Meanings of minor planet names: 300,001–310,000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
300,001–301,000 []
300082 Moyocoanno	2006 US217	Moyoco Anno (b. 1971), a Japanese cartoonist and fashion writer. †
300221 Brucebills	2006 XA5	Bruce G. Bills (b. 1951), a planetary scientist. †
300892 Taichung	2008 BT15	Taichung is Taiwan's third largest city. †
300909 Kenthompson	2008 BZ45	Kenneth Lane Thompson (b. 1943), a computer scientist. †
300932 Kyslyuk	2008 CL117	Vitalij Stepanovych Kyslyuk (1940-2014), a Ukrainian astronomer. †
301,001–302,000 []
301061 Egelsbach	2008 UO91	Egelsbach, a German city located between Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt. †
301394 Bensheim	2009 DB31	Bensheim, a German city, first mentioned in 765. It is situated in the district of the Bergstraße. †
301553 Ninaglebova	2009 GM3	Nina Il’inichna Glebova (b. 1937) is a senior scientific worker at the IAA RAS, and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Astronomical Yearbook for many years. †
301566 Melissajane	2009 HF36	Melissa Jane Forward (born 1980), the youngest daughter of the discoverer. †
301638 Kressin	2010 EQ45	Margarete Kressin (1891–1980), the grandmother of the discoverer. †
301794 Antoninkapustin	2010 LH64	Andrey Ivanovich Kapustin (archimandrite Antonin) (1817-1894) was the head of the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem. †
302,001–303,000 []
302542 Tilmann	2002 NG57	Tilmann Arne Meyer (b. 2006) is the son of the discoverer. †
302652 Hauke	2002 RW241	Hauke Christoph Meyer (b. 2011) is the son of the discoverer. †
302849 Richardboyle	2003 FB123	Richard Boyle (b. 1943), an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory. †
302932 Francoballoni	2003 SB314	Nicola Franco Balloni (b. 1950), an Italian diplomat and scholar. †
303,001–304,000 []
303546 Bourbaki	2005 FR	Nicolas Bourbaki, a collective pseudonym under which a group of mathematicians wrote several books on modern advanced mathematics. †
303648 Mikszáth	2005 KC9	Kálmán Mikszáth (1847-1910), a Hungarian novelist and journalist. †
303710 Velpeau	2005 PD17	Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau (1795–1867), a French anatomist and surgeon. †
303909 Tomknops	2005 TK170	Tom Knops (1978–2011), a pilot with Tyrolean Airways, spouse of Nele Blomme and father of Toke Knops. Name suggested by Sofie Delanoye and Jeroen Maes, friends of the discoverer. †
304,001–305,000 []
304233 Majaess	2006 RE3	Daniel Majaess (born 1984) is a young Canadian observational astronomer who researches the Cepheid distance scale, variable stars, and the Milky Way's spiral structure and its many star clusters. †
304368 Móricz	2006 SX363	Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942), a Hungarian novelist, journalist and one of the most prominent figures of Social Realism in the 20th century. †
304813 Cesarina	2007 QA	Cesarina Papini (born 1964), the wife of the first discoverer. †
305,001–306,000 []
305181 Donelaitis	2007 VR302	Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714–1780), a Lutheran pastor who is considered one of the greatest Lithuanian poets. †
305254 Moron	2007 YN3	Moron, a mountain of the Jura, located north of Malleray in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. †
305287 Olegyankov	2008 AF2	Oleg Yankov (born 1968), a Russian philanthropist. †
305660 Romyhaag	2009 BJ73	Romy Haag (born 1951), a singer, actress and show star who started her career at the famous "Alcazar" in Paris. †
305661 Joejackson	2009 BN73	Joe Jackson (b. 1954, David Ian Jackson), a British musician, singer and songwriter. †
305953 Josiedubey	2009 HV36	Josie Elizabeth Chloe Jayne Dubey (born 1994), the eldest granddaughter of the discoverer. †
306,001–307,000 []
306019 Duren	2010 DD27	Riley Duren (b. 1968) is an American systems engineer who studies climate change. †
306367 Nut	5025 P-L	Nut, a goddess of the heavens in the old Egyptian religion. With Geb, the god of Earth, she gave birth to the god Osiris. †
308,001–309,000 []
308197 Satrapi	2005 EV27	Marjane Satrapi (b. 1969), an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author.†
308306 Dainere	2005 KL8	Named for Dainere Monique Anthoney (born 1998), an inspiring Australian teenager, author and blogger who raises awareness and funds for brain tumour research. †
308825 Siksika	2006 RH3	Siksika Nation is one of the three First Nations, with the Piikani (Peigan) and Kainai (Blood), that comprise the Blackfoot Confederacy. †
309,001–310,000 []
309227 Tsukiko	2007 QC	Selene ¨Tsukiko ¨ Mazzucato (b. 1994), the daughter of the first discoverer. †
309704 Baruffetti	2008 FD131	Pietro Baruffetti (b. 1954), musician and amateur astronomer, is chairman of the Gruppo Astrofili Massesi. †
309706 Avila	2008 GP	Avila de los caballeros, the capital of the province of Avila in Spain †

Preceded by 290,001–300,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 300,001–301,000

Succeeded by 310,001–320,000