Meanings of minor planet names: 100001–101000

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Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
100001–100100
100019 Gregorianik 1989 UO7 Gregorian Chant (German shortening Gregorianik)
100027 Hannaharendt 1990 TR3 Hannah Arendt, German philosopher and political theorist
100029 Varnhagen 1990 TQ10 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense (née Levin), German writer of Jewish descent, the subject of a famous biography by Hannah Arendt
100033 Taizé 1991 GV10 Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France, where the Taizé Community is located
100047 Leobaeck 1991 TU6 Rabbi Leo Baeck, German-Jewish scholar, president of both the Council of Jews from Germany and the World Union for Progressive Judaism
100049 Césarann 1991 TD15 César Hernandez and Ann Hernandez, brother-in-law and sister, respectively, of the discoverer
100050 Carloshernandez 1991 TR15 Carlos R. Hernandez, nephew of the discoverer
100051 Davidhernandez 1991 TC16 David A. Hernandez, nephew of the discoverer
100077 Tertzakian 1992 PZ6 Peter Tertzakian, Canadian author and energy economist
100101–100200
100122 Alpes Maritimes 1993 PE7 Alpes-Maritimes, French département where the discovery site is located; this is the thousandth minor planet numbered from discoveries in the département
100201–100300
100266 Sadamisaki 1994 TV14 Sadamisaki peninsula, in the westernmost part of Shikoku, the narrowest peninsula in Japan
100267 JAXA 1994 TK15 JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, where the second discoverer works, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of JAXA in 2008
100268 Rosenthal 1994 TL16 Hans Rosenthal, German Jew survivor, later radio and television moderator, member of the Council of Jews from Germany
100301–100400
100309 Misuzukaneko 1995 HD Misuzu Kaneko, 20th-century Japanese poet and songwriter
100401–100500
100416 Syang 1996 CB Stephenson Yang, Canadian astronomer and exoplanet discoverer
100483 NAOJ 1996 US3 NAOJ, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, on the occasion of its twentieth anniversary (this minor planet was discovered with a 0.5-m telescope located on the Mitaka campus of NAOJ)
100501–100600
100519 Bombig 1997 BE2 Anna Bombig, Italian teacher and poetess of the Italian region of Friuli
100596 Perrett 1997 PN2 Kathryn M. Perrett, Canadian astrophysicist, friend and colleague of the discoverer
100601–100700
100675 Chuyanakahara 1997 XP2 Chuya Nakahara, 20th-century Japanese poet
Preceded by
99,001–100,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 100,001–101,000
Succeeded by
101,001–102,000