279001–279100

|-id=m035 | 279035 Mara || || Mara Ruiz (born 2000), the daughter of Spanish co-discoverer Jose Maria Ruiz (currently not credited by the Minor Planet Center). || |-id=m037 | 279037 Utezimmer || || Ute Zimmer (born 1964) is a German amateur astronomer who started her work in 2007 at the Taunus Observatory in Frankfurt am Main. She has discovered numerous minor planets, including the Apollo-type object . ||

279101–279200

|-id=m119 | 279119 Khamatova || || Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975), a Russian theater and film actress ||

279201–279300

|-id=m226 | 279226 Demisroussos || || Demis Roussos (1946–2015), a Greek singer and performer, best remembered for being a member of Aphrodite's Child, a rock band that also included Greek musician Vangelis || |-id=m274 | 279274 Shurpakov || || Sergey Shurpakov (born 1966), a Belarusian amateur astronomer, observer of comets and discoverer of minor planets and coordinator of the "International Comet Quarterly" (ICQ) for Belarus ||

279301–279400

|-id=m377 | 279377 Lechmankiewicz || || Lech Mankiewicz (born 1960), a director of the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. || |-id=m397 | 279397 Dombeck || || Thomas W. Dombeck (1945–2016) received his Physics PhD from Northwestern University. He displayed his creative genius as professor, research scientist, project director for Pan-STARRS, husband and father. ||

279401–279500

|-id=m410 | 279410 McCallon || || Howard McCallon (born 1945), an American engineer. ||

279501–279600

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279601–279700

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279701–279800

|-id=m723 | 279723 Wittenberg || || Wittenberg, a town situated in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was starting point of the Reformation, where Martin Luther posted his The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. ||

279801–279900

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279901–280000

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