MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (99001-100000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
99001-99100
99070 Strittmatter Peter Strittmatter, American astronomer, involved with the Large Binocular Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope projects
99101-99200
99193 Obsfabra Observatori Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
99201-99300
99201 Sattler Birgit I. Sattler, Austrian limnologist, zoologist, and Antarctic explorer
99262 Bleustein Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French publicist, founder of the Foundation of the Vocation in 1960; the discoverer was a laureate of this foundation
99503 Leewonchul Lee, Won Chul (David W. Lee), Korean astronomer, the first Korean to earn a Ph.D. degree, and the first director of the National Observatory in Seoul
99861 Tscharnuter Werner M. Tscharnuter, German astrophysicist
99901-100000
99905 Jeffgrossman Jeffrey N. Grossman, American meteoriticist
99906 Uofalberta The University of Alberta; the initials of its motto ''Quaecumque Vera'' ("Whatsoever things are true") appear in the provisional designation †
99928 Brainard Bradley J. Brainard, American surgeon
99942 Apophis Greek name for Apep, Ancient Egyptian god
99950 Euchenor Euchenor, Greek hero from Corinth, killed in the Trojan War by Paris


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