Meanings of minor planet names: 100001–101000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

100001–100100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100007 Peters	1988 CP4	Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813–1890) was a German-American astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids visually.	JPL · 100007
100019 Gregorianik	1989 UO7	Gregorian chant (German shortening Gregorianik) a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the Roman Catholic Church	JPL · 100019
100027 Hannaharendt	1990 TR3	Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German philosopher and political theorist	JPL · 100027
100028 von Canstein	1990 TZ9	Carl Hildebrand von Canstein (1667–1719) established the Cansteinsche Bible Society in Halle (Saale) in 1710. The society's purpose was to produce Bibles as quickly and as cheaply as possible, using a new printing technique. Von Canstein was a friend of August Hermann Francke.	JPL · 100028
100029 Varnhagen	1990 TQ10	Rahel Varnhagen (née Levin; 1771–1833), German writer of Jewish descent, the subject of a famous biography by Hannah Arendt	JPL · 100029
100033 Taizé	1991 GV10	Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France, where the Taizé Community is located	JPL · 100033
100046 Worms	1991 TT6	Worms is one of the oldest German towns and has a Romanesque cathedral and the oldest extant Jewish cemetery in Europe. In 1521, the Diet of Worms issued an edict declaring Martin Luther to be a heretic.	JPL · 100046
100047 Leobaeck	1991 TU6	Rabbi Leo Baeck (1873–1956), German-Jewish scholar, president of both the Council of Jews from Germany and the World Union for Progressive Judaism	JPL · 100047
100049 Césarann	1991 TD15	César Hernandez (born 1959) and Ann Hernandez (born 1964), brother-in-law and sister, respectively, of the discoverer Andrew Lowe †	JPL · 100049
100050 Carloshernandez	1991 TR15	Carlos R. Hernandez (born 1996), nephew of the discoverer Andrew Lowe†	JPL · 100050
100051 Davidhernandez	1991 TC16	David A. Hernandez (born 1998), nephew of the discoverer Andrew Lowe †	JPL · 100051
100077 Tertzakian	1992 PZ6	Peter Tertzakian (born 1961), Canadian author and energy economist	JPL · 100077

100101–100200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100122 Alpes Maritimes	1993 PE7	Alpes-Maritimes, French département where the discovery site is located; this is the thousandth minor planet numbered from discoveries in the département	JPL · 100122
100133 Demosthenes	1993 RG14	Demosthenes (384–322 BC), a famous orator of ancient Athens was considered by Cicero as the greatest among all orators.	JPL · 100133

100201–100300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100229 Jeanbailly	1994 PB18	Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736–1793), a French astronomer, mathematician and freemason.	JPL · 100229
100231 Monceau	1994 PB20	Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782), a French physician, naval engineer and botanist.	JPL · 100231
100266 Sadamisaki	1994 TV14	Sadamisaki peninsula, in the westernmost part of Shikoku, the narrowest peninsula in Japan	JPL · 100266
100267 JAXA	1994 TK15	JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, where the second discoverer works, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of JAXA in 2008	JPL · 100267
100268 Rosenthal	1994 TL16	Hans Rosenthal (1925–1987), German Jew survivor, later radio and television moderator, member of the Council of Jews from Germany	JPL · 100268
100292 Harmandir	1995 DP2	Harmandir Sahib (commonly known as the Golden Temple), located in the Indian state of Punjab, is the spiritual and cultural center for the Sikh religion.	JPL · 100292

100301–100400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100308 ČAS	1995 HB	The Česká Astronomická Společnost (Czech Astronomical Society) was established in Prague in 1917. During the last century, the Society's professional and amateur members have contributed considerably to the advancement of astronomy and dissemination of astronomical knowledge among Czech youth and public.	JPL · 100308
100309 Misuzukaneko	1995 HD	Misuzu Kaneko, 20th-century Japanese poet and songwriter	JPL · 100309

100401–100500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100416 Syang	1996 CB	Stephenson Yang (born 1954), Canadian astronomer and exoplanet discoverer	JPL · 100416
100417 Philipglass	1996 EC	Philip Glass (born 1937), American composer	JPL · 100417
100433 Hyakusyuko	1996 KU1	Nagai Hyakusyuko is the name of the dam lake in Nagai city, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It was completed in March 2011 and is a popular tourist spot.	JPL · 100433
100434 Jinyilian	1996 LJ	Jin Yilian (born 1929), academician of the China Academy of Engineering	JPL · 100434
100456 Chichén Itzá	1996 TH	Chichen Itza, a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya during the late classic period. The archaeological site is located in Yucatán State, Mexico.	JPL · 100456
100483 NAOJ	1996 US3	NAOJ, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary (this minor planet was discovered with a 0.5-m telescope located on the Mitaka campus of NAOJ)	JPL · 100483
100485 Russelldavies	1996 VX	Dennis Russell Davies (born 1944), American pianist and conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz from 2002 and musical director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra from 2009	JPL · 100485

100501–100600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100519 Bombig	1997 BE2	Anna Bombig (1919–?), Italian teacher and poet of the Italian region of Friuli	JPL · 100519
100553 Dariofo	1997 GD	Dario Fo (1926–2016), Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature	JPL · 100553
100596 Perrett	1997 PN2	Kathryn M. Perrett (born 1971), Canadian astrophysicist, expert in galactic dynamics, and friend and colleague of the discoverer, David D. Balam	JPL · 100596

100601–100700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100604 Lundy	1997 RY9	Lundy, island in the Bristol Channel	JPL · 100604
100675 Chuyanakahara	1997 XP2	Chuya Nakahara (1907–1937), 20th-century Japanese poet	JPL · 100675

100701–100800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100731 Ara Pacis	1998 DO	Ara Pacis Augustae, located in Rome, is an altar dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of peace. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate in 13 BCE to honor the return of Augustus to Rome after a three-year expedition in Hispania and Gaul.	JPL · 100731
100732 Blankavalois	1998 DQ	Blanka (or Blanche) de Valois (1316–1348) was the first wife of Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia Charles IV. They were married as children in 1329. Blanche gave birth to two daughters. Blanche's brother became Philip VI, King of France.	JPL · 100732
100733 Annafalcká	1998 DA1	Anna Falcká (or Anne of the Palatinate, 1329–1353) was the second wife of Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia Charles IV. In 1350 she gave birth to a longdesired son, Wenceslaus, who, unfortunately, died a year later.	JPL · 100733
100734 Annasvídnická	1998 DB1	Anna von Schweidnitz (Anna Svídnická; 1339–1362) was the third wife of Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia Charles IV. In 1361 she bore the desired successor to the throne, later King of Bohemia Wenceslaus IV.	JPL · 100734
100735 Alpomořanská	1998 DE1	Alžběta Pomořanská (or Elizabeth of Pomerania, c. 1347–1393) was the fourth and final wife of Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia Charles IV.	JPL · 100735

100801–100900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100897 Piatra Neamt	1998 JW3	Piatra Neamt, capital city of Neamt County in the region of Moldavia, eastern Romania	JPL · 100897

100901–101000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
100924 Luctuymans	1998 LT3	Luc Tuymans (born 1958), Belgian painter	JPL · 100924
100934 Marthanussbaum	1998 MN41	Martha Nussbaum (born 1947) is an American philosopher at the University of Chicago.	JPL · 100934
100936 Mekong	1998 ME43	The Mekong is a 4350-kilometre river flowing through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.	JPL · 100936
100940 Maunder	1998 MM47	Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928), a British astronomer, best known for the Maunder Minimum, the exceptional 70-year sunspot-minimum in the 17th and early 18th century, which roughly coincided with the Little Ice Age.	JPL · 100940

References

Preceded by 99,001–100,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 100,001–101,000

Succeeded by 101,001–102,000

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