Meanings of minor planet names: 89001–90000

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".

89001–89100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

89101–89200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
89131 Phildevries	2001 UC12	Phil DeVries (born 1952), American entomologist, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship	JPL · 89131

89201–89300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
89264 Sewanee	2001 VN2	The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, home institution of the Cordell-Lorenz Observatory	JPL · 89264
89282 Suzieimber	2001 VD17	Suzie Imber (born 1983) is a planetary scientist, an accomplished mountaineer, elite sportswoman, and TV personality. She is a direct and powerful inspiration for the next generation through her extensive STEM outreach activities, presenting to many thousands of school children about space exploration.	JPL · 89282

89301–89400

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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

89401–89500

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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

89501–89600

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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

89601–89700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
89664 Pignata	2001 YU5	Giuliano Pignata (born 1972), Italian astronomer, member of the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS)	JPL · 89664

89701–89800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
89735 Tommei	2002 AM	Giacomo Tommei (born 1978), Italian mathematician who works in the field of Celestial Mechanics	JPL · 89735
89739 Rampazzi	2002 AL7	Francesca Rampazzi, Italian communications specialist, responsible for the National Telescope Galileo and the maintenance of the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory's ADAS archive	JPL · 89739

89801–89900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
89818 Jureskvarč	2002 AX203	Jure Skvarč, Slovenian software engineer, who created the data-analysis software for the minor planet and comet search project at the Črni Vrh Observatory and in the Astrovirtel survey of the University of Padua	JPL · 89818

89901–90000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
89903 Post	2002 DL3	Cecil Post (born 1917), American amateur astronomer and former engineer in the antenna section of the physical sciences laboratory in Las Cruces, New Mexico	JPL · 89903
89909 Linie	2002 ET2	Linie, avant-garde association of artists active in Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic, 1931–1939	JPL · 89909
89956 Leibacher	2002 LJ5	John W. Leibacher (born 1941), American solar astronomer	JPL · 89956
89973 Aranyjános	2002 RR117	János Arany (1817–1882), a Hungarian writer, poet, journalist and translator, who 0 wrote more than 40 ballads (translated into over 50 languages), as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works. He is considered to be the most literary Hungarian writer	JPL · 89973

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Preceded by 88,001–89,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 89,001–90,000

Succeeded by 90,001–91,000

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