|| Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer || |-id=252 | 10252 Heidigraf || 4164 T-1 || Heidi Graf (born 1941), former Head of ESTEC Communications Office (1977–2006) at ESA; "founding mother" of permanent exhibition Space Expo in Noordwijk, Netherlands (since 1990) || |-id=253 | 10253 Westerwald || 2116 T-2 || Westerwald, in Germany. It is a low mountain range with some volcanoes, blending into the "Siebengebirge", a range of seven extinct volcanic mountains. || |-id=254 | 10254 Hunsrück || 2314 T-2 || The Hunsrück is a German mountain range, located west of the Rhine between the rivers Nahe and Mosel. In the southern part many semiprecious stones are found, helping create a jewelry industry. || |-id=255 | 10255 Taunus || 3398 T-3 || The Taunus, a German mountain range, is the continuation of the Hundsrück at the eastern side of the Rhine. Its highest mountain, at 880 m, is called "Feldberg in the Taunus". As in the Schwarzwald, there are many thermal springs. || |-id=256 | 10256 Vredevoogd || 4157 T-3 || Loek Vredevoogd, chairman of the Board of Governors of Leiden University during 1994–2002. || |-id=257 | 10257 Garecynthia || 4333 T-3 || The marriage of Gareth Williams, associate director of the Minor Planet Center, and Cynthia Marsden, daughter of the director, Brian G. Marsden, in Lexington, Massachusetts, on 1 October 2002. || |-id=258 | 10258 Sárneczky || 1940 AB || Krisztián Sárneczky (born 1974) is a Hungarian asteroid and comet researcher at Konkoly Observatory, who discovered 363 numbered asteroids and five supernovae. He is the leader of the Comet Section of the Hungarian Astronomical Association. || |-id=259 | 10259 Osipovyurij || 1972 HL || Yury Osipov (born 1936) is a Russian mathematician and mechanician. Since 1991 he has been president of the Russian Academy of Sciences || |-id=261 | 10261 Nikdollezhalʹ || || Nikolay Dollezhal (1899–2000), Russian expert in power engineering, was the chief designer of the reactor for the world's first atomic power station, located in Obninsk, some 120 km southwest of Moscow || |-id=262 | 10262 Samoilov || || Evgenij Valerianovich Samoilov (born 1912) is a Russian dramatic actor and People's Artist of the former U.S.S.R. He performs at the State Academic Maly Theatre in Moscow || |-id=263 | 10263 Vadimsimona || || Russian physicist Vadim Aleksandrovich Simonenko is deputy director of the Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics at Snezhinsk. He is known for his work