Meanings of minor planet names: 69001–70000

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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

69001–69100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

69101–69200

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69159 Ivanking2003 JE16Ivan R. King, prominent astronomer working mainly on the studies of globular clustersJPL · 69159

69201–69300

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69228 Kamerunberg5173 T-3Mount Cameroon (called Kamerunberg in German), the 4040-m active volcano, situated in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea.JPL · 69228
69230 Hermes1937 UBHermes, Greek messenger of the godsJPL · 69230
69231 Alettajacobs1972 FEAletta Jacobs, the first Dutch woman to graduate from a university and the first Dutch female physicianJPL · 69231
69245 Persiceto1981 EOSan Giovanni, in Persiceto, is a small town near BolognaJPL · 69245
69259 Savostyanov1982 ST7Savostyanov Fedor Vasil’evich (1924–2012), a famous Russian painter.JPL · 69259
69260 Tonyjudt1982 TJTony Judt, historianJPL · 69260
69261 Philaret1982 YM1Philaret (Vasily Mikhailovich Drozdov, 1783–1867), metropolitan bishop of Moscow and Kolomna, was an honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and ordinary academician in the Department of Russian Language and Literature. Name suggested by N. N. Drozdov.JPL · 69261
69263 Big Ben1987 BB2Big Ben, at Westminster, is the name of the great bell and clock tower of the world's largest four-faced chiming clockJPL · 69263
69264 Nebra1988 PE4Nebra or the Nebra skydisk ‡JPL · 69264
69275 Wiesenthal1989 WD4Simon Wiesenthal, Austro-Hungarian Nazi war criminal hunter †MPC · 69275
69286 von Liebig1990 TN9Justus von Liebig, German chemistJPL · 69286
69287 Günthereichhorn1990 TW10Günther Eichhorn (born 1945), a German-American astronomer.JPL · 69287
69288 Berlioz1990 TW11Louis Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composerJPL · 69288
69295 Stecklum1991 TO6Bringfried Stecklum (born 1954) is a German astrophysicist.JPL · 69295

69301–69400

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69311 Russ1992 QCRussell Mark Steel, the discoverer's only brotherJPL · 69311
69312 Rogerbacon1992 SH17Roger Bacon, English philosopherJPL · 69312

69401–69500

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69421 Keizosaji1995 YT2Keizo Saji, well-known businessmen in Japan and the honorary chief of the Saji Astro ParkJPL · 69421
69434 de Gerlache1996 HC21Adrien de Gerlache, 19th–20th-century Belgian naval officer and Antarctic explorerJPL · 69434
69460 Christibarnard1996 UO1Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant in 1967 .JPL · 69460
69469 Krumbenowe1996 WRKrumbenowe (Chrumbenowe) is the oldest documented name of the town of Český Krumlov. Dating from the mid-13th century, the name seems to originate from German words "Krumben Ouwe", "Krumme Aue" (skew mead) or, maybe, from the much older "Wilt Ahwa" (wild water), referring to the Vltava river.JPL · 69469
69496 Zaoryuzan1997 AE22Zao Ryuzan, a 1362-m mountain located to the southeast of Yamagata city, Yamagata prefecture.JPL · 69496
69500 Ginobartali1997 CB6Gino Bartali (1914–2000), an Italian cyclist.JPL · 69500

69501–69600

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69594 Ulferika1998 FF11Erika (born 1940) and Ulf Lehmann (born 1939), the parents of the discoverer Gerhard LehmannJPL · 69594

69601–69700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

69701–69800

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69754 Mosesmendel1998 MM39Moses Mendelssohn, German-Jewish philosopherJPL · 69754

69801–69900

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69869 Haining1998 SX62Haining, at the southern tip of the Yangtze River in northern Zhejiang provinceJPL · 69869
69870 Fizeau1998 SM64Hyppolite Fizeau, 19th-century French physicistJPL · 69870

69901–70000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
69961 Millosevich1998 VS33Elia Millosevich, Italian astronomer †MPC · 69961
69971 Tanzi1998 WD2Pepe Tanzi, Italian lighting industrial designerJPL · 69971
69977 Saurodonati1998 WL9Sauro Donati, Italian amateur astronomerJPL · 69977

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
68,001–69,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 69,001–70,000		 Succeeded by
70,001–71,000
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