Meanings of minor planet names: 100001–101000
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 100001–100100 | ||
| 100007 Peters | 1988 CP4 | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813-1890) was a German-American astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids visually. † |
| 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 † |
| 100133 Demosthenes | 1993 RG14 | Demosthenes (384–322 BC), a famous orator of ancient Athens was considered by Cicero as the greatest among all orators. † |
| 100201–100300 | ||
| 100229 Jeanbailly | 1994 PB18 | Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793), a French astronomer, mathematician and freemason. † |
| 100231 Monceau | 1994 PB20 | Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700–1782), a French physician, naval engineer and botanist. † |
| 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 † |
| 100417 Philipglass | 1996 EC | Philip Glass, U.S. composer † |
| 100434 Jinyilian | 1996 LJ | Jin Yilian, academician of the China Academy of Engineering † |
| 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) † |
| 100485 Russelldavies | 1996 VX | Dennis Russell Davies, principal conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz from 2002 and musical director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra from 2009 † |
| 100501–100600 | ||
| 100519 Bombig | 1997 BE2 | Anna Bombig, Italian teacher and poetess of the Italian region of Friuli † |
| 100553 Dariofo | 1997 GD | Dario Fo, Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature † |
| 100596 Perrett | 1997 PN2 | Kathryn M. Perrett, Canadian astrophysicist, friend and colleague of the discoverer † |
| 100601–100700 | ||
| 100604 Lundy | 1997 RY9 | Lundy, island in the Bristol Channel † |
| 100675 Chuyanakahara | 1997 XP2 | Chuya Nakahara, 20th-century Japanese poet † |
| 100801–100900 | ||
| 100897 Piatra Neamt | 1998 JW3 | Piatra Neamt, capital city of Neamt County in the region of Moldavia, eastern Romania † |
| 100901–101000 | ||
| 100924 Luctuymans | 1998 LT3 | Luc Tuymans, Belgian painter † |
| 100940 Maunder | 1998 MM47 | Edward Walter Maunder, a British astronomer † |
| Preceded by | Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 100,001–101,000 |
Succeeded by 101,001–102,000 |
