Meanings of minor planet names: 86001–87000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
86001–86100
86043 Cévennes	1999 OE	Parc national des Cévennes (Cévennes National Park), southern France, on whose Lingas plateau near Mount Aigoual is located the Observatoire des Pises (the discovery site) †
86101–86200
86201–86300
86279 Brucegary	1999 UJ1	Bruce L. Gary, American astronomer †
86301–86400
86401–86500
86501–86600
86601–86700
86701–86800
86801–86900
86901–87000

Preceded by 85,001–86,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 86,001–87,000

Succeeded by 87,001–88,000