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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.
Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
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92,501–92,600 | ||
92525 Delucchi | 2000 OV2 | Fausto Delucchi, Swiss amateur astronomer † |
92585 Fumagalli | 2000 PP8 | Francesco Fumagalli, Italian telescope maker and amateur astronomer † |
92,601–92,700 | ||
92685 Cordellorenz | 2000 QD71 | Francis Merritt Cordell and Philip Jack Lorenz, American astronomers after whom the Cordell-Lorenz Observatory is named † |
92,801–92,900 | ||
92891 Bless | 2000 QK236 | Robert C. Bless, American astronomer, and Ph.D. advisor to the discoverer † |
Preceded by 91,001–92,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 92,001–93,000 |
Succeeded by 93,001–94,000 |