Meanings of minor planet names: 1–1000
| 250 Bettina || – || Bettina Caroline de Rothschild (1858–1892), Austrian Baroness and wife of Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild, who named the asteroid after her. The discoverer, Johann Palisa, reportedly sold the naming rights for 50 pounds in order to help fund his expedition to view the total solar eclipse of August 29, 1886. Src ||