Meanings of minor planet names: 99001–100000

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.

99001–99100

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99070 Strittmatter2001 FA10Peter Strittmatter, American astronomer, involved with the Large Binocular Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope projectsJPL · 99070

99101–99200

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99193 Obsfabra2001 GN4Observatori Fabra, Barcelona, SpainJPL · 99193

99201–99300

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99201 Sattler2001 HY16Birgit I. Sattler, Austrian limnologist, zoologist, and Antarctic explorerJPL · 99201
99262 Bleustein2001 OQ12Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French publicist, founder of the Foundation of the Vocation in 1960; the discoverer was a laureate of this foundationJPL · 99262

99301–99400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

99401–99500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

99501–99600

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99503 Leewonchul2002 DB1Lee, Won Chul (David W. Lee), Korean astronomer, the first Korean to earn a Ph.D. degree, and the first director of the National Observatory in SeoulJPL · 99503

99601–99700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

99701–99800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

99801–99900

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99824 Polnareff2002 MN3Michel Polnareff (born 1944) is a French singer and a songwriter who has been very popular since his 1966 recording of the song "La poupée qui fait non"JPL · 99824
99861 Tscharnuter2002 OV24Werner M. Tscharnuter, German astrophysicistJPL · 99861
99862 Kenlevin2002 OD25Ken Levin (born 1953) is a physicist who works in the field of infrared optics and sensors for application in medicine, aerospace and astronomy. Levin is an avid amateur astronomer and operates two private observatoriesJPL · 99862
99863 Winnewisser2002 OV25Gisbert Winnewisser (1936–2011) was an astrophysicist who established the KOSMA sub-mm telescope on Gornergrat and set up successful partnerships between the University of Cologne and research institutes worldwide. He was a member of three IAU Commissions and was honored with many prizes.JPL · 99863
99891 Donwells2002 PG165Don J. Wells, American production manager of a Houston-area television station and asteroid discoverer (working from George Observatory, Needville, TX, and the RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory, Mayhill, NM)JPL · 99891

99901–100000

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99905 Jeffgrossman2002 QX50Jeffrey N. Grossman, American meteoriticistJPL · 99905
99906 Uofalberta2002 QV53The University of Alberta; the initials of its motto Quaecumque Vera ("Whatsoever things are true") appear in the provisional designation † ‡MPC · 99906
99928 Brainard2000 EQ147Bradley J. Brainard, American surgeonJPL · 99928
99941 Lonniewege2003 WF107Lonnie Wege (born 1958) is a telescope sales manager and a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope technology specialist. He is also an astronomy outreach volunteer with the Three Rivers Foundation, the Texas Astronomical Society and Celestron.JPL · 99941
99942 Apophis2004 MN4Greek name for Apep, Ancient Egyptian godJPL · 99942
99949 Miepgies1972 FDMiep Gies (née Hermine Santrouschitz; b. 1909) is one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II. She discovered and preserved Anne's diary after her arrest and deportation. The name was suggested by C. KoppeschaarJPL · 99949
99950 Euchenor1973 SC1Euchenor, Greek hero from Corinth, killed in the Trojan War by ParisJPL · 99950
100000 Astronautica1982 SH1On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age (beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1), and because space arbitrarily begins at an altitude of 100 000 m (100 km) above Earth's surface †JPL · 100000

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
98,001–99,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 99,001–100,000		 Succeeded by
100,001–110,000
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