Meanings of minor planet names: 99001–100000
This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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.
Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.
- 99,001…
- 99,101…
- 99,201…
- 99,301…
- 99,401…
- 99,501…
- 99,601…
- 99,701…
- 99,801…
- 99,901…
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99001–99100
99101–99200
99201–99300
99301–99400
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
99401–99500
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
99501–99600
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
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 |
99601–99700
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
99701–99800
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
99801–99900
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
99824 Polnareff | 2002 MN3 | 99824 Polnareff Discovered 2002 June 29 by M. Ory at Vicques. Michel Polnareff (b. 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 |
99861 Tscharnuter | 2002 OV24 | Werner M. Tscharnuter, German astrophysicist JPL |
99862 Kenlevin | 2002 OD25 | 99862 Kenlevin Discovered 2002 July 23 by S. F. Hoenig on plates taken at Palomar. Ken Levin (b. 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 |
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 |
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 |
99901–100000
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
99905 Jeffgrossman | 2002 QX50 | Jeffrey N. Grossman, American meteoriticist JPL |
99906 Uofalberta | 2002 QV53 | The University of Alberta; the initials of its motto Quaecumque Vera ("Whatsoever things are true") appear in the provisional designation † ‡ |
99928 Brainard | 2000 EQ147 | Bradley J. Brainard, American surgeon JPL |
99942 Apophis | 2004 MN4 | Greek name for Apep, Ancient Egyptian god JPL |
99949 Miepgies | 1972 FD | 99949 Miepgies Discovered 1972 Mar. 16 by T. Gehrels at Palomar. 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 |
99950 Euchenor | 1973 SC1 | Euchenor, Greek hero from Corinth, killed in the Trojan War by Paris JPL |
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 † ‡ |
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