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EspañolMEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (9501-10000)
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 9501-9600 | ||
| 9501 Ywain | 2071 T-2 | Owain mab Urien/Sir Ywain, legendary king of Rheged and knight of the Round Table ★ |
| 9502 Gaimar | 2075 T-2 | perhaps Geoffrey Gaimar, 12th century Anglo-Norman chronicler ★ |
| 9503 Agrawain | 2180 T-2 | Agravaine, legendary knight of the Round Table ★ |
| 9504 Lionel | 2224 T-2 | Sir Lionel, legendary knight of the Round Table ★ |
| 9505 Lohengrin | 4131 T-2 | Lohengrin, character from Arthurian legend and star of the eponymous opera |
| 9506 Telramund | 5200 T-2 | Brabantine Count Friedrich (Frederick) von Telramund, character from the opera ''Lohengrin'' |
| 9507 Gottfried | 5447 T-2 | Herzog (Duke) Gottfried, character from the opera ''Lohengrin'' |
| 9508 Titurel | 3395 T-3 | A Fisher King, legendary guardian of the Holy Grail |
| 9509 Amfortas | 3453 T-3 | A Fisher King, legendary guardian of the Holy Grail |
| 9510 Gurnemanz | 5022 T-3 | Gurnemanz, character from Arthurian legend |
| 9511 Klingsor | 5051 T-3 | Klingsor, character from Arthurian legend and the opera ''Parsifal'' |
| 9512 Feijunlong | 1966 CM | Fei Junlong, Chinese taikonaut |
| 9514 Deineka | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka, Russian Impressionist painter ★ | |
| 9516 Inasan | INASAN, the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow ('IN'stitut 'AS'tronomii (Rossiiskoi) 'A'kademii 'N'auk) | |
| 9517 Niehaisheng | Nie Haisheng, Chinese taikonaut | |
| 9518 Robbynaish | 1978 GA | Robby Naish, American windsurfer ★ |
| 9521 Martinhoffmann | Martin Hoffman, German astronomer † | |
| 9531 Jean-Luc | 1981 QK | Jean-Luc Nieto, French astronomer? ★ |
| 9532 Abramenko | Aleksandr Nikolaevich Abramenko, chief engineer at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory | |
| 9533 Aleksejleonov | Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut | |
| 9535 Plitchenko | Aleksandr Ivanovich Plitchenko, Russian poet and writer ★ | |
| 9537 Nolan | 1982 BM | ★ |
| 9539 Prishvin | Mikhail Mikhajlovich Prishvin, Russian writer | |
| 9540 Mikhalkov | Sergej Vladimirovich Mikhalkov, Russian writer and poet | |
| 9541 Magri | 1983 CH | Chris Magri, American astronomer ★ |
| 9542 Eryan | ★ | |
| 9543 Nitra | Nitra, one of the oldest towns in Slovakia [1] | |
| 9544 Scottbirney | 1984 EL | Scott Birney (Dion Scott Birney), American astronomer ★ |
| 9545 Petrovedomosti | 1984 MQ | Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti, second-oldest Russian newspaper ★ |
| 9548 Fortran | 1985 CN | Fortran, programming language ★ |
| 9549 Akplatonov | Aleksandr Konstantinovich Platonov, Russian mathematician, specialising in the applications of mathematics in celestial mechanics, solar system astronomy, spaceflight, medical and industrial robotics, and economics ★ | |
| 9550 Victorblanco | Victor Manuel Blanco, Chilean astronomer ★ | |
| 9551 Kazi | 1985 UJ | Kazi, legendary Bohemian princess, daughter of Prince Krok and the wife of Bivoj † |
| 9553 Colas | François Colas, French astronomer ★ | |
| 9554 Dumont | 1985 XA | ★ |
| 9560 Anguita | 1987 EQ | Claudio Anguita (Claudio Anguita Cáceres), Chilean astronomer or Francisco Anguita (Francisco Anguita Virella), Spanish planetary geologist ★ |
| 9561 van Eyck | Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter ★ | |
| 9562 Memling | 1987 RG | Hans Memling, Flemish painter † ★ |
| 9563 Kitty | ★ | |
| 9564 Jeffwynn | ★ | |
| 9565 Tikhonov | ★ | |
| 9566 Rykhlova | Lidiya Vasil'evna Rykhlova, Russian astronomer ★ | |
| 9567 Surgut | ★ | |
| 9569 Quintenmatsijs | Quentin Matsys, Flemish painter | |
| 9573 Matsumotomas | 1988 UC | ★ |
| 9574 Taku | ★ | |
| 9576 van der Weyden | Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter ★ | |
| 9577 Gropius | Walter Gropius, German architect ★ | |
| 9580 Tarumi | ★ | |
| 9584 Louchheim | ★ | |
| 9587 Bonpland | Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist ★ | |
| 9588 Quesnay | François Quesnay, French surgeon, physician and economist ★ | |
| 9589 Deridder | Ghislain Deridder, Belgian astronomer ★ | |
| 9592 Clairaut | Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician ★ | |
| 9599 Onotomoko | ★ | |
| 9601-9700 | ||
| 9602 Oya | ★ | |
| 9604 Bellevanzuylen | 1991 YW | Belle van Zuylen, pseudonym for Isabella Agneta Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, 18th-century Dutch writer from the Enlightenment |
| 9609 Ponomarevalya | Valery Ponomarev, Russian-born jazz musician? ★ | |
| 9610 Vischer | 1992 RQ | Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German philosopher ★ |
| 9611 Anouck | Anouck Vrouwe, Dutch science journalist † | |
| 9612 Belgorod | Belgorod, Russia ★ | |
| 9614 Cuvier | Georges Cuvier, French naturalist ★ | |
| 9615 Hemerijckx | Frans Hemerijckx, Belgian physician, known for his work amongst lepers in the Belgian Congo and in India ★ | |
| 9617 Grahamchapman | Graham Chapman, British member of Monty Python † | |
| 9618 Johncleese | John Cleese, British actor and member of Monty Python † | |
| 9619 Terrygilliam | Terry Gilliam, British film maker and member of Monty Python † | |
| 9620 Ericidle | Eric Idle, British member of Monty Python † | |
| 9621 Michaelpalin | Michael Palin, British member of Monty Python † | |
| 9622 Terryjones | Terry Jones, British member of Monty Python † | |
| 9623 Karlsson | Per Olow Karlsson, Swedish technician at Uppsala Observatory and Kvistabergs Observatorium † | |
| 9626 Stanley | ★ | |
| 9629 Servet | Miguel Servet, Spanish theologian and physician ★ | |
| 9630 Castellion | Sebastian Castellion, French theologian ★ | |
| 9631 Hubertreeves | Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist and author † | |
| 9632 Sudo | ★ | |
| 9633 Cotur | Peter Cotur, Belgian scientific journalist | |
| 9637 Perryrose | ★ | |
| 9638 Fuchs | Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist and physician | |
| 9639 Scherer | Marc Scherer, Belgian scientist | |
| 9640 Lippens | Carlos Lippens, Belgian scientist | |
| 9641 Demazière | Martine De Mazière, Belgian scientist | |
| 9642 Takatahiro | 1994 RU | ★ |
| 9645 Grünewald | Matthias Grünewald (real name Mathis Gothart Niethart), German Renaissance painter ★ | |
| 9648 Gotouhideo | Gotou Hideo, Japanese amateur astronomer | |
| 9651 Arii-SooHoo | 1996 AJ | ★ |
| 9657 Učka | ★ | |
| 9658 Imabari | Imabari, Japanese city | |
| 9661 Hohmann | Walter Hohmann, German civil engineer † | |
| 9662 Frankhubbard | 1996 GS | ★ |
| 9663 Zwin | Zwin, natural reserve on the Belgian-Dutch coast † | |
| 9664 Brueghel | Pieter Brueghel, Flemish painter | |
| 9665 Inastronoviny | 1996 LA | ''Instantní Astronomické Noviny'' (IAN), Czech astronomical newspaper delivered in electronic format † |
| 9667 Amastrinc | Amateur Astronomers, Inc., now at Union College, Cranford, New Jersey, where it built the William Miller Sperry Observatory | |
| 9668 Tianyahaijiao | 1997 LN | ★ |
| 9669 Symmetria | ★ | |
| 9670 Magni | ★ | |
| 9671 Hemera | ★ | |
| 9672 Rosenbergerezek | Kamila Rosenberger and Tomaš Rezek, friends of the discoverer (Tomaš worked for two years at Ondřejov Observatory); the asteroid was named on the occasion of Tomáš and Kamila's marriage on 19 June 1999 † | |
| 9673 Kunishimakoto | ★ | |
| 9674 Slovenija | Slovenia, former Yugoslav republic ★ | |
| 9676 Eijkman | 2023 P-L | Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1929 (with Hopkins) † |
| 9677 Gowlandhopkins | 2532 P-L | Frederick Gowland Hopkins, British biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1929 (with Eijkman) † |
| 9678 van der Meer | 2584 P-L | Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1994 † |
| 9679 Crutzen | 2600 P-L | Paul Crutzen, Dutch chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1995 † |
| 9680 Molina | 3557 P-L | Mario J. Molina, Mexican physical chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1995 ★ |
| 9681 Sherwoodrowland | 4069 P-L | F. Sherwood Rowland, American chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1995 ★ |
| 9682 Gravesande | 4073 P-L | Willem Jacob 's Gravesande, Dutch scientist and lawyer † |
| 9683 Rambaldo | 4099 P-L | Alfred Emile Rambaldo, Dutch East Indies aviation pioneer and involved in atmospheric research † |
| 9684 Olieslagers | 4113 P-L | Jan Olieslagers, Belgian air ace of World War I ★ |
| 9685 Korteweg | 4247 P-L | Diederik Korteweg, Dutch mathematician † |
| 9686 Keesom | 4604 P-L | Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist † |
| 9687 Uhlenbeck | 4614 P-L | George Eugene Uhlenbeck, Dutch-born American physicist † |
| 9688 Goudsmit | 4665 P-L | Samuel Abraham Goudsmit, Dutch-born American physicist, member of the ALSOS Commission † |
| 9689 Freudenthal | 4831 P-L | Hans Freudenthal, Dutch mathematician † |
| 9690 Houtgast | 6039 P-L | Jacob Houtgast, Dutch astronomer † |
| 9691 Zwaan | 6053 P-L | Cornelis Zwaan, Dutch astronomer † |
| 9692 Kuperus | 6354 P-L | Max Kuperus, Dutch astronomer † |
| 9693 Bleeker | 6547 P-L | Johan Bleeker (J. A. M. Bleeker), Dutch astronomer, Director of the Netherlands Foundation for Space Research † |
| 9694 Lycomedes | 6581 P-L | Lycomedes of the Trojan War ★ |
| 9695 Johnheise | 6583 P-L | John Heise, Dutch astronomer † |
| 9696 Jaffe | 6628 P-L | ★ |
| 9697 Louwman | 1295 T-1 | Peter Louwman, Dutch amateur astronomer † |
| 9698 Idzerda | 2205 T-1 | Hanso Schotanus à Steringa Idzerda, Dutch radio pioneer † |
| 9699 Baumhauer | 3036 T-1 | Albert G von Baumhauer, Dutch aviation pioneer † |
| 9700 Paech | 3058 T-1 | Wolfgang Paech, German electronic engineer and amateur astronomer † ‡ |
| 9701-9800 | ||
| 9701 Mak | 1157 T-2 | Arie Mak, Dutch amateur astronomer, member of the (Koninklijke) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde ((Royal) Dutch Meteorological and Astronomical Society) † |
| 9702 Tomvandijk | 2108 T-2 | Thom van Dijk, Dutch amateur astronomer, member of the (Koninklijke) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde ((Royal) Dutch Meteorological and Astronomical Society) and former president of the Working Group on Metweors of that society † |
| 9703 Sussenbach | 3146 T-2 | John Sussenbach, Dutch amateur astronomer, member of the Working Group on Astrophotography of the (Koninklijke) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde ((Royal) Dutch Meteorological and Astronomical Society) † |
| 9704 Georgebeekman | 5469 T-2 | George Beekman, Dutch science writer and editor of the astronomy magazine ''Zenit'' † |
| 9705 Drummen | 3137 T-3 | Mat Drummen, Dutch Director of the 'De Koepel' Foundation (Stichting 'De Koepel') which supports amateur astronomy in the Netherlands † |
| 9706 Bouma | 3176 T-3 | Reinder J. Bouma, Dutch amateur astronomer, member of the Working Group on Meteors of the (Koninklijke) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde ((Royal) Dutch Meteorological and Astronomical Society) † ‡ |
| 9707 Petruskoning | 3226 T-3 | Piet Koning, Dutch educational staffmember of the Volkssterrenwacht Bussloo (Public Observatory of Bussloo), in the Netherlands † |
| 9708 Gouka | 4140 T-3 | Adriaan Gouka, Dutch co-founder of the (Koninklijke) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde ((Royal) Dutch Meteorological and Astronomical Society) † |
| 9709 Chrisnell | 5192 T-3 | Christiaan Nell, Dutch co-founder of the (Koninklijke) Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde ((Royal) Dutch Meteorological and Astronomical Society) † |
| 9711 Želetava | 1972 PA | Želetava, Moravia, the Czech Republic ★ |
| 9712 Nauplius | Either the Nauplius who was the son of Poseidon and Amymone, or the Nauplius who was King of Euboea and father of Palamedes ★ | |
| 9713 Oceax | ★ | |
| 9716 Severina | 1975 UE | ★ |
| 9717 Lyudvasilia | ★ | |
| 9718 Gerbefremov | Gerbert Alexandrovich Efremov, Russian designer of space technology, creator of the Proton rocket and Almaz space station, member of the Tsiolkovsky Russian Academy of Cosmonautics, and decorated with the Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the International Association of Peace Foundations | |
| 9719 Yakage | ★ | |
| 9720 Ulfbirgitta | Ulf and Birgitta Heyman, friends of the discoverer † | |
| 9721 Doty | 1980 GB | ★ |
| 9732 Juchnovski | ★ | |
| 9733 Valtikhonov | Valentin Fedorovich Tikhonov, Russian astrophysicist and member of the Russian Mission Control Center | |
| 9737 Dudarova | ★ | |
| 9739 Powell | ★ | |
| 9741 Solokhin | ★ | |
| 9742 Worpswede | ★ | |
| 9744 Nielsen | 1988 JW | ★ |
| 9745 Shinkenwada | 1988 VY | Shinken Wada, Japanese NHK announcer |
| 9746 Kazukoichikawa | Kazuko Ichikawa, Japanese teddy-bear artist | |
| 9748 van Ostaijen | Paul van Ostaijen, Belgian poet | |
| 9749 Van den Eijnde | Peter Van den Eijnde, Belgian amateur astronomer ★ | |
| 9751 Kadota | 1990 QM | Kinichi Kadota, Japanese amateur astronomer ★ |
| 9756 Ezaki | Yusuke Ezaki, Japanese amateur astronomer ★ | |
| 9757 Felixdejager | Felix de Jager, Dutch clavichordist? ★ | |
| 9758 Dainty | John Christopher Dainty, British optical physicist | |
| 9761 Krautter | Joachim Krautter, German astronomer ★ | |
| 9762 Hermannhesse | Hermann Hesse, German writer | |
| 9764 Morgenstern | Christian Morgenstern, German poet, writer and translator | |
| 9766 Bradbury | Ray Bradbury, American science fiction author ★ | |
| 9767 Midsomer Norton | Midsomer Norton, English town | |
| 9768 Stephenmaran | Stephen Paul Maran, American astronomer, latterly of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center † | |
| 9769 Nautilus | Nautilus, submarine in Jules Verne's ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' ★ | |
| 9770 Discovery | 1993 EE | Space shuttle ''Discovery''? ★ |
| 9774 Annjudge | 1993 NO | ★ |
| 9775 Joeferguson | ★ | |
| 9777 Enterprise | 1994 OB | The Starship ''Enterprise'', of ''Star Trek'' fame, or the Space Shuttle of the same name ★ |
| 9778 Isabelallende | Isabel Allende, Chilean writer ★ | |
| 9780 Bandersnatch | 1994 SB | Bandersnatch, from Lewis Carroll's ''Jabberwocky'' |
| 9781 Jubjubbird | Jubjub Bird, from Lewis Carroll's ''Jabberwocky'' | |
| 9782 Edo | 1994 WM | ★ |
| 9783 Tensho-kan | ★ | |
| 9784 Yotsubashi | ★ | |
| 9785 Senjikan | ★ | |
| 9786 Gakutensoku | 1995 BB | ★ |
| 9793 Torvalds | Linus Benedict Torvalds, Finnish developer of Linux ★ | |
| 9795 Deprez | ★ | |
| 9797 Raes | The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) ★ | |
| 9801-9900 | ||
| 9809 Jimdarwin | ★ | |
| 9811 Cavadore | 1998 ST | Cyril Cavadore, French electronic engineer † |
| 9812 Danco | ★ | |
| 9813 Rozgaj | ★ | |
| 9814 Ivobenko | Baron Ivo Benko, Croat astronomer ★ | |
| 9815 Mariakirch | 2079 P-L | Maria Margarethe Kirch 17th/18th century German astronomer? ★ |
| 9816 von Matt | 2643 P-L | Baroness Elisabeth von Matt (Elisabeth Freiin von Matt), Austrian astronomer ★ |
| 9817 Thersander | 6540 P-L | Thersander, an Epigoni and son of Polynices, who was killed by Telephus before the Trojan war began ★ |
| 9818 Eurymachos | 6591 P-L | Eurymachos, one of the suitors of Penelope in the Odyssey ★ |
| 9819 Sangerhausen | 2172 T-1 | ★ |
| 9820 Hempel | 3064 T-1 | Rolf Hempel, German mathematician and amateur astronomer |
| 9821 Gitakresáková | 4033 T-1 | Margita Kresáková (née Margita Vozárová), Slovak astronomer, wife of astronomer Ľubor Kresák; Comet Vozárová is also named after her † |
| 9822 Hajduková | 4114 T-1 | Mária Hajduková, Slovak astronomer † |
| 9823 Annantalová | 4271 T-1 | Anna Antalová, Slovak astronomer † |
| 9824 Marylea | 3033 T-2 | ★ |
| 9825 Oetken | 1214 T-3 | Lore Oetken, German astronomer ★ |
| 9826 Ehrenfreund | 2114 T-3 | Pascale Ehrenfreund, Dutch astrobiologist † |
| 9828 Antimachos | 1973 SS | Antimachos (numerous meanings) ★ |
| 9829 Murillo | ★ | |
| 9831 Simongreen | 1979 QZ | Simon F. Green, British astronomer † |
| 9833 Rilke | Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet | |
| 9834 Kirsanov | Semen Isaakovich Kirsanov, Russian poet | |
| 9836 Aarseth | 1985 TU | Sverre Aarseth (Årseth), Norwegian astronomer ★ |
| 9838 Falz-Fein | Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein, member of an old German-Russian noble family, with a residence in Liechtenstein (the villa Askania Nova), supporter of Liechtenstein's participation in the Olympic movement, sponsor of the search for the Amber Room, and philanthropist who actively seeks the repatriation of Russian art treasures ★ | |
| 9839 Crabbegat | ★ | |
| 9842 Funakoshi | ★ | |
| 9844 Otani | ★ | |
| 9845 Okamuraosamu | ★ | |
| 9848 Yugra | ★ | |
| 9851 Sakamoto | ★ | |
| 9854 Karlheinz | Karlheinz Müller, German amateur astronomer † ‡ | |
| 9859 Van Lierde | ★ | |
| 9860 Archaeopteryx | ''Archaeopteryx'', dinosaur/bird genus ★ | |
| 9861 Jahreiss | Hartmut Jahreiss, German astronomer ★ | |
| 9863 Reichardt | Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer | |
| 9865 Akiraohta | ★ | |
| 9866 Kanaimitsuo | ★ | |
| 9869 Yadoumaru | ★ | |
| 9870 Maehata | 1992 DA | ★ |
| 9871 Jeon | ★ | |
| 9872 Solf | Wilhelm Solf, German politician, Colonial Secretary and later Imperial Foreign Minister ★ | |
| 9878 Sostero | 1994 FQ | Giovanni Sostero, Italian aerospace engineer and amateur astronomer† |
| 9879 Mammuthus | Mammoth, prehistoric mammal genus | |
| 9880 Stegosaurus | ''Stegosaurus'', dinosaur genus | |
| 9882 Stallman | Richard Matthew Stallman, American hacker, founder of the free software movement ★ | |
| 9884 Příbram | Příbram, Czech town, site of a meteorite fall † | |
| 9885 Linux | Linux, operating system ★ | |
| 9886 Aoyagi | ★ | |
| 9891 Stephensmith | Stephen Smith, American publisher of ''The Shallow Sky Bulletin'' from 1986 to 2000; the SSB contained cometary ephemerides | |
| 9897 Malerba | ★ | |
| 9900 Llull | Ramon Llull, Catalan philosopher? ★ | |
| 9901-10000 | ||
| 9902 Kirkpatrick | 1997 NY | ★ |
| 9903 Leonhardt | Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch clavecinist, organist and musicologist † | |
| 9904 Mauratombelli | Maura Tombelli, Italian astronomer † | |
| 9905 Tiziano | 4611 P-L | Titian, Italian (Venetian) painter ★ |
| 9906 Tintoretto | 6523 P-L | Tintoretto, Italian (Venetian) painter ★ |
| 9907 Oileus | 6541 P-L | ★ |
| 9908 Aue | 2140 T-1 | Hartmann von Aue, German poet ★ |
| 9909 Eschenbach | 4355 T-1 | Wolfram von Eschenbach, German poet ★ |
| 9910 Vogelweide | 3181 T-2 | Walther von der Vogelweide, German lyric poet ★ |
| 9911 Quantz | 4129 T-2 | Johann Joachim Quantz, German flautist and composer ★ |
| 9912 Donizetti | 2078 T-3 | Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer ★ |
| 9913 Humperdinck | 4071 T-3 | Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer ★ |
| 9914 Obukhova | ★ | |
| 9915 Potanin | ★ | |
| 9916 Kibirev | ★ | |
| 9919 Undset | Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature ★ | |
| 9922 Catcheller | ★ | |
| 9927 Tyutchev | Fedor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet | |
| 9929 McConnell | ★ | |
| 9930 Billburrows | 1984 CP | ★ |
| 9931 Herbhauptman | 1985 HH | Herbert A. Hauptman, mathematical chemist and Nobelist † |
| 9932 Kopylov | Ivan Mikheevich Kopylov, Russian astronomer † | |
| 9933 Alekseev | ★ | |
| 9934 Caccioppoli | 1985 UC | Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician ★ |
| 9937 Triceratops | ''Triceratops'', dinosaur genus | |
| 9938 Kretlow | 1988 KA | Michael Kretlow, German amateur astronomer ★ |
| 9941 Iguanodon | ''Iguanodon'', dinosaur genus | |
| 9949 Brontosaurus | Former name of ''Apatosaurus'', dinosaur genus | |
| 9950 ESA | 1990 VB | European Space Agency |
| 9951 Tyrannosaurus | ''Tyrannosaurus'', dinosaur genus | |
| 9954 Brachiosaurus | ''Brachiosaurus'', dinosaur genus | |
| 9956 Castellaz | ★ | |
| 9957 Raffaellosanti | Raphael, Italian (Urbinati) Renaissance artist | |
| 9960 Sekine | Toshimori Sekine, Japanese mineralogist ★ | |
| 9962 Pfau | Werner Pfau, German astronomer ★ | |
| 9963 Sandage | 1992 AN | Allan Sandage, American astronomer ★ |
| 9964 Hideyonoguchi | Hideyo Noguchi, Japanese bacteriologist | |
| 9965 GNU | GNU, free software project ★ | |
| 9967 Awanoyumi | ★ | |
| 9969 Braille | 1992 KD | Louis Braille, French cellist and organist, inventor of braille ★ |
| 9971 Ishihara | 1993 HS | ★ |
| 9972 Minoruoda | 1993 KQ | ★ |
| 9973 Szpilman | Wladyslaw Szpilman, Polish musician ★ | |
| 9974 Brody | Adrien Brody, American actor who played Szpilman in the film ''The Pianist'' ★ | |
| 9975 Takimotokoso | ★ | |
| 9983 Rickfienberg | 1995 DA | Rick Fienberg, American editor-in-chief of ''Sky and Telescope'' ★ |
| 9984 Gregbryant | 1996 HT | Greg Bryant, Australian amateur astronomer † |
| 9985 Akiko | 1996 JF | Akiko Yamamoto, Japanese amateur astronomer |
| 9986 Hirokun | 1996 NX | Hirokun, nickname for Hiroshi Fukazawa, fiancé of Mizuho Urata, daughter of the second discoverer |
| 9987 Peano | Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician | |
| 9988 Erictemplebell | Eric Temple Bell, Scottish-American mathematician and author | |
| 9991 Anežka | Anežka Moravcová, the discoverer's grandmother † | |
| 9993 Kumamoto | ★ | |
| 9994 Grotius | 4028 P-L | Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist and statesman † |
| 9995 Alouette | 4805 P-L | Alouette 1, Canadian science satellite † |
| 9996 ANS | 9070 P-L | Astronomische Nederlandse Satelliet, Dutch science satellite † |
| 9997 COBE | 1217 T-1 | Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), science satellite |
| 9998 ISO | 1293 T-1 | Infrared Space Observatory ★ |
| 9999 Wiles | 4196 T-2 | Andrew Wiles, British mathematician |
| 10000 Myriostos | 1951 SY | Greek word for ten-thousandth |
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