Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 93001–94000

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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]


93001–93100

|-id=061 | 93061 Barbagallo || 2000 SX20 || Mariano Barbagallo (1933–2005), a former colleague and friend of co-discoverer Ermes Colombini, was a retiree of a bank and an exemplary Italian father, patient and generous with his four sons. || JPL · 93061 |}

93101–93200

|-id=102 | 93102 Leroy || 2000 ST43 || Valère Leroy (born 1961), a French physical sciences teacher and amateur astronomer has also been an active member of the Rouen Observatory for more than 20 years. He has been very devoted to bringing young people to astronomy and communicates his passion to them. || JPL · 93102 |-id=164 | 93164 Gordontelepun || 2000 SR89 || Gordon Telepun (born 1957), an American amateur astronomer and observer of solar eclipses who lives in Decatur, Alabama. He is a cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon and graduated from Boston University School of Medicine. || IAU · 93164 |}

93201–93300

|-id=256 | 93256 Stach || 2000 SD163 || Daniel Stach (cs) (born 1988) is a Czech journalist covering science. In the last five years he has moderated a TV show where he interviewed 15 Nobel Prize laureates and many other leading world scientists. He has been awarded the Vojtěch Náprstek Medal for achievements in popularizing science from the Czech Academy of Sciences. || JPL · 93256 |}

93301–93400

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

93401–93500

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

93501–93600

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

93601–93700

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

93701–93800

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

93801–93900

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

93901–94000

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

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