Meanings of asteroid names (90001-91000)
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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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Contents: 90001... 90101... 90201... 90301... 90401... 90501... 90601... 90701... 90801... 90901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 90001-90100 | ||
| 90138 Diehl | 2002 YD | Jacqueline (Jackie) Diehl, American first chair of the White Sands Star Party, member of the Alamogordo Astronomy Club, manager of Space Camp at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, and education and public outreach coordinator at the National Solar Observatory † |
| 90140 Gómezdonet | 2002 YK2 | Josep Julia Gómez Donet, Spanish friend of the discoverer and a pioneer of CCD astrometry of asteroids and comets † ‡ |
| 90201-90300 | ||
| 90288 Dalleave | 2003 ET17 | Sergio Dalle Ave, Italian technician and night assistant at the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago (Asiago Astrophysical Observatory) † |
| 90301-90400 | ||
| 90328 Haryou | 2003 FQ85 | HARYOU (Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited) † |
| 90377 Sedna | 2003 VB12 | Sedna, Inuit goddess of the sea † |
| 90401-90500 | ||
| 90414 Karpov | 2003 YP110 | Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess grandmaster and World Champion for 16 years † |
| 90450 Cyriltyson | 2004 BR117 | Cyril deGrasse Tyson, American director of HARYOU (see 90328 Haryou, above) † |
| 90463 Johnrichard | 2004 CS39 | John B. and Richard R. Dixon, American amateur astronomers, in recognition of their help in transporting observatory domes from Michigan to New Mexico and then in the construction of the Jornada Observatory † |
| 90481 Wollstonecraft | 2004 DA | Mary Wollstonecraft, British writer, philosopher, and early feminist † |
| 90482 Orcus | 2004 DW | Orcus, Roman god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths † |
| 90501-90600 | ||
| 90502 Buratti | 2004 EM7 | Bonnie J. Buratti, American senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) † |
| 90525 Karijanberg | 2004 FB2 | Karen, wife of the discoverer, and her parents, Richard and Janet Halberg † |
| 90528 Raywhite | 2004 FE19 | Raymond E. White, Jr., American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, and teacher † |
| 90533 Laurentblind | 2004 FB29 | Laurent Blind, French computer programmer, paraglider, equestrian, and the discoverer's boyfriend † |
| 90564 Markjarnyk | 2004 GJ2 | Mark Andrew Jarnyk, Australian software engineer at the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics † |
| 90701-90800 | ||
| 90703 Indulgentia | 1988 RO3 | Indulgentia, Latin for "indulgence, goodness, kindness, love, tenderness, fondness", and also "the gratification of another's desires, inclinations or humors" † |
| 90709 Wettin | 1990 TX3 | Wettin, a castle near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, ancestral seat of the Wettiner dynasty † |
| 90712 Wittelsbach | 1990 TE13 | Wittelsbach, a castle ruin near Aichach in Bavaria, Germany, ancestral seat of the Wittelsbacher dynasty † |
| 90713 Chajnantor | 1990 VE3 | Chajnantor (5000 m), a plateau in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, where the Atacama Large Millimeter Array will be constructed † |
| 90801-90900 | ||
| 90817 Doylehall | 1995 RO | Doyle Hall, American astronomer and member of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) team † |
| 90818 Daverichards | 1995 RR | Dave Richards, AMOS commander during the last years of the twentieth century † |
| 90820 McCann | 1995 SS1 | Jeff McCann, American AMOS commander † |
| Preceded by 89001–90000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (90001-91000) |
Succeeded by 91001–92000 |
