Meanings of minor planet names: 9001–9500

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents:
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
9001–9100
9001 Slettebak 1981 QE2 Arne Slettebak, American astronomer (of Norwegian descent)*
9005 Sidorova 1982 UU5 Sophia Ivanovna Sidorova public education supporter in Ukraine
9006 Voytkevych 1982 UA7 Vanda Georgievna Voytkevych, friend of discoverer
9007 James Bond 1983 TE1 James Bond, "agent 007", fictional British spy †
9008 Bohšternberk 1984 BS Bohumil Šternberk, Czech astronomer †
9009 Tirso 1984 HJ1 Tirso, the scepter of Dionysus; Italian acronym of the Circolo eno-g-astronomico TIRSO (for "all together enjoying, studying, observing"), a scientific and cultural circle †
9010 Candelo 1984 HM1 Candelo, Italy, a small town in northern Piedmont, famous for its Ricetto fortified village, and host of cultural and astronomical events †
9012 Benner 1984 UW *
9013 Sansaturio 1985 PA1 *
9014 Svyatorichter 1985 UG5 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist*
9016 Henrymoore 1986 AE Henry Spencer Moore, British sculptor*
9017 Babadzhanyan 1986 TW9 Arno Babajanian, Armenian composer and pianist*
9019 Eucommia 1987 QF3 the Eucommia tree*
9020 Eucryphia 1987 SG2 the Eucryphia tree*
9021 Fagus 1988 CT5 the beech tree, genus Fagus*
9022 Drake 1988 PC1 Michael J. Drake, American cosmochemist and geochemist †
9023 Mnesthus 1988 RG1 Character from the Aeneid*
9028 Konrádbeneš 1989 BE1 Konrád Beneš, Czech planetologist † ‡
9032 Tanakami 1989 WK4 Tanakami, site of Japan's largest meteorite*
9033 Kawane 1990 AD *
9034 Oleyuria 1990 QZ17 Oleyuria, Ukrainian piano duo of Olga Scherbakova and Yuri Scherbakov*
9038 Helensteel 1990 VE1 Helen Margaret Steel, wife of discoverer
9040 Flacourtia 1991 BH1 the Indian plum trees, genus Flacourtia*
9041 Takane 1991 CX *
9044 Kaoru 1991 KA Kaoru Ikeya, Japanese amateur astronomer*
9052 Uhland 1991 UJ4 Ludwig Uhland, German scholar*
9053 Hamamelis 1991 VW5 the witch-hazel, genus Hamamelis*
9054 Hippocastanum 1991 YO the common horse-chestnut, genus Hippocastanum*
9055 Edvardsson 1992 DP8 Bengt Edvardsson, Swedish astronomer †
9056 Piskunov 1992 EQ14 Nikolai Piskunov, Swedish astrophysicist †
9059 Dumas 1992 PJ *
9060 Toyokawa 1992 RM *
9062 Ohnishi 1992 WO5 Michikazu Ohnishi, Japanese amateur astronomer*
9063 Washi 1992 YS Shinsho Washi, Japanese amateur astronomer*
9064 Johndavies 1993 BH8 John Keith Davies, British astronomer/aviation engineer †
9067 Katsuno 1993 HR *
9069 Hovland 1993 OV *
9070 Ensab 1993 OZ2 Leo Enright and Denise Sabatini, Canadian astronomers †
9071 Coudenberghe 1993 OB13 Peeter van Coudenberghe, Flemish botanist and pharmacist*
9073 Yoshinori 1994 ER *
9074 Yosukeyoshida 1994 FZ *
9076 Shinsaku 1994 JT *
9077 Ildo 1994 NC *
9079 Gesner 1994 PC34 Conrad Gesner, Swiss naturalist and bibliographer*
9080 Takayanagi 1994 TP *
9081 Hideakianno 1994 VY *
9082 Leonardmartin 1994 VR6 Leonard J. Martin, American astronomer*
9083 Ramboehm 1994 WC4 *
9084 Achristou 1995 CS1 Apostolos Christou, Planetary astronomer, Armagh Observatory †
9087 Neff 1995 SN3 Vladimír Neff, Czech novelist and his son Ondřej Neff, science fiction author †
9088 Maki 1995 SX3 *
9090 Chirotenmondai 1995 UW8 *
9091 Ishidatakaki 1995 VK *
9092 Nanyang 1995 VU18 *
9093 Sorada 1995 WA *
9094 Butsuen 1995 WH *
9096 Tamotsu 1995 XE1 *
9097 Davidschlag 1996 AU1 Davidschlag, Upper Austria, small Austrian village, some 10 km to the north of Linz, at the entrance to the Sterngartl ("small garden of stars") region, home of the Privatobservatorium Meyer/Obermair (Private Observatory Meyer/Obermair) †
9098 Toshihiko 1996 BQ3 *
9099 Kenjitanabe 1996 VN3 *
9100 Tomohisa 1996 XU1 *
9101–9200
9102 Foglar 1996 XS18 Jaroslav Foglar, Czech children's author †
9103 Komatsubara 1996 XW30 Mitsugu Komatsubara, Japanese reporter and amateur astronomer who, together with Tomohisa Ohno, has recently rehabilitated the late comet and nova hunter Minoru Honda's observatory "Seijin-Sanso" †
9104 Matsuo 1996 YB Atsushi Matsuo, Japanese astronomy educator and historian †
9105 Matsumura 1997 AU Masafumi Matsumura, Japanese astronomer †
9106 Yatagarasu 1997 AY1 Yatagarasu, the holy crow with three legs of Japanese mythology, who guided Jinmu, the so-called first emperor, and his troops from Kumano to Nara (The Chinese counterpart of the crow with three legs is said to live in the Sun, and could be a naked-eye sunspot) †
9110 Choukai 1997 AM19 Mount Choukai (2230 m) and the Choukai volcanic mountain range, Japan, national park and part of the border between Akita and Yamagata prefectures †
9111 Matarazzo 1997 BD2 Giuseppe "Corrado" Matarazzo, Italian amateur astronomer †
9115 Battisti 1997 DG Lucio Battisti, Italian singer †
9116 Billhamilton 1997 ES40 William O. Hamilton, American professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State University, a pioneer in the development of an observational technique for gravitational radiation †
9117 Aude 1997 FR1 AUDÉ, the Association des utilisateurs de détecteurs électroniques †
9119 Georgpeuerbach 1998 DT Georg Aunpekh von Peuerbach, 15th-century Austrian mathematician, astronomer, poet, early humanist and teacher of Regiomontanus †
9121 Stefanovalentini 1998 DJ11 Stefano Valentini, Italian amateur astronomer †
9122 Hunten 1998 FZ8 Donald M. Hunten, American astronomer, who has participated in space missions from Pioneer to Cassini †
9123 Yoshiko 1998 FQ11 Yoshiko Nakano, Japanese director of the Gekko Observatory and educator †
9127 Brucekoehn 1998 HX51 Bruce W. Koehn, American astronomer*
9128 Takatumuzi 1998 HQ52 Mount Takatumuzi (693 m), Japan, east of Nanyo city, Yamagata prefecture, where the discovery site is located †
9130 Galois 1998 HQ148 Évariste Galois, French mathematician*
9132 Walteranderson 2821 P-L *
9133 d'Arrest 3107 P-L Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Prussian astronomer*
9134 Encke 4822 P-L Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer*
9135 Lacaille 7609 P-L Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer*
9136 Lalande 4886 T-1 Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer*
9137 Remo 2114 T-2 John L. Remo, American physicist
9138 Murdoch 2280 T-2 *
9139 Barrylasker 4180 T-2 Barry Lasker, American astronomer*
9140 Deni 4195 T-3 *
9141 Kapur 5174 T-3 Shekhar Kapur, Indian actor
9142 Rhesus 5191 T-3 *
9143 Burkhead 1955 SF Martin Samuel Burkhead, American astronomer*
9144 Hollisjohnson 1955 UN1 Hollis Ralph Johnson, American astronomer*
9145 Shustov 1976 GG3 Boris Shustov, Russian astronomer*
9146 Tulikov 1976 YG1 *
9147 Kourakuen 1977 DD1 *
9148 Boriszaitsev 1977 EL1 *
9150 Zavolokin 1978 SE1 *
9153 Chikurinji 1981 UD2 *
9154 Kol'tsovo 1982 SP6 *
9155 Verkhodanov 1982 SM7 *
9156 Malanin 1982 TQ2 Ivan Ivanovich Malanin, Russian accordionist
9158 Platè 1984 MR *
9159 McDonnell 1984 UD3 *
9161 Beaufort 1987 BZ1 Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, hydrographer, creator of the Beaufort scale for indicating wind force*
9162 Kwiila 1987 OA Kwiila ("Black Oak"), one of the First People in the Luiseno creation story (the black oak is indigenous to Palomar Mountain, the discovery site) †
9164 Colbert 1987 SQ *
9165 Raup 1987 SJ3 David M. Raup, American palaeontologist*
9167 Kharkiv 1987 SS17 Kharkov, Ukraine*
9168 Sarov 1987 ST17 *
9171 Carolyndiane 1989 GD5 *
9172 Abhramu 1989 OB *
9175 Graun 1990 OO2 *
9176 Struchkova 1990 VC15 *
9178 Momoyo 1991 DU *
9179 Satchmo 1991 EM1 Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician*
9180 Samsagan 1991 GQ *
9184 Vasilij 1991 PJ3 *
9187 Walterkröll 1991 RD4 Walter Kröll, German physicist †
9189 Hölderlin 1991 RH41 Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet*
9190 Masako 1991 VR1 *
9193 Geoffreycopland 1992 ED1 Geoffrey Malcolm Copland, British physicist
9196 Sukagawa 1992 WP5 Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan*
9197 Endo 1992 WH8 *
9198 Sasagamine 1993 BJ3 Sasagamine, mountain in Shikoku, Japan*
9201–9300
9203 Myrtus 1993 TM16 the myrtle shrub, genus Myrtus*
9204 Mörike 1994 PZ1 Eduard Mörike, German poet*
9205 Eddywally 1994 PO9 Eddy Wally, Belgian singer*
9206 Yanaikeizo 1994 RQ *
9207 Petersmith 1994 SF12 *
9208 Takanotoshi 1994 TX2 *
9211 Neese 1995 SB27 Carol Lynn Neese, American astronomer †
9215 Taiyonoto 1995 UB45 *
9216 Masuzawa 1995 VS *
9223 Leifandersson 1995 YY7 *
9224 Železný 1996 AE Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower †
9229 Matsuda 1996 DJ1 *
9230 Yasuda 1996 YY2 *
9232 Miretti 1997 BG8 *
9235 Shimanamikaido 1997 CT21 Nishiseto Expressway
9236 Obermair 1997 EV32 Erwin Obermair, Austrian amateur astronomer † ‡
9238 Yavapai 1997 HO2 *
9239 van Riebeeck 1997 JP15 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch merchant and founder of the Cape Colony in South Africa †
9240 Nassau 1997 KR3 Jason John Nassau, American astronomer*
9241 Rosfranklin 1997 PE6 *
9242 Olea 1998 CS3 the olive tree, genus Olea*
9244 Visnjan 1998 HV7 Višnjan, Croatia
9246 Niemeyer 1998 HB149 *
9248 Sauer 4593 P-L *
9249 Yen 4606 P-L *
9250 Chamberlin 4643 P-L *
9251 Harch 4896 P-L *
9252 Goddard 9058 P-L Robert Goddard, American rocketry pioneer*
9253 Oberth 1171 T-1 Hermann Oberth, Romanian-born German rocketry pioneer †
9254 Shunkai 2151 T-1 *
9255 Inoutadataka 3174 T-1 *
9256 Tsukamoto 1324 T-2 *
9257 Kunisuke 1552 T-2 *
9258 Johnpauljones 2137 T-2 John Paul Jones, American Revolutionary War naval hero*
9259 Janvanparadijs 2189 T-2 Jan van Paradijs, Dutch astronomer †
9260 Edwardolson 1953 TA1 *
9261 Peggythomson 1953 TD1 *
9262 Bordovitsyna 1973 RF *
9263 Khariton 1976 SX5 *
9265 Ekman 1978 RC9 Agnita and Arne Ekman, Swedish encyclopaedists †
9266 Holger 1978 RD10 Holger Pedersen, Danish astronomer †
9267 Lokrume 1978 RL10 Lokrume, parish on Gotland island, Sweden †
9272 Liseleje 1979 KQ Liseleje, Zealand, Denmark †
9273 Schloerb 1979 QW3 Frederick Peter Schloerb, American astronomer †
9274 Amylovell 1980 FF3 Amy Jean Lovell, American astronomer †
9275 Persson 1980 FS3 Jöran Persson, sixteenth century prosecutor and counsellor to King Eric XIV of Sweden †
9277 Togashi 1980 TT3 *
9291 Alanburdick 1982 QO *
9293 Kamogata 1982 XQ1 *
9295 Donaldyoung 1983 RT1 *
9297 Marchuk 1984 MP *
9298 Geake 1985 JM *
9299 Vinceteri 1985 JG2 *
9300 Johannes 1985 PS *
9301–9400
9305 Hazard 1986 TR1 *
9306 Pittosporum 1987 CG the Pittosporum genus of trees*
9307 Regiomontanus 1987 QS Regiomontanus, German mathematician*
9308 Randyrose 1987 SD4 *
9309 Platanus 1987 SS9 the plane and sycamore, genus Platanus*
9313 Protea 1988 CH3 the species of plant (see: Protea)*
9315 Weigel 1988 PP2 the weigela honeysuckle*
9316 Rhamnus 1988 PX2 the buckthorn, genus Rhamnus*
9322 Lindenau 1989 AC7 Bernhard von Lindenau, German astronomer and statesman*
9323 Hirohisasato 1989 CV1 Hirohisa Sato, Japanese amateur astronomer*
9325 Stonehenge 1989 GG4 Stonehenge, prehistoric megalithic complex, whose design relies on astronomical observation in great part †
9326 Ruta 1989 SP2 the rue, genus Ruta*
9327 Duerbeck 1989 SW2 Hilmar Duerbeck, German astronomer*
9329 Nikolaimedtner 1990 EO Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, Russian composer*
9331 Fannyhensel 1990 QM9 Fanny Hensel, German composer*
9333 Hiraimasa 1990 TK3 *
9334 Moesta 1990 UU3 *
9336 Altenburg 1991 AY2 *
9339 Kimnovak 1991 GT5 Kim Novak, American actress*
9340 Williamholden 1991 LW1 William Holden, American actor*
9341 Gracekelly 1991 PH2 Grace Kelly, American actress, later Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco*
9342 Carygrant 1991 PJ7 Cary Grant, British-American actor*
9344 Klopstock 1991 RB4 Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet*
9346 Fernandel 1991 RN11 Fernandel, French actor*
9349 Lucas 1991 SX *
9350 Waseda 1991 TH2 *
9351 Neumayer 1991 TH6 *
9356 Elineke 1991 YV -
9357 Venezuela 1992 AT3 Venezuela*
9358 Fårö 1992 DN7 Fårö island, northernmost parish of Gotland island, Sweden †
9359 Fleringe 1992 ED11 Fleringe, parish of Gotland island, Sweden †
9362 Miyajima 1992 FE1 *
9364 Clusius 1992 HZ3 *
9365 Chinesewilson 1992 RU3 Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson, English botanist and plant collector*
9368 Esashi 1993 BS3 *
9372 Vamlingbo 1993 FK37 Vamlingbo, parish of Gotland island, Sweden †
9373 Hamra 1993 FY43 Hamra, parish of Gotland island, Sweden †
9374 Sundre 1993 FJ46 Sundre, southernmost parish of Gotland island, Sweden †
9375 Omodaka 1993 HK Toshihiro Omodaka, Japanese radio astronomer †
9376 Thionville 1993 OU7 Thionville, France*
9377 Metz 1993 PJ7 Metz, France*
9378 Nancy-Lorraine 1993 QF3 AS Nancy-Lorraine, French football club*
9379 Dijon 1993 QH3 Dijon, France*
9380 Mâcon 1993 QZ5 Mâcon, France*
9381 Lyon 1993 RT19 Lyon, France*
9382 Mihonoseki 1993 TK11 *
9383 Montélimar 1993 TP15 Montélimar, France*
9384 Aransio 1993 TP26 *
9385 Avignon 1993 TJ30 Avignon, France*
9386 Hitomi 1993 XD1 *
9387 Tweedledee 1994 CA Tweedledee and Tweedledum, from Alice in Wonderland*
9389 Condillac 1994 ET6 Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher
9392 Cavaillon 1994 PK7 Cavaillon, France*
9393 Apta 1994 PT14 French town of Apt, Vaucluse [1]
9394 Manosque 1994 PV16 *
9395 Saint Michel 1994 PC39 Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France*
9397 Lombardi 1994 RJ *
9398 Bidelman 1994 SH3 William Pendry Bidelman, American astronomer*
9399 Pesch 1994 ST12 *
9401–9500
9403 Sanduleak 1994 UJ11 Nicholas Sanduleak, American (of Romanian descent) astronomer †
9407 Kimuranaoto 1994 WS3 *
9409 Kanpuzan 1995 BG1 Kanpuzan, mountain in Shikoku, Japan*
9413 Eichendorff 1995 SQ54 Joseph von Eichendorff, German lyricist and narrator*
9418 Mayumi 1995 WX5 Mayumi Sato, Japanese wife of the first discoverer †
9420 Dewar 1995 XP4 Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist*
9421 Violilla 1995 YM2 Violet Lilian Laurie, mother of the discoverer
9423 Abt 1996 AT7 Helmut Abt, American astronomer*
9425 Marconcini 1996 CM7 *
9426 Aliante 1996 CO7 *
9427 Righini 1996 CV7 Guglielmo Righini, Italian astronomer, Director of Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, or Alberto Righini, Italian astronomer at the University of Florence and Arcetri*
9428 Angelalouise 1996 DW2 Angela Louise Laurie, wife of the discoverer
9429 Poreč 1996 EW1 Poreč, Croatia
9430 Erichthonios 1996 HU10 Erichthonius of Athens, mythical Ancient Greek king*
9438 Satie 1997 EE16 Erik Satie, French composer †
9445 Charpentier 1997 JA8 perhaps Marc-Antoine Charpentier, although other notables carry that surname (Jean de Charpentier, Gustave Charpentier, François Charpentier, et al.)*
9446 Cicero 1997 JT11 Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman
9447 Julesbordet 1997 JJ18 Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist*
9448 Donaldavies 1997 LJ3 Donald Watts Davies, British physicist*
9449 Petrbondy 1997 VU2 *
9452 Rogerpeeters 1998 DY33 *
9453 Mallorca 1998 FO1 Majorca, Spanish island †
9460 McGlynn 1998 HS30 *
9468 Brewer 1998 LT2 *
9470 Jussieu 1998 OS10 Bernard de Jussieu, Joseph de Jussieu, Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, and Adrien-Laurent-Henri de Jussieu, French botanists
9471 Ostend 1998 OU13 Ostend, Belgium
9472 Bruges 1998 OD14 Bruges, Belgium
9473 Ghent 1998 OO14 Ghent, Belgium †
9478 Caldeyro 2148 P-L Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia (1921-1996), Uruguayan physiologist †
9479 Madresplazamayo 2175 P-L Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo
9480 Inti 2553 P-L *
9481 Menchú 2559 P-L Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Guatemalan 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner*
9482 Rubéndarío 4065 P-L Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet*
9483 Chagas 4121 P-L Carlos Chagas, Brazilian medical doctor, discoverer of Chagas disease*
9484 Wanambi 4590 P-L *
9485 Uluru 6108 P-L Uluru, rock formation in Australia*
9486 Utemorrah 6130 P-L Daisy Utemorrah, Australian author*
9487 Kupe 7633 P-L Kupe, the legendary discoverer of New Zealand
9488 Huia 9523 P-L Huia, extinct bird of New Zealand [2]
9489 Tanemahuta 1146 T-1 For Tāne of Maori mythology; also for the particular tree in New Zealand named Tāne Mahuta [3]
9490 Gosemeijer 1181 T-1 Hennie Gosemeijer, Dutch amateur astronomer †
9491 Thooft 1205 T-1 Gerardus 't Hooft, Dutch 1999 Nobel physics laureate † ‡ +
9492 Veltman 2066 T-1 Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch 1999 Nobel physics laureate † ‡
9493 Enescu 3100 T-1 George Enescu, Romanian musician †
9494 Donici 3212 T-1 Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer †
9495 Eminescu 4177 T-1 Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet †
9496 Ockels 4260 T-1 Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut † ‡
9497 Dwingeloo 1001 T-2 Dwingeloo Radio Observatory †
9498 Westerbork 1197 T-2 Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope †
9499 Excalibur 1269 T-2 Excalibur, legendary sword of King Arthur
9500 Camelot 1281 T-2 Camelot, legendary castle of King Arthur
Preceded by
8,501–9,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 9,001–9,500		 Succeeded by
9,501–10,000