MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (91001-92000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
91214 Diclemente Aldo Di Clemente, Italian amateur astronomer, technician at the Campo Imperatore station of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (Astronomical Observatory of Rome)
91287 Simon-Garfunkel Simon and Garfunkel, American popular music duo of the 1960s
91428 Cortesi Sergio Cortesi, Italian astronomer, director of the Specola Solare Locarno-Monti (Locarno-Monti Solar Observatory) since 1957
91429 Michelebianda Michele Bianda, (Swiss or Italian?) scientific director of the Istituto Ricerche Solari (Solar Research Institute) in Locarno
91890 Kiriko Matsuri Kiriko Matsuri, "Kiriko festival"; kirikos are big Japanese lanterns, up to 15 m high and 2 tons in weight


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