Meanings of minor planet names: 97001–98000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 97,001… 97,101… 97,201… 97,301… 97,401… 97,501… 97,601… 97,701… 97,801… 97,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
97,001–97,100
97069 Stek	1999 VB23	Stefano Klett, Swiss computer scientist, amateur astronomer, and promoter of the Ticino section of Dark Sky Switzerland †
97,101–97,200
97,201–97,300
97268 Serafinozani	1999 XD127	The Osservatorio astronomico Serafino Zani (Serafino Zani Astronomical Observatory), built by Serafino Zani and his family on San Bernardo hill in the commune of Lumezzane, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, and then given to the local amateur astronomers †
97,301–97,400
97,401–97,500
97,501–97,600
97582 Hijikawa	2000 EP15	Hijikawa river, Ehime prefecture, Japan †
97,601–97,700
97,701–97,800
97,801–97,900
97,901–98,000

Preceded by 96,001–97,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 97,001–98,000

Succeeded by 98,001–99,000