Meanings of minor planet names: 89001–90000

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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]

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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89131 Phildevries2001 UC12Phil DeVries (born 1952), an American entomologist who teaches in the Department of Biological Science at the University of New Orleans. Recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, he published two books on Costa Rica butterflies.JPL · 89131

89201–89300

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89264 Sewanee2001 VN2The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, home institution of the Cordell-Lorenz ObservatoryJPL · 89264
89282 Suzieimber2001 VD17Suzie 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

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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89455 Metzendorf2001 XJ1Wilhelm Metzendorf (1911–1988) was mayor of the district town of Heppenheim in Germany from 1954 to 1973 and was instrumental in the construction of the Starkenburg Observatory.IAU · 89455

89501–89600

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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89664 Pignata2001 YU5Giuliano Pignata (born 1972), an Italian astronomer and a member of the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS), contributes in a decisive way to the calibration and adaptation of the CCD detector to the telescope. His main research interest is now supernovae, but he still searches for minor planets in supernova survey images.JPL · 89664

89701–89800

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89735 Tommei2002 AMGiacomo Tommei (born 1978), Italian mathematician who carried out research at the University of Pisa on the impact monitoring of near-Earth objects. His research interests in celestial mechanics include the orbit determination and dynamics of NEOs.JPL · 89735
89739 Rampazzi2002 AL7Francesca Rampazzi (born 1945), an Italian communications specialist, is responsible for communication and editing for the National Telescope Galileo. She is active in the project to digitize the photographic archives of the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory and instrumental in maintaining the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory's ADAS archive.JPL · 89739

89801–89900

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89818 Jureskvarč2002 AX203Jure Skvarč (born 1964), Slovenian software engineer and a discoverer of minor planets, 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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89903 Post2002 DL3Cecil Post (1917–2013), an American amateur astronomer and former engineer in the antenna section of the physical sciences laboratory in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was an early and active member of the Astronomical Society of Las Cruces and was a frequent officer, including president, of that organization (Src).JPL · 89903
89909 Linie2002 ET2Linie, avant-garde association of artists active in Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic, 1931–1939JPL · 89909
89956 Leibacher2002 LJ5John Leibacher (born 1941), an American solar astronomer. He is the principal investigator of the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) project that studies the physics of the solar interior at six locations around the world. Leibacher is also a former director of the National Solar Observatory.JPL · 89956
89973 Aranyjános2002 RR117János 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 writerJPL · 89973

References
  1. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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