Meanings of minor planet names: 99001–100000

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".

99001–99100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
99070 Strittmatter	2001 FA10	Peter Strittmatter, American astronomer, involved with the Large Binocular Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope projects	JPL · 99070

99101–99200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
99193 Obsfabra	2001 GN4	Observatori Fabra, Barcelona, Spain	JPL · 99193

99201–99300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
99201 Sattler	2001 HY16	Birgit I. Sattler, Austrian limnologist, zoologist, and Antarctic explorer	JPL · 99201
99262 Bleustein	2001 OQ12	Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French publicist, founder of the Foundation of the Vocation in 1960; the discoverer was a laureate of this foundation	JPL · 99262

99301–99400

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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

99401–99500

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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

99501–99600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
99503 Leewonchul	2002 DB1	Lee, 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 Seoul	JPL · 99503

99601–99700

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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

99701–99800

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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

99801–99900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
99824 Polnareff	2002 MN3	Michel 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 Tscharnuter	2002 OV24	Werner M. Tscharnuter, German astrophysicist	JPL · 99861
99862 Kenlevin	2002 OD25	Ken 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 observatories	JPL · 99862
99863 Winnewisser	2002 OV25	Gisbert 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 Donwells	2002 PG165	Don 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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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
99905 Jeffgrossman	2002 QX50	Jeffrey N. Grossman, American meteoriticist	JPL · 99905
99906 Uofalberta	2002 QV53	The University of Alberta; the initials of its motto Quaecumque Vera ("Whatsoever things are true") appear in the provisional designation † ‡	MPC · 99906
99928 Brainard	2000 EQ147	Bradley J. Brainard, American surgeon	JPL · 99928
99941 Lonniewege	2003 WF107	Lonnie 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 Apophis	2004 MN4	Greek name for Apep, Ancient Egyptian god	JPL · 99942
99949 Miepgies	1972 FD	Miep 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. Koppeschaar	JPL · 99949
99950 Euchenor	1973 SC1	Euchenor, Greek hero from Corinth, killed in the Trojan War by Paris	JPL · 99950
100000 Astronautica	1982 SH1	On 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

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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