Meanings of asteroid names (9501-10000)

This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct.

1 9501–9600
2 9601–9700
3 9701–9800
4 9801–9900
5 9901–10000

9501–9600

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
9501 Ywain	2071 T-2	Owain mab Urien, king of Rheged and knight of the Round Table*
9502 Gaimar	2075 T-2	*
9503 Agrawain	2180 T-2	Agravaine, knight of the Round Table*
9504 Lionel	2224 T-2	Sir Lionel, knight of the Round Table*
9505 Lohengrin	4131 T-2	character from the opera Lohengrin*
9506 Telramund	5200 T-2	character from the opera Lohengrin*
9507 Gottfried	5447 T-2	character from the opera Lohengrin*
9508 Titurel	3395 T-3	legendary guardian of the Holy Grail*
9509 Amfortas	3453 T-3	character from the opera Parsifal*
9510 Gurnemanz	5022 T-3	character from the opera Parsifal*
9511 Klingsor	5051 T-3	character from the opera Parsifal*
9512 –	1966 CM	*
9513 –	1971 UN	*
9514 Deineka	1973 SG5	*
9515 –	1975 RA2	*
9516 Inasan	1976 YL3	*
9517 –	1977 VL1	*
9518 Robbynaish	1978 GA	Robby Naish*
9519 –	1978 VK3	*
9520 –	1978 VV6	*
9521 Martinhoffmann	1980 FS1	Martin Hoffman, astronomer
9522 –	1981 DS	*
9523 –	1981 EE1	*
9524 –	1981 EJ5	*
9525 –	1981 EF11	*
9526 –	1981 EC13	*
9527 –	1981 EH23	*
9528 –	1981 EH24	*
9529 –	1981 EF25	*
9530 –	1981 EO26	*
9531 Jean-Luc	1981 QK	*
9532 Abramenko	1981 RQ2	*
9533 Aleksejleonov	1981 SA7	*
9534 –	1981 TP	*
9535 Plitchenko	1981 UO11	*
9536 –	1981 UR27	*
9537 Nolan	1982 BM	*
9538 –	1982 UM2	*
9539 Prishvin	1982 UE7	*
9540 Mikhalkov	1982 UJ7	*
9541 Magri	1983 CH	*
9542 Eryan	1983 TU1	*
9543 Nitra	1983 XN1	*
9544 Scottbirney	1984 EL	Scott Birney*
9545 Petrovedomosti	1984 MQ	*
9546 –	1984 SD6	*
9547 –	1985 AE	*
9548 Fortran	1985 CN	Fortran, the programming language*
9549 Akplatonov	1985 SM2	*
9550 Victorblanco	1985 TY1	Victor Blanco*
9551 Kazi	1985 UJ	Kazi, legendary Bohemian princess
9552 –	1985 UY	*
9553 Colas	1985 UG2	*
9554 Dumont	1985 XA	*
9555 –	1986 GC	*
9556 –	1986 GF	*
9557 –	1986 QL2	*
9558 –	1986 QB3	*
9559 –	1987 DH6	*
9560 Anguita	1987 EQ	*
9561 van Eyck	1987 QT1	*
9562 Memling	1987 RG	*
9563 Kitty	1987 SJ1	*
9564 Jeffwynn	1987 SG3	*
9565 Tikhonov	1987 SU17	*
9566 Rykhlova	1987 SX17	*
9567 Surgut	1987 US4	*
9568 –	1988 AX4	*
9569 Quintenmatsijs	1988 CL2	*
9570 –	1988 RQ5	*
9571 –	1988 RR5	*
9572 –	1988 RS6	*
9573 Matsumotomas	1988 UC	*
9574 Taku	1988 XB5	*
9575 –	1989 BW1	*
9576 van der Weyden	1989 CX2	*
9577 Gropius	1989 CE5	*
9578 –	1989 GA3	*
9579 –	1989 GO4	*
9580 Tarumi	1989 TB11	*
9581 –	1990 DM3	*
9582 –	1990 EL7	*
9583 –	1990 HL1	*
9584 Louchheim	1990 OL4	*
9585 –	1990 QY2	*
9586 –	1990 SG11	*
9587 Bonpland	1990 UG4	*
9588 Quesnay	1990 WE2	*
9589 Deridder	1990 WU5	*
9590 –	1991 DK1	*
9591 –	1991 FH2	*
9592 Clairaut	1991 GK4	*
9593 –	1991 PZ17	*
9594 –	1991 RG	*
9595 –	1991 RE11	*
9596 –	1991 RC22	*
9597 –	1991 UF	*
9598 –	1991 UQ	*
9599 Onotomoko	1991 UP2	*
9600 –	1991 UB3	*

9601–9700

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
9601 –	1991 UE3	*
9602 Oya	1991 UU3	*
9603 –	1991 VG2	*
9604 –	1991 YW	*
9605 –	1992 AP3	*
9606 –	1992 BZ	*
9607 –	1992 DS6	*
9608 –	1992 PD2	*
9609 Ponomarevalya	1992 QL2	*
9610 Vischer	1992 RQ	*
9611 Anouck	1992 RF7	*
9612 Belgorod	1992 RT7	Belgorod, Russia*
9613 –	1993 BN3	*
9614 Cuvier	1993 BQ4	Georges Cuvier, French naturalist*
9615 Hemerijckx	1993 BX13	*
9616 –	1993 FR3	*
9617 Grahamchapman	1993 FA5	Graham Chapman, member of Monty Python
9618 Johncleese	1993 FQ8	John Cleese, member of Monty Python
9619 Terrygilliam	1993 FS9	Terry Gilliam, member of Monty Python
9620 Ericidle	1993 FU13	Eric Idle, member of Monty Python
9621 Michaelpalin	1993 FT26	Michael Palin, member of Monty Python
9622 Terryjones	1993 FV26	Terry Jones, member of Monty Python
9623 Karlsson	1993 FU28	Per Olow Karlsson, astronomer
9624 –	1993 FH38	*
9625 –	1993 HF	*
9626 Stanley	1993 JF1	*
9627 –	1993 LU1	*
9628 –	1993 OB2	*
9629 Servet	1993 PU7	*
9630 Castellion	1993 PW7	*
9631 Hubertreeves	1993 SL6	Hubert Reeves, astrophysicist
9632 Sudo	1993 TK3	*
9633 Cotur	1993 UP8	*
9634 –	1993 XB	*
9635 –	1993 XS	*
9636 –	1993 YO	*
9637 Perryrose	1994 PJ2	*
9638 Fuchs	1994 PO7	*
9639 Scherer	1994 PS11	*
9640 Lippens	1994 PP26	*
9641 Demazière	1994 PB30	*
9642 Takatahiro	1994 RU	*
9643 –	1994 RX	*
9644 –	1994 WQ3	*
9645 Grünewald	1995 AO4	*
9646 –	1995 BV	*
9647 –	1995 UM8	*
9648 –	1995 UB9	*
9649 –	1995 XG	*
9650 –	1995 YG	*
9651 Arii-SooHoo	1996 AJ	*
9652 –	1996 AF2	*
9653 –	1996 AL2	*
9654 –	1996 AQ2	*
9655 –	1996 CH1	*
9656 –	1996 DK1	*
9657 Učka	1996 DG2	*
9658 Imabari	1996 DD3	*
9659 –	1996 EJ	*
9660 –	1996 FW4	*
9661 –	1996 FU13	*
9662 Frankhubbard	1996 GS	Frank Hubbard*
9663 Zwin	1996 GC18	*
9664 Brueghel	1996 HT14	*
9665 Inastronoviny	1996 LA	Instantní Astronomické Noviny, Czech astronomical newspaper
9666 –	1997 GM22	*
9667 –	1997 HC16	*
9668 –	1997 LN	*
9669 Symmetria	1997 NC3	*
9670 Magni	1997 NJ10	*
9671 Hemera	1997 TU9	*
9672 Rosenbergerezek	1997 TA10	*
9673 Kunishimakoto	1997 UC25	*
9674 Slovenija	1998 QU15	Slovenia, former Yugoslav republic*
9675 –	1998 QK36	*
9676 Eijkman	2023 P-L	*
9677 Gowlandhopkins	2532 P-L	*
9678 van der Meer	2584 P-L	*
9679 Crutzen	2600 P-L	*
9680 Molina	3557 P-L	*
9681 Sherwoodrowland	4069 P-L	*
9682 Gravesande	4073 P-L	*
9683 Rambaldo	4099 P-L	*
9684 Olieslagers	4113 P-L	*
9685 Korteweg	4247 P-L	*
9686 Keesom	4604 P-L	*
9687 Uhlenbeck	4614 P-L	*
9688 Goudsmit	4665 P-L	*
9689 Freudenthal	4831 P-L	*
9690 Houtgast	6039 P-L	*
9691 Zwaan	6053 P-L	*
9692 Kuperus	6354 P-L	*
9693 Bleeker	6547 P-L	*
9694 Lycomedes	6581 P-L	*
9695 Johnheise	6583 P-L	John Heise*
9696 Jaffe	6628 P-L	*
9697 Louwman	1295 T-1	*
9698 Idzerda	2205 T-1	*
9699 Baumhauer	3036 T-1	*
9700 Paech	3058 T-1	*

9701–9800

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
9701 Mak	1157 T-2	*
9702 Tomvandijk	2108 T-2	*
9703 Sussenbach	3146 T-2	*
9704 Georgebeekman	5469 T-2	George Beekman*
9705 Drummen	3137 T-3	*
9706 Bouma	3176 T-3	*
9707 Petruskoning	3226 T-3	*
9708 Gouka	4140 T-3	*
9709 Chrisnell	5192 T-3	*
9710 –	1964 VN1	*
9711 eletava	1972 PA	*
9712 Nauplius	1973 SO1	*
9713 Oceax	1973 SP1	*
9714 –	1975 LF1	*
9715 –	1975 SB1	*
9716 Severina	1975 UE	*
9717 Lyudvasilia	1976 SR5	*
9718 –	1976 YR1	*
9719 Yakage	1977 DF2	*
9720 Ulfbirgitta	1980 FH1	Ulf Heyman and Birgitta Heyman, friends of the discoverer
9721 Doty	1980 GB	*
9722 –	1981 EZ	*
9723 –	1981 EP13	*
9724 –	1981 EW17	*
9725 –	1981 EE19	*
9726 –	1981 EY19	*
9727 –	1981 EW24	*
9728 –	1981 EX38	*
9729 –	1981 RQ	*
9730 –	1982 FA	*
9731 –	1982 JD1	*
9732 Juchnovski	1984 SJ7	*
9733 –	1985 SC3	*
9734 –	1986 CB2	*
9735 –	1986 JD	*
9736 –	1986 QP2	*
9737 Dudarova	1986 SC2	*
9738 –	1987 DF6	*
9739 Powell	1987 SH7	*
9740 –	1987 ST11	*
9741 Solokhin	1987 UU4	*
9742 Worpswede	1987 WT1	*
9743 –	1988 GD	*
9744 Nielsen	1988 JW	*
9745 Shinkenwada	1988 VY	Shinken Wada, NHK announcer
9746 Kazukoichikawa	1988 VS1	*
9747 –	1989 AT	-
9748 van Ostaijen	1989 CS2	*
9749 Van den Eijnde	1989 GC1	*
9750 –	1989 NE1	-
9751 Kadota	1990 QM	Kinichi Kadota, amateur astronomer
9752 –	1990 QZ1	-
9753 –	1990 QL3	-
9754 –	1990 QJ4	-
9755 –	1990 RR2	-
9756 Ezaki	1991 CC3	Yusuke Ezaki, amateur astronomer
9757 Felixdejager	1991 GA6	Felix de Jager*
9758 Dainty	1991 GZ9	*
9759 –	1991 NE7	*
9760 –	1991 PJ13	*
9761 Krautter	1991 RR4	*
9762 Hermannhesse	1991 RA5	Hermann Hesse, German writer
9763 –	1991 RU17	*
9764 Morgenstern	1991 UE5	*
9765 –	1991 XZ	*
9766 Bradbury	1992 DZ2	Ray Bradbury, science fiction author*
9767 Midsomer Norton	1992 EB1	Midsomer Norton, British town
9768 Stephenmaran	1992 GB1	Stephen Maran*
9769 Nautilus	1993 DG2	Nautilus, submarine in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*
9770 Discovery	1993 EE	Discovery*
9771 –	1993 FU17	*
9772 –	1993 MB	*
9773 –	1993 MG1	*
9774 Annjudge	1993 NO	Ann Judge*
9775 Joeferguson	1993 OH12	Joe Ferguson*
9776 –	1993 VL3	*
9777 Enterprise	1994 OB	The Starship Enterprise, of Star Trek fame*
9778 Isabelallende	1994 PA19	Isabel Allende, Chilean writer*
9779 –	1994 RA11	*
9780 Bandersnatch	1994 SB	The Bandersnatch, from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky
9781 Jubjubbird	1994 UB1	The Jubjub Bird, from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky
9782 Edo	1994 WM	*
9783 Tensho-kan	1994 YD1	*
9784 Yotsubashi	1994 YJ1	*
9785 Senjikan	1994 YX1	*
9786 Gakutensoku	1995 BB	*
9787 –	1995 BA3	*
9788 –	1995 EQ1	*
9789 –	1995 GO7	*
9790 –	1995 OK8	*
9791 –	1995 YD1	*
9792 –	1996 BX1	*
9793 Torvalds	1996 BW4	*
9794 –	1996 FO5	*
9795 Deprez	1996 GJ19	*
9796 –	1996 HW	*
9797 Raes	1996 HR21	*
9798 –	1996 JK	*
9799 –	1996 RJ	*
9800 –	1997 ES2	*

9801–9900

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
9801 –	1997 FX3	*
9802 –	1997 GQ6	*
9803 –	1997 GL8	*
9804 –	1997 NU	*
9805 –	1997 NZ	*
9806 –	1997 NR6	*
9807 –	1997 SJ4	*
9808 –	1998 QS70	*
9809 Jimdarwin	1998 RZ5	Jim Darwin?*
9810 –	1998 RJ65	*
9811 Cavadore	1998 ST	*
9812 Danco	1998 SJ144	*
9813 Rozgaj	1998 TP5	*
9814 Ivobenko	1998 UU18	*
9815 Mariakirch	2079 P-L	Maria Kirch?*
9816 von Matt	2643 P-L	*
9817 Thersander	6540 P-L	Thersander, an Epigonoi and son of Polynices, who was killed by Telephus before the Trojan war began*
9818 Eurymachos	6591 P-L	Eurymachos, one of the suitors of Penelope in the Odyssey*
9819 Sangerhausen	2172 T-1	*
9820 Hempel	3064 T-1	Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher of science*
9821 Gitakresáková	4033 T-1	*
9822 Hajduková	4114 T-1	*
9823 Annantalová	4271 T-1	*
9824 Marylea	3033 T-2	*
9825 Oetken	1214 T-3	*
9826 Ehrenfreund	2114 T-3	*
9827 –	1958 TL1	*
9828 Antimachos	1973 SS	Antimachos (numerous meanings)*
9829 Murillo	1973 SJ1	*
9830 –	1978 VE11	*
9831 Simongreen	1979 QZ	Simon Green, astronomer
9832 –	1981 EH3	*
9833 Rilke	1982 DW3	Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet*
9834 Kirsanov	1982 TS1	*
9835 –	1984 UD	*
9836 Aarseth	1985 TU	*
9837 –	1986 AA2	*
9838 Falz-Fein	1987 RN6	*
9839 Crabbegat	1988 CT2	*
9840 –	1988 RQ2	*
9841 –	1988 UT	*
9842 Funakoshi	1989 AS1	*
9843 –	1989 AL3	*
9844 Otani	1989 WF1	*
9845 Okamuraosamu	1990 FM1	Osamu Okamura?*
9846 –	1990 OS1	*
9847 –	1990 QJ5	*
9848 Yugra	1990 QX17	*
9849 –	1990 RF2	*
9850 –	1990 TM5	*
9851 Sakamoto	1990 UG3	*
9852 –	1990 YX	*
9853 –	1991 AN2	*
9854 Karlheinz	1991 AC3	Karl Heinz?*
9855 –	1991 CU	*
9856 –	1991 EE	*
9857 –	1991 EN	*
9858 –	1991 OL1	*
9859 Van Lierde	1991 PE5	*
9860 Archaeopteryx	1991 PW9	Archaeopteryx, prehistoric bird*
9861 Jahreiss	1991 RB3	Hartmut Jahreiss, German astronomer*
9862 –	1991 RA6	*
9863 Reichardt	1991 RJ7	*
9864 –	1991 RT17	*
9865 Akiraohta	1991 TP1	*
9866 Kanaimitsuo	1991 TV4	*
9867 –	1991 VM	*
9868 –	1991 VP1	*
9869 Yadoumaru	1992 CD1	*
9870 Maehata	1992 DA	*
9871 Jeon	1992 DG1	*
9872 Solf	1992 DJ4	*
9873 –	1992 GH	*
9874 –	1993 FG23	*
9875 –	1993 FH25	*
9876 –	1993 FY37	*
9877 –	1993 ST3	*
9878 Sostero	1994 FQ	Giovanni Sostero, Italian amateur astronomer and aerospace engineer
9879 Mammuthus	1994 PZ29	Mammoth, prehistoric mammal*
9880 Stegosaurus	1994 PQ31	Stegosaurus, dinosaur*
9881 –	1994 SE	*
9882 Stallman	1994 SS9	Richard Stallman, hacker*
9883 –	1994 TU1	*
9884 Příbram	1994 TN3	Příbram, Czech town, site of a meteorite fall
9885 Linux	1994 TM14	The Linux operating system*
9886 Aoyagi	1994 VM7	*
9887 –	1995 AH	*
9888 –	1995 CD	*
9889 –	1995 FG1	*
9890 –	1995 SY2	*
9891 –	1995 XN1	*
9892 –	1995 YN3	*
9893 –	1996 AA1	*
9894 –	1996 BS1	*
9895 –	1996 BR3	*
9896 –	1996 BL17	*
9897 Malerba	1996 CX7	*
9898 –	1996 DF	*
9899 –	1996 EH	*
9900 Llull	1997 LL6	*

9901–10000

Name	Provisional Designation	Named after
9901 –	1997 NV	*
9902 Kirkpatrick	1997 NY	*
9903 Leonhardt	1997 NA1	*
9904 Mauratombelli	1997 OC1	*
9905 Tiziano	4611 P-L	*
9906 Tintoretto	6523 P-L	Tintoretto, Venetian painter*
9907 Oileus	6541 P-L	*
9908 Aue	2140 T-1	*
9909 Eschenbach	4355 T-1	*
9910 Vogelweide	3181 T-2	*
9911 Quantz	4129 T-2	*
9912 Donizetti	2078 T-3	*
9913 Humperdinck	4071 T-3	Engelbert Humperdinck, composer*
9914 Obukhova	1976 UJ4	*
9915 Potanin	1977 RD2	*
9916 Kibirev	1978 TR2	*
9917 –	1979 MK	*
9918 –	1979 MK3	*
9919 Undset	1979 QF1	*
9920 –	1981 EZ10	*
9921 –	1981 EO18	*
9922 Catcheller	1981 EO21	*
9923 –	1981 EB24	*
9924 –	1981 EM24	*
9925 –	1981 EU24	*
9926 –	1981 EU41	*
9927 Tyutchev	1981 TW1	*
9928 –	1981 WE9	*
9929 McConnell	1982 DP1	*
9930 Billburrows	1984 CP	Bill Burrows*
9931 Herbhauptman	1985 HH	Herbert A. Hauptmann, chemist
9932 Kopylov	1985 QP5	*
9933 Alekseev	1985 SM3	*
9934 Caccioppoli	1985 UC	*
9935 –	1986 CP1	*
9936 –	1986 PN4	*
9937 Triceratops	1988 DJ2	Triceratops, dinosaur
9938 Kretlow	1988 KA	*
9939 –	1988 VK	*
9940 –	1988 VM3	*
9941 Iguanodon	1989 CB3	Iguanodon, dinosaur
9942 –	1989 TM1	*
9943 –	1989 UG3	*
9944 –	1990 DA3	*
9945 –	1990 KX	*
9946 –	1990 ON2	*
9947 –	1990 QB	*
9948 –	1990 QB2	*
9949 Brontosaurus	1990 SK6	Former name of Apatosaurus, dinosaur
9950 –	1990 VB	*
9951 Tyrannosaurus	1990 VK5	Tyrannosaurus rex, dinosaur
9952 –	1991 AK	*
9953 –	1991 EB	*
9954 Brachiosaurus	1991 GX7	Brachiosaurus, dinosaur
9955 –	1991 PU11	*
9956 Castellaz	1991 TX4	*
9957 Raffaellosanti	1991 TO13	Raffaelo Santi*
9958 –	1991 VL1	*
9959 –	1991 VF2	*
9960 Sekine	1991 VE4	*
9961 –	1991 XK	*
9962 Pfau	1991 YL1	*
9963 Sandage	1992 AN	*
9964 –	1992 CF1	*
9965 GNU	1992 EF2	GNU, free software project*
9966 –	1992 ES13	*
9967 Awanoyumi	1992 FV1	*
9968 –	1992 JS2	*
9969 Braille	1992 KD	Louis Braille, inventor of Braille*
9970 –	1992 ST1	*
9971 Ishihara	1993 HS	*
9972 Minoruoda	1993 KQ	*
9973 Szpilman	1993 NB2	*
9974 Brody	1993 OG13	*
9975 Takimotokoso	1993 RZ1	*
9976 –	1993 TQ	*
9977 –	1994 AH	*
9978 –	1994 AJ1	*
9979 –	1994 VT	*
9980 –	1995 BQ3	*
9981 –	1995 BS3	*
9982 –	1995 CH	*
9983 Rickfienberg	1995 DA	*
9984 Gregbryant	1996 HT	Greg Bryant*
9985 Akiko	1996 JF	*
9986 –	1996 NX	*
9987 Peano	1997 OO1	Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician*
9988 Erictemplebell	1997 RX6	*
9989 –	1997 SG16	*
9990 –	1997 SO17	*
9991 Aneka	1997 TY7	Aneka Moravcová, the discoverer's grandmother
9992 –	1997 TG19	*
9993 Kumamoto	1997 VX5	*
9994 Grotius	4028 P-L	*
9995 Alouette	4805 P-L	Alouette 1, science satellite
9996 ANS	9070 P-L	The Astronomische Nederlandse Satelliet, science satellite
9997 COBE	1217 T-1	The Cosmic Background Explorer, science satellite
9998 ISO	1293 T-1	Infrared Space Observatory*
9999 Wiles	4196 T-2	Andrew Wiles, mathematician
10000 Myriostos	1951 SY	Greek word for myriad (ten thousand)

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