Meanings of minor planet names: 253001–254000 explained

253001–253100

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253101–253200

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253201–253300

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253301–253400

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253401–253500

|-id=412| 253412 Ráskaylea || || Lea Ráskay, a 16th-century Hungarian nun and scholar. She was a member of the Dominican monastery on Margaret Island, Budapest. || |}

253501–253600

|-id=536| 253536 Tymchenko || || Mykhajlo Todosovych Tymchenko (1943–2013), a sports coach and longtime physical education teacher at the gymnasium of Andrushivka, Ukraine || |-id=587| 253587 Cloutier || || Bill Cloutier (born 1955), amateur astronomer and community educator, is current Chairman of the McCarthy Observatory Board of Directors and a founder of the facility. A proponent of science literacy and educational excellence, he has observed this minor planet. || |}

253601–253700

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253701–253800

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253801–253900

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253901–254000

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