Meanings of minor planet names: 255001–256000

255001–255100

 * -id=019
 * 255019 Fleurmaxwell || || Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourg's 2005 national champion figure skater. || ·
 * -id=073
 * 255073 Victoriabond || || Victoria Bond, popular Australian science radio presenter of "Diffusion Science Radio" || ·
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255101–255200

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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255201–255300

 * -id=257
 * 255257 Mechwart || || András Mechwart (1834–1907), a Hungarian industrialist || ·
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255301–255400

 * -id=308
 * 255308 Christianzuber || || Christian Zuber (1930–2005), a French journalist, writer, film producer and lecturer. || ·
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255401–255500

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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255501–255600

 * -id=587
 * 255587 Gardenia || || Gardenia, a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae. The genus was named after Alexander Garden, a Scottish-born American naturalist. || ·
 * -id=598
 * 255598 Paullauterbur || || Paul Lauterbur (1929–2007), an American chemist and Nobel Laureate || ·
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255601–255700

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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255701–255800

 * -id=703
 * 255703 Stetson || || Peter B. Stetson (born 1952), a Canadian astronomer and developer of freely-available software for the analysis of CCD images and spectra, who is a co-discoverer of minor planets || ·
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255801–255900

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 * colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range
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255901–256000

 * -id=940
 * 255940 Maylis || || Maylis Lavayssière (born 1984), a French research engineer, member of Dax Observatory who has co-authored papers on stellar occultations by asteroids and mutual phenomena of Jupiter's satellites.|| ·
 * -id=989
 * 255989 Dengyushian || || Teng Yu-hsien (1906–1944), a Taiwanese musician, known as the Father of Taiwanese Folk Music. He wrote many famous melodies which are considered to be the symbols of Taiwan's mind and spirit. || ·
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