Meanings of minor planet names: 95001–96000

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".

95001–95100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95008 Ivanobertini	2002 AH1	Ivano Bertini (born 1968), Italian astronomer	JPL · 95008
95016 Kimjeongho	2002 AA9	Kim Jeongho, Korean geographer and cartographer	JPL · 95016
95020 Nencini	2002 AV12	Erica Nencini (born 1974) earned her economics degree at the University of Pisa and is presently the CFO of SpaceDyS, a company in the aerospace sector. A valuable employee, she contributes enormously to the business development.	JPL · 95020
95024 Ericaellingson	2002 AH18	Erica Ellingson (born 1962), astronomer at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is an observational cosmologist, studying the origin, content and evolution of the Universe. Her speciality is clusters of galaxies, held together by the gravity of invisible dark matter.	JPL · 95024

95101–95200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95179 Berkó	2002 BO	Ernő Berkó, Hungarian amateur astronomer, independent discoverer of the supernova 1999by and of over 160 new double stars	JPL · 95179

95201–95300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95219 Borgman	2002 CT14	Dennis Borgman, American machinist, carpenter, electrician, plumber, programmer, and amateur astronomer, actively involved with the George Observatory and the Fort Bend Astronomy Club	JPL · 95219
95247 Schalansky	2002 CH52	Judith Schalansky, German writer	JPL · 95247

95301–95400

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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

95401–95500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95474 Andreajbarbieri	2002 EE4	Andrea J. Barbieri (born 1969), a telecom engineer in Italy.	JPL · 95474

95501–95600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95593 Azusienis	2002 FU10	Algimantas Azusienis, Lithuanian astronomer	JPL · 95593

95601–95700

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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

95701–95800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95771 Lachat	2003 EZ49	Damien Lachat, Swiss electronics engineer and amateur astronomer, one of the founders of the Observatoire astronomique Jurassien-Vicques, the discovery site	JPL · 95771
95782 Hansgraf	2003 FS3	Austrian conductor Hans Graf (born 1949) has directed the Houston Symphony since 2001 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the institution. He is known for his wide-ranging repertoire and creative programming	JPL · 95782
95785 Csányivilmos	2003 FV6	Vilmos Csányi (1935) is a Hungarian biologist, biochemist, ethologist and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His main field of research is human and animal behavior, and the questions of biological and cultural evolution. He is a very active science communicator, and the author of numerous literary novels.	JPL · 95785
95793 Brock	2003 FR20	Brad Brock (born 1955) is a manager with IBM Information Technology and Services. He has also been very active in local Boy Scouts of America activities in the Tucson, Arizona, area	JPL · 95793

95801–95900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95802 Francismuir	2003 FM42	Francis Muir, British-American mentor and advisor of the discoverer	JPL · 95802
95824 Elger	2003 FP85	Thomas Elger (1836–1897), a British selenographer who was the first Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association.JPL	MPC · 95824
95851 Stromvil	2003 FD123	The Stromvil photometric system, a combination of the Strömgren and Vilnius photometric systems	JPL · 95851
95852 Leatherbarrow	2003 FT127	Bill Leatherbarrow (born 1947), a professor emeritus at the University of Sheffield.	JPL · 95852
95853 Jamescarpenter	2003 FU127	James Carpenter (1840–1899), a British astronomer known for his work on stellar spectra and planets.	JPL · 95853
95882 Longshaw	2003 HW	Nigel Longshaw (born 1963), a committee member of the British Astronomical Association Lunar Section and contributes to the Section Circulars.	JPL · 95882

95901–96000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
95928 Tonycook	2003 JO13	Tony Cook (born 1962), the British Astronomical Association and Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Coordinator for Transient Lunar Phenomena	JPL · 95928
95935 Grego	2003 KU8	Peter Grego (born 1966), a British amateur astronomer and author of many books on observational astronomy.	JPL · 95935
95939 Thagnesland	2003 KL20	Thaddeus Vreeland (18661–927) and Agnes Vreeland (18771–961), maternal grandparents of the American discoverer James W. Young	JPL · 95939
95951 Ernestopalomba	2003 QG6	Ernesto Palomba (born 1967), an Italian planetary scientist at INAF-IAPS and discoverer of minor planets	JPL · 95951
95954 Bayzoltán	2003 QQ29	Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900–1992) was a Hungarian physicist, university professor and engineer who developed microwave technology, including tungsten lamps. He was the president of the department of nuclear physics in the National Bureau of Standards and also an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences	JPL · 95954
95955 Claragianni	2003 QX32	Clara Cagnacci (born 1933) and Giannantonio Palomba (1932–2015), the parents of the Italian discoverer Ernesto Palomba	JPL · 95955
95959 Covadonga	2003 SU224	Covadonga Camblor, wife of the Spanish discoverer Juan Lacruz	JPL · 95959
95962 Copito	2003 WZ87	Copito de Nieve, "Snowflake", albino gorilla † ‡	MPC · 95962
95980 Haroldhill	2004 LE30	Harold Hill (1920–2005), a well known selenographer with the British Astronomical Association's Lunar Section.	JPL · 95980
95982 Beish	2004 MH6	Jeff Beish (born 1940) has been an avid amateur astronomer since the 1970s, serving in the Mars Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) from 1981–2005. He maintains the WIMP planetary ephemerides software and an excellent Mars website. In 1989 he received the ALPO Walter Haas observing award. JPL	MPC · 95982

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Preceded by 94,001–95,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 95,001–96,000

Succeeded by 96,001–97,000

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