Meanings of minor planet names: 243001–244000 explained

243001–243100

|-id=002| 243002 Lemmy || || Lemmy (1945–2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter whose music helped set the foundations for the heavy metal genre || |-id=073| 243073 Freistetter || || (born 1977), an astronomer and science writer. || |-id=094| 243094 Dirlewanger || || Wolfgang Dirlewanger (born 1953), leader of dental clinic in Nagold, Germany || |-id=096| 243096 Klauswerner || || Klaus Werner (born 1957), German astronomer and professor of astronomy at the University of Tübingen || |-id=097| 243097 Batavia || || The fort of Batavia (Castro Batava) was a Roman frontier fort (1st to 5th century AD) in the area of Passau in Bavaria, Germany. || |}

243101–243200

|-id=109| 243109 Hansludwig || || (1938–1991), a German physicist and amateur astronomer. From 1976 to 1991, he was the president of the Physical society (German: {{Ill|Physikalischer Verein|de) based in Frankfurt am Main. || |}

243201–243300

|-id=204| 243204 Kubanchoria || || The Kuban Cossack Choir, a folkloric Russian ensemble, was founded on 1811 and named on the occasion of its 200th anniversary on 12 October 2011 . || |-id=262| 243262 Korkosz || || Frank and John Korkosz, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, were pioneers in the development of mid-sized, high-quality planetariums. || |-id=285| 243285 Fauvaud || || Stéphane Fauvaud (born 1968), an active French amateur astronomer || |}

243301–243400

|-id=320| 243320 Jackuipers || || Jack Kuipers (1921–2016), an American aerospace engineer and mathematician. He taught mathematics at Calvin College for 20 years after a 17-year engineering career in the aerospace industry and is known for his book on quaternions: Quaternions and rotation Sequences: a Primer with Applications to Orbits, Aerospace, and Virtual Reality (Src). || |-id=381| 243381 Alessio || || Alessio Muler (born 2002), second son of Argentine-born Spanish amateur astronomer Gustavo Muler, who co-discovered this minor planet || |}

243401–243500

|-id=440| 243440 Colonia || || Colonia (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium) is the Roman name for Cologne, Germany's fourth-largest city, founded in the year 38 BC by the Romans. || |-id=458| 243458 Bubulina || || Marina Denisa Botofan (2008–2010), nicknamed "Bubulina", who lived in Constanta, Romania, and died in Pavia, Italy, of lymphoblastic leukemia. || |-id=491| 243491 Mühlviertel || || Muehlviertel, the northernmost of the four districts of Upper Austria. || |}

243501–243600

|-id=516| 243516 Marklarsen || || Mark Larson (born 1962), a senior scientist at the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University, responsible for the camera aboard the WISE spacecraft || |-id=526| 243526 Russwalker || || Russ Walker (born 1931), an astronomer specializing in infrared observations of small Solar System bodies || |-id=529| 243529 Petereisenhardt || || Peter Eisenhardt (born 1957) is the project scientist for the WISE mission and a former member of the Spitzer Infrared Array Camera science team. || |-id=536| 243536 Mannheim || || Mannheim, a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg || |-id=546| 243546 Fengchuanliu || || Fengchuan Liu (born 1965), an expert in cryogenic physics who served as the project manager for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NEOWISE projects and who has worked on a number of other NASA low temperature physics experiments || |-id=591| 243591 Ignacostantino || || Ignazio Costantino (born 1960), an Italian amateur astronomer, electrionic engineer, and a sailor || |}

243601–243700

|-id=637| 243637 Frosinone || || Named Frusna in ancient Volscan and Frusino by the Romans, Frosinone is a provincial administrative seat and the discoverer's birthplace. || |}

243701–243800

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243801–243900

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243901–244000

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