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.
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- 84,000s
- 85,000s
- 86,000s
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- 88,000s
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- 88,001…
- 88,101…
- 88,201…
- 88,301…
- 88,401…
- 88,501…
- 88,601…
- 88,701…
- 88,801…
- 88,901…
88101–88200
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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88146 Castello | 2000 WE183 | The archaeological site Castello lies on a hill in the Swiss village of Tremona. This site contains human settlements from the fifth millennium B.C. to the thirteenth century A.D | JPL · 88146 |
88801–88900
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Named minor planet |
Provisional |
This minor planet was named for... |
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88874 Wongshingsheuk | 2001 SV264 | Wong Shing Sheuk (born 1951) began teaching in 1974. From 1988 to his retirement in 2011, he was the principal of Po Leung Kuk Leung Chow Shan Primary School P.M. He believed that astronomy could inspire a student's interest in science and he put tremendous effort into astronomy education. | JPL · 88874 |
88875 Posky | 2001 SB265 | the Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk Education Department for their efforts over the past seven years in supporting student exploration of the sky. | JPL · 88875 |
88878 Bowenyueli | 2001 SQ266 | The motto of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is bowenyueli, which means "Through learning and temperance to virtue". These words of Confucius have long been considered a principal precept of his teaching. The University lays equal emphasis on the intellectual and moral aspects of education | JPL · 88878 |
88879 Sungjaoyiu | 2001 SA268 | Joseph Jao-yiu Sung (born 1959) is the vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, associate dean of the Faculty of Medicine and head of Shaw College. During the 2003 atypical pneumonia, Sung played a leading role in combating the disease and was called "Asia Hero" by Time magazine | JPL · 88879 |
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