laetitia]] || - || [[Laetitia]], Roman goddess |- | [[40 Harmonia]] || - || [[Harmonia]], Greek goddess |- | [[41 Daphne]] || - || [[Daphne]], Greek nymph |- | [[42 Isis]] || - || [[Isis]], Egyptian goddess |- | [[43 Ariadne]] || - || [[Ariadne]], Greek mythological heroine |- | [[44 Nysa]] || - || [[Nysa]], Greek mythological place |- | [[45 Eugenia]] || - || [[Empress Eugénie]] of [[France]], mother of [[Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial]], after whom [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]'s character ''[[The Little Prince]]'' is based ([[(45) Eugenia I Petit-Prince]]) |- | [[46 Hestia]] || - || [[Hestia]], Greek goddess |- | [[47 Aglaja]] || - || [[Aglaea]], Greek [[Charites|Charis]] |- | [[48 Doris]] || - || [[Doris]], Greek [[Oceanid]] |- | [[49 Pales]] || - || [[Pales]], Greek goddess |- | [[50 Virginia]] || - || [[Verginia]], Roman legendary heroine, and/or [[Virginia]], USA (?) |- | [[51 Nemausa]] || - || Latin name for [[Nîmes]], [[France]] |- | [[52 Europa]] || - || [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[53 Kalypso]] || - || [[Calypso (mythology)|Calypso]], Greek nymph |- | [[54 Alexandra]] || - || [[Alexander von Humboldt]], explorer |- | [[55 Pandora]] || - || [[Pandora (mythology)|Pandora]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[56 Melete]] || - || [[Melete]], Greek Muse |- | [[57 Mnemosyne]] || - || [[Mnemosyne]], mythological Greek Titaness |- | [[58 Concordia]] || - || [[Concordia (Roman goddess)|Concordia]], Roman goddess |- | [[59 Elpis]] || - || [[Elpis]], Greek goddess |- | [[60 Echo]] || - || [[Echo (mythology)|Echo]], Greek nymph |- | [[61 Danaë]] || - || [[Danaë]], Greek mother of Perseus |- | [[62 Erato]] || - || [[Erato]], Greek Muse |- | [[63 Ausonia]] || - || Alternative name for [[Italy]] |- | [[64 Angelina]] || - || Astronomical station of [[Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach]], near [[Marseille]]s |- | [[65 Cybele]] || - || [[Cybele]], Greek goddess |- | [[66 Maja]] || - || [[Maia (mythology)|Maia]], Greek Pleiad |- | [[67 Asia]] || - || [[Asia (mythology)|Asia]], Greek mythological Titaness |- | [[68 Leto]] || - || [[Leto]], Greek goddess |- | [[69 Hesperia]] || - || [[Hesperides|Hesperia]], Greek Hesperid |- | [[70 Panopaea]] || - || [[Panopaea]], Greek nymph |- | [[71 Niobe]] || - || [[Niobe]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[72 Feronia]] || - || [[Feronia]], Roman goddess |- | [[73 Klytia]] || - || [[Clytie]], Greek [[Oceanid]] |- | [[74 Galatea]] || - || Either [[Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]] the nymph or Galatea the statue |- | [[75 Eurydike]] || - || [[Eurydice]], Greek wife of Orpheus |- | [[76 Freia]] || - || [[Freyja]], Norse goddess |- | [[77 Frigga]] || - || [[Frigg]], Norse goddess |- | [[78 Diana]] || - || [[Diana (goddess)|Diana]], Roman goddess |- | [[79 Eurynome]] || - || [[Eurynome]], various Greek figures |- | [[80 Sappho]] || - || [[Sappho]], Greek poet |- | [[81 Terpsichore]] || - || [[Terpsichore]], Greek Muse |- | [[82 Alkmene]] || - || [[Alcmene]], Greek mother of Heracles |- | [[83 Beatrix]] || - || [[Beatrice Portinari]], beloved of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]] |- | [[84 Klio]] || - || [[Clio]], Greek Muse |- | [[85 Io]] || - || [[Io (mythology)|Io]], Greek nymph |- | [[86 Semele]] || - || [[Semele]], Greek goddess |- | [[87 Sylvia]] || - || [[Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo Flammarion]], first wife of [[Camille Flammarion]], [[France|French]] popularizer of astronomy [H]; however, Pogson himself reports it was named after [[Rhea Sylvia]], the mythical mother of the twins [[Romulus and Remus]] ([[(87) Sylvia I Romulus]] and [[(87) Sylvia II Remus]]) [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1866MNRAS..26..311P&amp;db_key=AST&amp;data_type=HTML&amp;format=&amp;high=42c888df4608376 †] |- | [[88 Thisbe]] || - || [[Thisbe]], legendary Roman heroine |- | [[89 Julia]] || - || Saint [[Julia of Corsica]] (?) |- | [[90 Antiope]] || - || [[Antiope]] the Greek mythological Amazon or the lover of [[Zeus]] |- | [[91 Aegina]] || - || [[Aegina]], Greek nymph |- | [[92 Undina]] || - || [[Undine (novella)|Undine]], heroine of novel by [[Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué]] |- | [[93 Minerva]] || - || [[Minerva]], Roman goddess |- | [[94 Aurora]] || - || [[Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]], Roman goddess |- | [[95 Arethusa]] || - || [[Arethusa]], Greek [[Hesperides|Hesperid]] |- | [[96 Aegle]] || - || [[Aegle]], various Greek figures |- | [[97 Klotho]] || - || [[Moirae|Clotho]], Greek Fate |- | [[98 Ianthe]] || - || [[Ianthe]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[99 Dike]] || - || [[Dike (goddess)|Dike]], Greek goddess |- | [[100 Hekate]] || - || [[Hecate]], Greek goddess (The name "Hecate" also sounds like Greek ''hekaton'' meaning "one hundred.") |- ! colspan="3" style="background-color:silver;text-align:center;" id="101"| 101-200 |- | [[101 Helena]] || - || [[Helen of Troy]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[102 Miriam]] || - || [[Miriam]], Biblical prophetess |- | [[103 Hera]] || - || [[Hera]], Greek goddess |- | [[104 Klymene]] || - || One of various Greek figures named [[Clymene]] |- | [[105 Artemis]] || - || [[Artemis]], Greek goddess |- | [[106 Dione]] || - || [[Dione (mythology)|Dione]], mythological Greek Titaness |- | [[107 Camilla]] || - || Feminine form of [[Camille Flammarion]]'s name. Maybe also [[Camilla (mythology)|Camilla]], mythological [[Volsci]]an queen. |- | [[108 Hecuba]] || - || [[Hecuba]], Trojan wife of Hector |- | [[109 Felicitas]] || - || [[Felicitas]], Roman goddess |- | [[110 Lydia]] || - || [[Lydia]], ancient region of Asia Minor |- | [[111 Ate]] || - || [[Ate]], Greek goddess |- | [[112 Iphigenia]] || - || [[Iphigenia]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[113 Amalthea]] || - || [[Amalthea (mythology)|Amalthea]], mythological Greek nursemaid |- | [[114 Kassandra]] || - || [[Cassandra]], mythological Trojan prophetess |- | [[115 Thyra]] || - || [[Thyra]], wife of King [[Gorm of Denmark]] |- | [[116 Sirona]] || - || [[Sirona]], Celtic goddess |- | [[117 Lomia]] || - || Misspelling of [[Lamia (mythology)|Lamia]], lover of [[Zeus]] (?) |- | [[118 Peitho]] || - || [[Peitho]], Greek goddess |- | [[119 Althaea]] || - || [[Althaea (Greek mythology)|Althaea]], Greek mother of [[Meleager]] |- | [[120 Lachesis]] || - || [[Moirae|Lachesis]], Greek Fate |- | [[121 Hermione]] || - || [[Hermione (mythology)|Hermione]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[122 Gerda]] || - || [[Gerda]], Norse goddess |- | [[123 Brunhild]] || - || [[Brünnehilde]], Norse Valkyrie |- | [[124 Alkeste]] || - || [[Alcestis]], mythological Greek woman |- | [[125 Liberatrix]] || - || Possibly [[Adolphe Thiers]], French president during the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. Also possibly [[Joan of Arc]]. |- | [[126 Velleda]] || - || [[Veleda]], Germanic priestess, leader of Batavian uprising against the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] [http://www.astronieuws.nl/NL-plan.html †] |- | [[127 Johanna]] || - || [[Joan of Arc]], French saint (?) |- | [[128 Nemesis]] || - || [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]], Greek goddess |- | [[129 Antigone]] || - || [[Antigone]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[130 Elektra]] || - || [[Electra]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[131 Vala]] || - || [[Vala]], mythological Norse prophetess |- | [[132 Aethra]] || - || [[Aethra (Greek mythology)]], Greek mother of Theseus |- | [[133 Cyrene]] || - || [[Cyrene]], Greek lover of Apollo |- | [[134 Sophrosyne]] || - || [[Sophrosyne]], Plato's concept of moderation |- | [[135 Hertha]] || - || [[Hertha]], Norse goddess |- | [[136 Austria]] || - || [[Austria]], country |- | [[137 Meliboea]] || - || [[Meliboea]], various Greek figures |- | [[138 Tolosa]] || - || Latin for [[Toulouse, France]] |- | [[139 Juewa]] || - || [[Chinese spoken language|Chinese]] for 'Star of China's Fortune' |- | [[140 Siwa]] || - || [[Siwa]], Slavic goddess |- | [[141 Lumen]] || - || ''[[Lumen : Récits de l'infini]]'', book by [[Camille Flammarion]] |- | [[142 Polana]] || - || [[Pula, Croatia|Pula]], city now in [[Croatia]] |- | [[143 Adria]] || - || [[Adriatic Sea]] |- | [[144 Vibilia]] || - || [[Vibilia]], Roman goddess |- | [[145 Adeona]] || - || [[Adeona]], Roman goddess |- | [[146 Lucina]] || - || [[Lucina]], Roman goddess |- | [[147 Protogeneia]] || - || [[Protogeneia]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[148 Gallia]] || - || [[Gaul]], Roman province |- | [[149 Medusa]] || - || [[Medusa (mythology)|Medusa]], mythological Greek monster |- | [[150 Nuwa]] || - || [[Nüwa]], Chinese mythological figure |- | [[151 Abundantia]] || - || [[Abundantia]], Roman goddess |- | [[152 Atala]] || - || [[Atala]], eponymous hero of novel by [[François-René de Chateaubriand]] |- | [[153 Hilda]] || - || Daughter of astronomer [[Theodor von Oppolzer]] |- | [[154 Bertha]] || - || [[Berthe Martin-Flammarion]], sister of [[Camille Flammarion]] |- | [[155 Scylla]] || - || [[Scylla]], Greek mythological monster |- | [[156 Xanthippe]] || - || [[Xanthippe]], wife of [[Socrates]] |- | [[157 Dejanira]] || - || [[Deianira]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[158 Koronis]] || - || [[Coronis]], various Greek figures |- | [[159 Aemilia]] || - || [[Via Aemilia]], Roman road |- | [[160 Una]] || - || Una, character in [[Edmund Spenser]]'s ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'' |- | [[161 Athor]] || - || [[Hathor]], Egyptian god |- | [[162 Laurentia]] || - || [[A. Laurent]], amateur astronomer |- | [[163 Erigone]] || - || [[Erigone]], various Greek figures |- | [[164 Eva]] || - || Unknown |- | [[165 Loreley]] || - || The [[Lorelei]], character in [[German folklore]] |- | [[166 Rhodope]] || - || [[Rhodope]], Greek mythological queen |- | [[167 Urda]] || - || [[Urd (Norse mythology)|Urd]], Norse [[Norn]] |- | [[168 Sibylla]] || - || The [[Sibyl]]s, Greek prophetesses |- | [[169 Zelia]] || - || Zelia, niece of [[Camille Flammarion]] |- | [[170 Maria]] || - || Maria, sister of [[Antonio Abetti]], astronomer |- | [[171 Ophelia]] || - || [[Ophelia (character)|Ophelia]], character in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' |- | [[172 Baucis]] || - || [[Baucis and Philemon|Baucis]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[173 Ino]] || - || [[Ino (Greek mythology)|Ino]], mythological Greek woman |- | [[174 Phaedra]] || - || [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaedra]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[175 Andromache]] || - || [[Andromache]], Trojan wife of [[Hector]] |- | [[176 Iduna]] || - || [[Ydun]], a club that hosted an astronomical conference in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] (the club was probably named after [[Iduna]], a Norse goddess) |- | [[177 Irma]] || - || Unknown |- | [[178 Belisana]] || - || [[Belisana]], Celtic goddess |- | [[179 Klytaemnestra]] || - || [[Clytemnestra]], Greek mythological queen |- | [[180 Garumna]] || - || Ancient name for [[Garonne]] River, [[France]] |- | [[181 Eucharis]] || - || [[Eucharis]], Greek nymph |- | [[182 Elsa]] || - || Perhaps the character in the legend of [[Lohengrin]] perpetuated by [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera |- | [[183 Istria]] || - || [[Istria]], peninsula in Croatia and Slovenia |- | [[184 Dejopeja]] || - || [[Deiopaea]], Roman nymph |- | [[185 Eunike]] || - || [[Eunike]], Greek [[Nereid]] |- | [[186 Celuta]] || - || Unknown |- | [[187 Lamberta]] || - || [[Johann Heinrich Lambert]], astronomer |- | [[188 Menippe]] || - || [[Menippe and Metioche|Menippe]], Greek daughter of [[Orion (mythology)|Orion]] |- | [[189 Phthia]] || - || [[Phthia]], various Greek figures and places |- | [[190 Ismene]] || - || [[Ismene]], Greek daughter of [[Oedipus]] |- | [[191 Kolga]] || - || [[Kolga]], Norse daughter of [[Aeger]] |- | [[192 Nausikaa]] || - || [[Nausicaa]], mythological Greek princess |- | [[193 Ambrosia]] || - || [[Ambrosia]], Greek food of the gods |- | [[194 Prokne]] || - || [[Procne]], Greek sister of [[Philomela]] |- | [[195 Eurykleia]] || - || [[Eurycleia]], Greek nurse of [[Odysseus]] |- | [[196 Philomela]] || - || [[Philomela]], mythological Greek woman |- | [[197 Arete]] || - || [[Arete (mythology)|Arete]], Greek mother of [[Nausicaa]] |- | [[198 Ampella]] || - || [[Ampelos]], Greek friend of [[Dionysus]] (?) |- | [[199 Byblis]] || - || [[Byblis]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[200 Dynamene]] || - || [[Dynamene]], Greek [[Nereid]] |- ! colspan="3" style="background-color:silver;text-align:center;" id="201"| 201-300 |- | [[201 Penelope]] || - || [[Penelope]], Greek wife of [[Odysseus]] |- | [[202 Chryseïs]] || - || [[Chryseis]], mythological Trojan woman |- | [[203 Pompeja]] || - || [[Pompeii]], ruined Roman town |- | [[204 Kallisto]] || - || [[Callisto (mythology)|Callisto]], Greek nymph |- | [[205 Martha]] || - || [[Martha]], woman in the [[New Testament]] |- | [[206 Hersilia]] || - || [[Hersilia]], Roman wife of [[Romulus]] |- | [[207 Hedda]] || - || Hedwig, wife of astronomer [[Friedrich A. T. Winnecke]] |- | [[208 Lacrimosa]] || - || [[Our Lady of Sorrows]], a title referring to [[Mary, the mother of Jesus]] |- | [[209 Dido]] || - || [[Dido (Queen of Carthage)|Dido]], mythological Carthaginian queen |- | [[210 Isabella]] || - || Unknown |- | [[211 Isolda]] || - || [[Isolde]], heroine of the legend of [[Tristan and Iseult]] |- | [[212 Medea]] || - || [[Medea]], Greek mythological witch |- | [[213 Lilaea]] || - || [[Lilaea]], Greek Naiad |- | [[214 Aschera]] || - || [[Aschera]], [[Sidonia]]n goddess |- | [[215 Oenone]] || - || [[Oenone]], Greek nymph |- | [[216 Kleopatra]] || - || [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]], Queen of Egypt |- | [[217 Eudora]] || - || [[Eudora]], Greek [[Hyades (mythology)|Hyad]] |- | [[218 Bianca]] || - || [[Bianca Bianchi]], stage name of the 19th-century Austro-Hungarian opera singer Bertha Schwarz |- | [[219 Thusnelda]] || - || [[Thusnelda]], wife of Germanic warrior [[Arminius]] |- | [[220 Stephania]] || - || [[Princess Stéphanie of Belgium]] |- | [[221 Eos]] || - || [[Eos]], Greek goddess |- | [[222 Lucia]] || - || Lucia, daughter of explorer [[Graf Wilczek]] |- | [[223 Rosa]] || - || Unknown |- | [[224 Oceana]] || - || The [[Pacific Ocean]] |- | [[225 Henrietta]] || - || Henrietta, wife of astronomer [[Pierre J. C. Janssen]] |- | [[226 Weringia]] || - || [[Währing]], part of [[Vienna]] |- | [[227 Philosophia]] || - || [[Philosophy]] |- | [[228 Agathe]] || - || Agathe, daughter of astronomer [[Theodor von Oppolzer]] |- | [[229 Adelinda]] || - || Adelinda, wife of astronomer [[E. Weiss]] |- | [[230 Athamantis]] || - || [[Athamantis]], Greek daughter of [[Athamas]] |- | [[231 Vindobona]] || - || Latin name for [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] |- | [[232 Russia]] || - || [[Russia]], country |- | [[233 Asterope]] || - || [[Sterope (Pleiad)|Sterope]], Greek Pleiad |- | [[234 Barbara]] || - || Saint [[Saint Barbara|Barbara]] (?) |- | [[235 Carolina]] || - || [[Caroline Island]], now part of [[Kiribati]] |- | [[236 Honoria]] || - || [[Honoria]], Roman goddess (?) |- | [[237 Coelestina]] || - || Coelestine, wife of astronomer [[Theodor von Oppolzer]] |- | [[238 Hypatia]] || - || [[Hypatia of Alexandria]], philosopher |- | [[239 Adrastea]] || - || [[Adrasteia]], Greek goddess |- | [[240 Vanadis]] || - || [[Vanadis]], Norse goddess |- | [[241 Germania]] || - || Latin name for [[Germany]] |- | [[242 Kriemhild]] || - || [[Kriemhild]], mythological Germanic princess |- | [[243 Ida]] || - || [[Ida]], Cretan nymph, after whom [[Mount Ida]] is named, where the mythical [[dactyl (mythology)|dactyls]] lived ([[(243) Ida I Dactyl]]) |- | [[244 Sita]] || - || [[Sita]], Hindu wife of [[Rama]] (?) |- | [[245 Vera]] || - || Unknown |- | [[246 Asporina]] || - || [[Asporina]], goddess worshipped in [[Asia Minor]] |- | [[247 Eukrate]] || - || [[Eukrate]], Greek Nereid |- | [[248 Lameia]] || - || [[Lamia (mythology)|Lamia]], lover of Zeus |- | [[249 Ilse]] || - || [[Ilse]], legendary German princess |- | [[250 Bettina]] || - || [[Bettina Caroline von Rothschild|Baroness Bettina von Rothschild]] |- | [[251 Sophia]] || - || Sophia, wife of astronomer [[Hugo von Seeliger]] |- | [[252 Clementina]] || - || Unknown |- | [[253 Mathilde]] || - || [[Mathilde Loewy]], wife of [[Maurice Loewy]] (?) |- | [[254 Augusta]] || - || Auguste, widow of astronomer [[Carl Ludwig von Littrow]] |- | [[255 Oppavia]] || - || [[Opava]], now [[Czech Republic]] |- | [[256 Walpurga]] || - || [[Saint Walpurga]] |- | [[257 Silesia]] || - || [[Silesia]], region of central Europe |- | [[258 Tyche]] || - || [[Tyche]], Greek goddess |- | [[259 Aletheia]] || - || [[Aletheia (mythology)|Aletheia]], Greek goddess |- | [[260 Huberta]] || - || Saint [[Hubertus]] |- | [[261 Prymno]] || - || [[Prymno]], Greek Oceanid |- | [[262 Valda]] || - || Unknown |- | [[263 Dresda]] || - || [[Dresden]], [[Germany]] |- | [[264 Libussa]] || - || [[Libussa]], legendary foundress of [[Prague]] |- | [[265 Anna]] || - || Anny, daughter of astronomer [[E. Weiss]] (?) |- | [[266 Aline]] || - || Linda, daughter of astronomer [[E. Weiss]] (?) |- | [[267 Tirza]] || - || [[Tirzah]], Biblical figure |- | [[268 Adorea]] || - || [[Adorea]], Roman cake |- | [[269 Justitia]] || - || Justitia or [[Themis]], Greek goddess |- | [[270 Anahita]] || - || [[Anahita]], Persian goddess |- | [[271 Penthesilea]] || - || [[Penthesilea]], mythological Amazon queen |- | [[272 Antonia]] || - || Unknown |- | [[273 Atropos]] || - || [[Moirae|Atropos]], Greek Fate |- | [[274 Philagoria]] || - || [[Philagoria]], recreation club in [[Olmütz]] |- | [[275 Sapientia]] || - || Latin for wisdom |- | [[276 Adelheid]] || - || Unknown |- | [[277 Elvira]] || - || Character in books by [[Alphonse de Lamartine]] (?) |- | [[278 Paulina]] || - || Unknown |- | [[279 Thule]] || - || [[Thule (myth)|Thule]], mythical northern land (usually identified with [[Scandinavia]]) |- | [[280 Philia]] || - || [[Philia]], Greek nymph |- | [[281 Lucretia]] || - || [[Caroline Herschel|Caroline Lucretia Herschel]], astronomer |- | [[282 Clorinde]] || - || Heroine of [[Torquato Tasso]]'s poem ''[[Jerusalem Delivered]]'' (?) |- | [[283 Emma]] || - || Unknown |- | [[284 Amalia]] || - || Unknown |- | [[285 Regina]] || - || Unknown |- | [[286 Iclea]] || - || Heroine of [[Camille Flammarion]]'s novel ''[[Uranie]]'' |- | [[287 Nephthys]] || - || [[Nephthys]], Egyptian goddess |- | [[288 Glauke]] || - || [[Glauke]], Greek daughter of [[Creon]] |- | [[289 Nenetta]] || - || French slang for a frivolous woman |- | [[290 Bruna]] || - || [[Brno]], now [[Czech Republic]] |- | [[291 Alice]] || - || Unknown |- | [[292 Ludovica]] || - || Unknown |- | [[293 Brasilia]] || - || [[Brazil]], country |- | [[294 Felicia]] || - || Unknown |- | [[295 Theresia]] || - || [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] (Theresia in German) |- | [[296 Phaëtusa]] || - || [[Phaethusa]], Greek goddess |- | [[297 Caecilia]] || - || Unknown |- | [[298 Baptistina]] || - || Unknown |- | [[299 Thora]] || - || [[Thor]], Norse god |- | [[300 Geraldina]] || - || Unknown |- ! colspan="3" style="background-color:silver;text-align:center;" id="301"| 301-400 |- | [[301 Bavaria]] || - || [[Bavaria]], region of [[Germany]] |- | [[302 Clarissa]] || - || Unknown |- | [[303 Josephina]] || - || Discoverer [[Elia Millosevich]] simply stated "in homage to a person dear to me" |- | [[304 Olga]] || - || Olga, niece of [[Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander]] |- | [[305 Gordonia]] || - || [[James Gordon Bennett]], patron |- | [[306 Unitas]] || - || Book by astronomer [[Pietro Angelo Secchi]] and also the unity of [[Italy]] |- | [[307 Nike]] || - || [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]], Greek goddess, and also [[Nice]], [[France]] |- | [[308 Polyxo]] || - || [[Polyxo]], Greek [[Hyades (mythology)|Hyad]] |- | [[309 Fraternitas]] || - || Latin for [[:wikt:fraternity|fraternity]] |- | [[310 Margarita]] || - || Unknown |- | [[311 Claudia]] || - || Unknown |- | [[312 Pierretta]] || - || Unknown |- | [[313 Chaldaea]] || - || [[Chaldea]], [[Babylonia]]n nation |- | [[314 Rosalia]] || - || Unknown |- | [[315 Constantia]] || - || Constancy |- | [[316 Goberta]] || - || Unknown |- | [[317 Roxane]] || - || Roxana, wife of [[Alexander the Great]] |- | [[318 Magdalena]] || - || Unknown |- | [[319 Leona]] || - || Unknown |- | [[320 Katharina]] || - || Mother of discoverer [[Johann Palisa]] |- | [[321 Florentina]] || - || Florentine, daughter of discoverer [[Johann Palisa]] |- | [[322 Phaeo]] || - || [[Phaeo]], Greek [[Hyades (mythology)|Hyad]] |- | [[323 Brucia]] || - || [[Catherine Wolfe Bruce]], noted American patroness of astronomy [http://www.astro-mainz.de/mzimall/323.htm †] |- | [[324 Bamberga]] || - || [[Bamberg]], [[Germany]] |- | [[325 Heidelberga]] || - || [[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]] |- | [[326 Tamara]] || - || [[Tamar of Georgia]], medieval queen of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] |- | [[327 Columbia]] || - || [[Christopher Columbus]] |- | [[328 Gudrun]] || - || [[Gudrun]], Norse wife of [[Sigurd]] |- | [[329 Svea]] || - || [[Sweden]] |- | [[330 Adalberta]] || A910 CB || [[Adalbert Merx]] (discoverer's father-in-law) (?) |- | [[331 Etheridgea]] || - || Unknown |- | [[332 Siri]] || - || Unknown |- | [[333 Badenia]] || 1892 A || [[Baden Germany|Baden]], region of [[Germany]] |- | [[334 Chicago]] || 1892 L || [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[USA]] |- | [[335 Roberta]] || 1892 C || [[Robert von der Osten-Sacken]], scientist |- | [[336 Lacadiera]] || 1892 D || [[La Cadière-d'Azur]], village in [[Var (département)|Var]], [[France]] |- | [[337 Devosa]] || 1892 E || Unknown |- | [[338 Budrosa]] || 1892 F || Unknown |- | [[339 Dorothea]] || 1892 G || [[Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts]], mathematician |- | [[340 Eduarda]] || 1892 H || [[Heinrich Eduard von Lade]], German banker and amateur astronomer [http://www.astro-mainz.de/mzimall/340.htm †] |- | [[341 California]] || 1892 J || [[California]], US state |- | [[342 Endymion]] || 1892 K || [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]], Greek |- | [[343 Ostara]] || 1892 N || ''Ostara'', Old High German name for [[Eostre]], the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, reconstructed by [[Jacob Grimm]] in his ''Deutsche Mythologie'' [H] |- | [[344 Desiderata]] || 1892 M || [[Désirée Clary|Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway]] (Bernhardine Eugenie Désirée Bernadotte, née Clary) |- | [[345 Tercidina]] || 1892 O || Unknown |- | [[346 Hermentaria]] || 1892 P || [[Herment]], village in [[Puy-de-Dôme]], [[France]] (?) |- | [[347 Pariana]] || 1892 Q || Unknown |- | [[348 May]] || 1892 R || [[Karl May]], popular novelist (?) |- | [[349 Dembowska]] || 1892 T || [[Ercole Dembowski]], astronomer |- | [[350 Ornamenta]] || 1892 U || Hornemann, a Dutch mariner, whose son was a very zealous member of the ''Société astronomique de France'' [http://www.astronieuws.nl/NL-plan.html †] [http://www.weblore.com/richard/Asteroid_Profiles.htm#350%20Ornamenta ‡] [H] |- | [[351 Yrsa]] || 1892 V || [[Yrsa]], famous queen in [[Norse mythology]] * (Schmadel and Herget list it as "unknown") |- | [[352 Gisela]] || 1893 B || [[Gisela Wolf]], wife of the discoverer |- | [[353 Ruperto-Carola]] || 1893 F || [[Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg]] |- | [[354 Eleonora]] || 1893 A || Unknown |- | [[355 Gabriella]] || 1893 E || [[Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion]], astronomer |- | [[356 Liguria]] || 1893 G || [[Liguria]], region of [[Italy]] |- | [[357 Ninina]] || 1893 J || Unknown |- | [[358 Apollonia]] || 1893 K || [[Apollonia]], Ancient Greek colony in [[Illyria]] (?) |- | [[359 Georgia]] || 1893 M || King [[George II of Great Britain]] |- | [[360 Carlova]] || 1893 N || Unknown |- | [[361 Bononia]] || 1893 P || Latin name for [[Bologna]], [[Italy]], and for [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], [[France]] |- | [[362 Havnia]] || 1893 R || Latin name for [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] |- | [[363 Padua]] || 1893 S || [[Padua]], [[Italy]] |- | [[364 Isara]] || 1893 T || [[Isère River]], [[France]] |- | [[365 Corduba]] || 1893 V || Latin name for [[Córdoba, Spain]] (?) |- | [[366 Vincentina]] || 1893 W || [[Vincenzo Cerulli]], astronomer |- | [[367 Amicitia]] || 1893 AA || Latin for [[friendship]] |- | [[368 Haidea]] || 1893 AB || Unknown |- | [[369 Aëria]] || 1893 AE || [[Air]], one of the four elements |- | [[370 Modestia]] || 1893 AC || [[Modesty]] |- | [[371 Bohemia]] || 1893 AD || [[Bohemia]], region of [[Czech Republic]] |- | [[372 Palma]] || 1893 AH || [[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Spain]] |- | [[373 Melusina]] || 1893 AJ || Probably [[Melusine]], mythological French mermaid, ancestress of the family of [[Lusignan]] |- | [[374 Burgundia]] || 1893 AK || [[Burgundy]], region of [[France]] |- | [[375 Ursula]] || 1893 AL || Unknown |- | [[376 Geometria]] || 1893 AM || [[Geometry]] |- | [[377 Campania]] || 1893 AN || [[Campania]], region of [[Italy]] |- | [[378 Holmia]] || 1893 AP || Ancient name for [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] |- | [[379 Huenna]] || 1894 AQ || Latin name for [[Hven]], Swedish island |- | [[380 Fiducia]] || 1894 AR || Latin for [[confidence]] |- | [[381 Myrrha]] || 1894 AS || [[Myrrha]], Greek mythological princess |- | [[382 Dodona]] || 1894 AT || [[Dodona]] (now Dodoni), [[Greece]] |- | [[383 Janina]] || 1894 AU || Unknown |- | [[384 Burdigala]] || 1894 AV || Latin name for [[Bordeaux]], [[France]] |- | [[385 Ilmatar]] || 1894 AX || [[Ilmatar]], Finnish goddess |- | [[386 Siegena]] || 1894 AY || [[Siegen]], [[Germany]] |- | [[387 Aquitania]] || 1894 AZ || [[Aquitaine]], region of [[France]] |- | [[388 Charybdis]] || 1894 BA || [[Charybdis]], mythological Greek monster |- | [[389 Industria]] || 1894 BB || Latin for [[diligence]] |- | [[390 Alma]] || 1894 BC || [[Alma (river)|River Alma]], [[Crimea]], [[Ukraine]] |- | [[391 Ingeborg]] || 1894 BE || Schmadel and Herget list it as "unknown", but it may possibly refer to an [[Ingeborg]] from [[Norse mythology]]. |- | [[392 Wilhelmina]] || 1894 BF || Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] [http://www.astronieuws.nl/NL-plan.html †] |- | [[393 Lampetia]] || 1894 BG || [[Lampetia]], various Greek figures |- | [[394 Arduina]] || 1894 BH || [[Arduenna]], Gaulish goddess |- | [[395 Delia]] || 1894 BK || Alternative name for the Greek goddess [[Artemis]] |- | [[396 Aeolia]] || 1894 BL || [[Aeolia]], ancient region of [[Asia Minor]]; or, the [[Aeolian Islands]], [[Italy]] |- | [[397 Vienna]] || 1894 BM || [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] |- | [[398 Admete]] || 1894 BN || [[Admete]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[399 Persephone]] || 1895 BP || [[Persephone]], Greek goddess |- | [[400 Ducrosa]] || 1895 BU || [[J. Ducros]], astronomer |- ! colspan="3" style="background-color:silver;text-align:center;" id="401"| 401-500 |- | [[401 Ottilia]] || 1895 BT || [[Ottilia]], character in [[German folklore]] |- | [[402 Chloë]] || 1895 BW || [[Demeter#Titles and functions|Chloe]], mythological Greek shepherdess |- | [[403 Cyane]] || 1895 BX || [[Cyane]], Greek nymph |- | [[404 Arsinoë]] || 1895 BY || [[Arsinoe (mythology)|Arsinoe]], Greek mother of [[Orestes]] |- | [[405 Thia]] || 1895 BZ || [[Theia]], Greek mythological Titaness |- | [[406 Erna]] || 1895 CB || Erna, daughter of astronomer [[Friedrich Bidschof]] (?) |- | [[407 Arachne]] || 1895 CC || [[Arachne]], Greek mythological woman |- | [[408 Fama]] || 1895 CD || [[Fama]], Roman goddess |- | [[409 Aspasia]] || 1895 CE || [[Aspasia]], mistress of [[Pericles]] |- | [[410 Chloris]] || 1896 CH || [[Chloris]], Greek goddess |- | [[411 Xanthe]] || 1896 CJ || [[Xanthe]], Greek Oceanid |- | [[412 Elisabetha]] || 1896 CK || [[Elisabeth Wolf]], mother of the discoverer |- | [[413 Edburga]] || 1896 CL || Unknown |- | [[414 Liriope]] || 1896 CN || [[Liriope]], Greek mother of [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]] |- | [[415 Palatia]] || 1896 CO || The [[Electoral Palatinate]], region of [[Germany]] |- | [[416 Vaticana]] || 1896 CS || [[Vatican Hill]], Rome |- | [[417 Suevia]] || 1896 CT || Suevia, a [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] of [[Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg University]] |- | [[418 Alemannia]] || 1896 CV || Alemannia, a [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] of [[Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg University]] |- | [[419 Aurelia]] || 1896 CW || Unknown |- | [[420 Bertholda]] || 1896 CY || [[Rulers of Baden#Margraves of Baden, 1024-1516|Berthold I]], Margrave of [[Baden Germany|Baden]] |- | [[421 Zähringia]] || 1896 CZ || The [[Zähringen]] family of [[Baden Germany|Baden]] |- | [[422 Berolina]] || 1896 DA || Latin name for [[Berlin]] |- | [[423 Diotima]] || 1896 DB || [[Diotima of Mantinea]], Greek teacher of [[Socrates]] |- | [[424 Gratia]] || 1896 DF || The [[Charites|Graces]], Roman mythology |- | [[425 Cornelia]] || 1896 DC || [[Cornelia Africana]], daughter of [[Scipio Africanus]] (?) |- | [[426 Hippo]] || 1897 DH || [[Hippo Regius]], ancient town (now [[Annaba (city)|Annaba]], [[Algeria]]) |- | [[427 Galene]] || 1897 DJ || [[Galene]], Greek Nereid |- | [[428 Monachia]] || 1897 DK || Latin name for [[Munich]], [[Germany]] |- | [[429 Lotis]] || 1897 DL || [[Lotis]], Greek nymph |- | [[430 Hybris]] || 1897 DM || [[Hubris]], Greek goddess |- | [[431 Nephele]] || 1897 DN || [[Nephele]], Greek nymph |- | [[432 Pythia]] || 1897 DO || The [[Sibyl|Pythia]], Greek prophetess |- | [[433 Eros]] || 1898 DQ || [[Eros (god)|Eros]], Greek god |- | [[434 Hungaria]] || 1898 DR || Latin for [[Hungary]] |- | [[435 Ella]] || 1898 DS || Unknown |- | [[436 Patricia]] || 1898 DT || Unknown |- | [[437 Rhodia]] || 1898 DP || [[Rhodia]], Greek Oceanid |- | [[438 Zeuxo]] || 1898 DU || [[Zeuxo]], Greek Oceanid |- | [[439 Ohio]] || 1898 EB || [[Ohio]], US state and river |- | [[440 Theodora]] || 1898 EC || Theodora, daughter of [[Julius F. Stone]], benefactor |- | [[441 Bathilde]] || 1898 ED || Unknown |- | [[442 Eichsfeldia]] || 1899 EE || [[Eichsfeld]], region of [[Germany]] |- | [[443 Photographica]] || 1899 EF || [[Photography]] [http://www.friedensblitz.de/sterne/glanzzeiten/Namen.html †] |- | [[444 Gyptis]] || 1899 EL || [[Gyptis]], wife of [[Protis]], founder of [[Marseille]], [[France]] |- | [[445 Edna]] || 1899 EX || Edna, wife of [[Julius F. Stone]], benefactor |- | [[446 Aeternitas]] || 1899 ER || [[Aeternitas]], Roman god |- | [[447 Valentine]] || 1899 ES || Valentine, daughter of Baron [[Albert von Rothschild]], benefactor |- | [[448 Natalie]] || 1899 ET || Unknown |- | [[449 Hamburga]] || 1899 EU || [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]] [http://www.friedensblitz.de/sterne/glanzzeiten/Namen.html †] |- | [[450 Brigitta]] || 1899 EV || Unknown |- | [[451 Patientia]] || 1899 EY || Latin for [[patience]] |- | [[452 Hamiltonia]] || 1899 FD || [[Mount Hamilton (California)|Mount Hamilton]], [[California]] |- | [[453 Tea]] || 1900 FA || Unknown |- | [[454 Mathesis]] || 1900 FC || Greek for (the act of) ''learning'', chosen to mark the 300th anniversary of the [[Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg]] founded in 1690 [http://www.friedensblitz.de/sterne/glanzzeiten/Namen.html †] |- | [[455 Bruchsalia]] || 1900 FG || [[Bruchsal]], [[Germany]] |- | [[456 Abnoba]] || 1900 FH || [[Abnoba]], Celtic goddess |- | [[457 Alleghenia]] || 1900 FJ || [[Allegheny Observatory]], [[USA]] |- | [[458 Hercynia]] || 1900 FK || Latin name for a forested region of Germany |- | [[459 Signe]] || 1900 FM || [[Signy]], Norse sister of [[Sigmund]] |- | [[460 Scania]] || 1900 FN || [[Skåne|Scania]], region of [[Sweden]] |- | [[461 Saskia]] || 1900 FP || [[Saskia van Uylenburg]], wife of [[Rembrandt]] [http://www.astronieuws.nl/NL-plan.html †] |- | [[462 Eriphyla]] || 1900 FQ || [[Eriphyle]], mythological Greek woman |- | [[463 Lola]] || 1900 FS || Character in ''[[Cavalleria Rusticana]]'', opera by [[Pietro Mascagni|Mascagni]] (?) |- | [[464 Megaira]] || 1901 FV || [[Megaira]], one of the Greek [[Erinyes|Furies]] |- | [[465 Alekto]] || 1901 FW || [[Alecto]], one of the Greek [[Erinyes|Furies]] |- | [[466 Tisiphone]] || 1901 FX || [[Tisiphone]], one of the Greek [[Erinyes|Furies]] |- | [[467 Laura]] || 1901 FY || Character in ''[[La Gioconda]]'', opera by [[Amilcare Ponchielli]] (?) |- | [[468 Lina]] || 1901 FZ || Lina, a maidservant of the discoverer |- | [[469 Argentina]] || 1901 GE || [[Argentina]], country [H] [http://www.weblore.com/richard/Asteroid_Profiles.htm#469%20Argentina †] |- | [[470 Kilia]] || 1901 GJ || Latin for [[Kiel]], [[Germany]] |- | [[471 Papagena]] || 1901 GN || Character in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s opera ''[[Die Zauberflöte|The Magic Flute]]'' |- | [[472 Roma]] || 1901 GP || [[Rome]], [[Italy]] |- | [[473 Nolli]] || 1901 GC || Nickname of a small child in the discoverer's family |- | [[474 Prudentia]] || 1901 GD || [[Prudentia]], Roman allegorical figure |- | [[475 Ocllo]] || 1901 HN || [[Ocllo]], Inca queen, named after the wife of one of the four sons of [[Pirua Wiracocha]], creator god of civilization in Inca mythology [http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/~cgi/ShowCitation.COM?num=5056 †] |- | [[476 Hedwig]] || 1901 GQ || Hedwig, wife of astronomer [[Elis Stromgren]] |- | [[477 Italia]] || 1901 GR || [[Italy]], country |- | [[478 Tergeste]] || 1901 GU || Latin name for [[Trieste]], [[Italy]] |- | [[479 Caprera]] || 1901 HJ || [[Caprera]], island in [[Sardinia]], [[Italy]] |- | [[480 Hansa]] || 1901 GL || The [[Hanseatic League]] |- | [[481 Emita]] || 1902 HP || Unknown |- | [[482 Petrina]] || 1902 HT || Feminine form of Petrus, Latin for Peter, one of the discoverer's dogs |- | [[483 Seppina]] || 1902 HU || Sepp, another of the discoverer's dogs |- | [[484 Pittsburghia]] || 1902 HX || [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], USA |- | [[485 Genua]] || 1902 HZ || Latin name for [[Genova]], [[Italy]] |- | [[486 Cremona]] || 1902 JB || [[Cremona]], [[Italy]] |- | [[487 Venetia]] || 1902 JL || [[Latinization]] for [[Venice|Venezia]], [[Italy]] |- | [[488 Kreusa]] || 1902 JG || [[Kreusa]], various Greek figures |- | [[489 Comacina]] || 1902 JM || [[Comacina]], island in [[Lake Como]], [[Italy]] |- | [[490 Veritas]] || 1902 JP || [[Veritas]], Roman goddess |- | [[491 Carina]] || 1902 JQ || Unknown |- | [[492 Gismonda]] || 1902 JR || [[Gismond]], Italian folk tale heroine |- | [[493 Griseldis]] || 1902 JS || [[Griselda|Patient Griselda]], folk tale heroine |- | [[494 Virtus]] || 1902 JV || [[Virtus (god)|Virtus]], Roman god |- | [[495 Eulalia]] || 1902 KG || The grandmother of the discoverer's wife |- | [[496 Gryphia]] || 1902 KH || [[Andreas Gryphius]], German poet |- | [[497 Iva]] || 1902 KJ || Iva Shores, daughter of the discoverer's landlord |- | [[498 Tokio]] || 1902 KU || [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] |- | [[499 Venusia]] || 1902 KX || Alternative name for [[Hven]], Swedish island |- | [[500 Selinur]] || 1903 LA || Character in [[Friedrich Theodor Vischer]]'s novel ''[[Auch Einer]]'' |} <!--- Can't use Template:MinorPlanetNameMeaningsFooter00 yet ---> {{start box}} {{succession box| title=[[Meanings of asteroid names]]| years=[[List of asteroids/1–1000]]| before=&mdash;&mdash;| after=[[Meanings of asteroid names (501-1000)|501–1000]] }} {{end box}} [[Category:Meanings of asteroid names|Meanings of asteroid names (000001-000500)]]