Meanings of minor planet names: 90001–91000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 90,001… 90,101… 90,201… 90,301… 90,401… 90,501… 90,601… 90,701… 90,801… 90,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
90,001–90,100
90138 Diehl	2002 YD	Jacqueline (Jackie) Diehl, American first chair of the White Sands Star Party, member of the Alamogordo Astronomy Club, manager of Space Camp at the New Mexico Museum of Space History, and education and public outreach coordinator at the National Solar Observatory †
90140 Gómezdonet	2002 YK2	Josep Julia Gómez Donet, Spanish friend of the discoverer and a pioneer of CCD astrometry of asteroids and comets † ‡
90,101–90,200
90,201–90,300
90279 Devětsil	2003 DL10	Devětsil, Czech avant-garde group of artists active from 1920 to 1930 †
90288 Dalleave	2003 ET17	Sergio Dalle Ave, Italian technician and night assistant at the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago (Asiago Astrophysical Observatory) †
90,301–90,400
90328 Haryou	2003 FQ85	HARYOU (Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited) †
90377 Sedna	2003 VB12	Sedna, Inuit goddess of the sea †
90,401–90,500
90414 Karpov	2003 YP110	Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess grandmaster and World Champion for 16 years †
90450 Cyriltyson	2004 BR117	Cyril deGrasse Tyson, American director of HARYOU (see 90328 Haryou, above) †
90463 Johnrichard	2004 CS39	John B. and Richard R. Dixon, American amateur astronomers, in recognition of their help in transporting observatory domes from Michigan to New Mexico and then in the construction of the Jornada Observatory †
90481 Wollstonecraft	2004 DA	Mary Wollstonecraft, British writer, philosopher, and early feminist †
90482 Orcus	2004 DW	Orcus, Roman god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths †
90,501–90,600
90502 Buratti	2004 EM7	Bonnie J. Buratti, American senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) †
90525 Karijanberg	2004 FB2	Karen, wife of the discoverer, and her parents, Richard and Janet Halberg †
90528 Raywhite	2004 FE19	Raymond E. White, Jr., American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, and teacher †
90533 Laurentblind	2004 FB29	Laurent Blind, French computer programmer, paraglider, equestrian, and the discoverer's boyfriend †
90564 Markjarnyk	2004 GJ2	Mark Andrew Jarnyk, Australian software engineer at the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics †
90,601–90,700
90,701–90,800
90703 Indulgentia	1988 RO3	Indulgentia, Latin for "indulgence, goodness, kindness, love, tenderness, fondness", and also "the gratification of another's desires, inclinations or humors" †
90709 Wettin	1990 TX3	Wettin Castle, a castle near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, ancestral seat of the Wettiner dynasty †
90712 Wittelsbach	1990 TE13	Burg Wittelsbach, a castle ruin near Aichach in Bavaria, Germany, ancestral seat of the Wittelsbacher dynasty †
90713 Chajnantor	1990 VE3	Chajnantor (5000 m), a plateau in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, where the Atacama Large Millimeter Array will be constructed †
90,801–90,900
90817 Doylehall	1995 RO	Doyle Hall, American astronomer and member of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) team †
90818 Daverichards	1995 RR	Dave Richards, AMOS commander during the last years of the twentieth century †
90820 McCann	1995 SS1	Jeff McCann, American AMOS commander †
90,901–91,000

Preceded by 89,001–90,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 90,001–91,000

Succeeded by 91,001–92,000