Meanings of minor planet names: 88001–89000

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".

88001–88100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
88071 Taniguchijiro	2000 VO59	Taniguchi Jiro, a comics artist who was awarded the French ministry of Culture's Chevalier de l´Ordre des arts et des Lettres in 2011.	JPL · 88071

88101–88200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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

88201–88300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
88260 Insubria	2001 HE23	Regio Insubria, the old Latin name of western Lombardia, northern Italy, home of the discovery site	JPL · 88260
88292 Bora-Bora	2001 NL6	Bora Bora, French Polynesia	JPL · 88292
88297 Huikilolani	2001 NP14	"Hui Kilolani", the Hawaiian Astronomical Society's Hawaiian name (meaning "club of sky watchers")	JPL ‡ · 88297

88301–88400

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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

88401–88500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
88470 Joaquinescrig	2001 QB111	Joaquín Escrig Ferrando, cousin and friend of the discoverer	JPL · 88470

88501–88600

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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

88601–88700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
88611 Teharonhiawako	2001 QT297	Teharonhiawako, son of the granddaughter of the Great Spirit creation god, in the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) creation myth, and his twin brother Sawiskera ((88611) Teharonhiawako I Sawiskera)	JPL · 88611

88701–88800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
88705 Potato	2001 SV	The potato, on the occasion of the United Nations' International Year of the Potato (2008), and because many minor planets are believed to be shaped like potatoes	JPL · 88705
88795 Morvan	2001 SW115	Morvan massif, the northern part of the Massif Central of France	JPL · 88795

88801–88900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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

88901–89000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
88906 Moutier	2001 TT1	Moutier, Jura Bernois, Switzerland	JPL · 88906
88961 Valpertile	2001 TH47	Valerio Pertile, Italian astronomical technician	JPL · 88961

References

Preceded by 87,001–88,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 88,001–89,000

Succeeded by 89,001–90,000

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