Meanings of minor planet names: 69001–70000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
69001–69100
69101–69200
69159 Ivanking	2003 JE₁₆	Ivan R. King, prominent astronomer working mainly on the studies of globular clusters †
69201–69300
69228 Kamerunberg	5173 T-3	Mount Cameroon (called Kamerunberg in German), the 4040-m active volcano, situated in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea. †
69230 Hermes	1937 UB	Hermes, Greek messenger of the gods †
69231 Alettajacobs	1972 FE	Aletta Jacobs, the first Dutch woman to graduate from a university and the first Dutch female physician †
69245 Persiceto	1981 EO	San Giovanni, in Persiceto, is a small town near Bologna †
69259 Savostyanov	1982 ST₇	Savostyanov Fedor Vasil’evich (1924–2012), a famous Russian painter. †
69260 Tonyjudt	1982 TJ	Tony Judt, historian †
69263 Big Ben	1987 BB₂	Big Ben, at Westminster, is the name of the great bell and clock tower of the world's largest four-faced chiming clock †
69264 Nebra	1988 PE₄	Nebra † or the Nebra skydisk ‡
69275 Wiesenthal	1989 WD₄	Simon Wiesenthal, Austro-Hungarian Nazi war criminal hunter †
69286 von Liebig	1990 TN₉	Justus von Liebig, German chemist †
69287 Günthereichhorn	1990 TW₁₀	Günther Eichhorn (b. 1945), a German-American astronomer. †
69288 Berlioz	1990 TW₁₁	Louis Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer †
69301–69400
69311 Russ	1992 QC	Russell Mark Steel, the discoverer's only brother †
69312 Rogerbacon	1992 SH₁₇	Roger Bacon, English philosopher †
69401–69500
69421 Keizosaji	1995 YT₂	Keizo Saji, well-known businessmen in Japan and the honorary chief of the Saji Astro Park †
69434 de Gerlache	1996 HC₂₁	Adrien de Gerlache, 19th-20th-century Belgian naval officer and Antarctic explorer †
69496 Zaoryuzan	1997 AE₂₂	Zao Ryuzan, a 1362-m mountain located to the southeast of Yamagata city, Yamagata prefecture. †
69501–69600
69594 Ulferika	1998 FF₁₁	Ulf Lehmann (born 1939) and Erika (born 1940) are the parents of the discoverer †
69601–69700
69701–69800
69754 Mosesmendel	1998 MM₃₉	Moses Mendelssohn, German-Jewish philosopher †
69801–69900
69869 Haining	1998 SX₆₂	Haining, at the southern tip of the Yangtze River in northern Zhejiang province †
69870 Fizeau	1998 SM₆₄	Hyppolite Fizeau, 19th-century French physicist †
69901–70000
69961 Millosevich	1998 VS₃₃	Elia Millosevich, Italian astronomer †
69971 Tanzi	1998 WD₂	Pepe Tanzi, Italian lighting industrial designer †
69977 Saurodonati	1998 WL₉	Sauro Donati, Italian amateur astronomer †

Preceded by 68,001–69,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 69,001–70,000	Succeeded by 70,001–71,000

Meanings of minor planet names

1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000

5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000

10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000

20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000

30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000

40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000

50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000

60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000

70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000

80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000

90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000

100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000

200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000

300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000

401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

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