Meanings of minor planet names: 97001–98000

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.

97001–97100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
97069 Stek1999 VB23Stefano Klett (born 1964), Swiss computer scientist, amateur astronomer, and promoter of the Ticino section of Dark Sky SwitzerlandJPL · 97069

97101–97200

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97186 Tore1999 WP8Salvatore Silanus (born 1961), nicknamed Tore, is a friend of the discovererJPL · 97186

97201–97300

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97268 Serafinozani1999 XD127The Osservatorio astronomico Serafino Zani (Serafino Zani Astronomical Observatory), built by Serafino Zani and his family on San Bernardo hill in the commune of Lumezzane, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, and then given to the local amateur astronomersJPL · 97268

97301–97400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

97401–97500

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97472 Hobby2000 CB41The Hobby Foundation supports museums and educational organizations throughout Texas. Ten thousand schoolchildren and members of the public a year view the wonders of the heavens through the Hobby telescope at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's George ObservatoryJPL · 97472

97501–97600

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97582 Hijikawa2000 EP15Hijikawa river, Ehime prefecture, JapanJPL · 97582

97601–97700

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97631 Kentrobinson2000 ED144Ernest Kent Robinson (born 1939), Advisory Board member at Lowell Observatory.JPL · 97631
97637 Blennert2000 EQ156John Blennert (born 1951) is a meteorite hunter in Tucson, Arizona, one of three co-discoverers of the Gold Basin Meteorite Strewn FieldJPL · 97637

97701–97800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

97801–97900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

97901–98000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

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
96,001–97,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 97,001–98,000		 Succeeded by
98,001–99,000
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