at Caltech and discoverer of minor planets, who studies the transitions between asteroids and comets and associated meteor streams. || |-id=281 | 10281 Libourel || || Guy Libourel (born 1956) is a cosmochemist at Observatoire de la Côte d´Azur (France) whose research includes the petrology and formation of chondrules. || |-id=282 | 10282 Emilykramer || || Emily Kramer (born 1986) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who uses visible and thermal wavelength measurements to estimate the amount of mass shed by comets throughout their orbits. || |-id=283 | 10283 Cromer || || Teachers Michael (born 1941) and Sarah (born 1945) Cromer, of Flagstaff, Arizona || |-id=285 | 10285 Renémichelsen || || René Michelsen, a Danish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets || |-id=286 | 10286 Shnollia || || Simon Shnoll, Russian biophysicist || |-id=287 | 10287 Smale || || American mathematician Stephen Smale (born 1930) is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. || |-id=288 | 10288 Saville || 1983 WN || Curt Saville (1946–2001) was an avid ocean and arctic explorer. He rowed across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Saville also worked to encourage scientific exploration of the Earth and space. The name was suggested by P. C. Thomas || |-id=289 | 10289 Geoffperry || 1984 QS || Geoffrey Perry (1927–2000), a physics teacher at Kettering Grammar School, England, taught his students to monitor radio signals from Soviet satellites. His group of students discovered the Plesetsk launch site and became the most reliable public source of space information during the Cold War. || |-id=290 | 10290 Kettering || 1985 SR || Kettering Group, the satellite tracking group established by Geoffrey Perry at the school at which he taught. The group monitored and analyzed radio transmissions from Soviet satellites, often scooping official news media. || |-id=293 | 10293 Pribina || || Pribina (c. 800–861), a Slavic prince and first Slavic ruler to build a Christian church on Slavic territory in Nitra || |-id=295 | 10295 Hippolyta || 1988 GB || Hippolyta, from Greek mythology, was one of the greatest queens of the Amazons. She wore a beautiful golden girdle, a gift from her father Ares, the war-god, as a symbol of her Amazonian queenship. Heracles was sent by the Greeks to acquire the girdle, a battle took place, and beautiful Hippolyta died. || |-id=296 | 10296 Rominadisisto || || Romina Paula Di Sisto (born 1970)