Meanings of minor planet names: 98001–99000

Meanings of minor planet names: 98001–99000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

Contents: 98,001… 98,101… 98,201… 98,301… 98,401… 98,501… 98,601… 98,701… 98,801… 98,901…

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
98,101–98,200
98127 Vilgusová 2000 SP24 Hedvika Vilgusová, 20th-century Czech book illustrator
98,401–98,500
98494 Marsupilami 2000 UN111 Marsupilami, comic-strip character created by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin
98,701–98,800
98722 Elenaumberto 2000 YJ8 Elena Persichilli and Umberto Masi, parents of the discoverer
98,801–98,900
98825 Maryellen 2000 YF139 Mary Ellen Craven, companion and partner of the discoverer
Preceded by
97,001–98,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 98,001–99,000
Succeeded by
99,001–100,000

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