# Meanings of minor-planet names: 95001–96000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## Index100K200K300K400K500K600K

* 90,000s
* 91,000s
* 92,000s
* 93,000s
* 94,000s
* 95,000s
* 96,000s
* 97,000s
* 98,000s
* 99,000s
* 100,000s
* 95,001…
* 95,101…
* 95,201…
* 95,301…
* 95,401…
* 95,501…
* 95,601…
* 95,701…
* 95,801…
* 95,901…

## 95001–95100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95008 Ivanobertini | 2002 AH$_1$ | Ivano Bertini (born 1968), Italian astronomer and active member of the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey, is collaborating in the planning of observations using the OSIRIS two-camera system on board the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. His main research field is the study of the dust environment in comets. | JPL · 95008 |
| 95016 Kimjeongho | 2002 AA$_9$ | Gim Jeong-ho (1804–1866), Korean geographer and cartographer in the early 19th century whose works represented a culmination in Korea's map-making history. The publication of three maps and three topographies is his greatest achievements. | JPL · 95016 |
| 95020 Nencini | 2002 AV$_{12}$ | Erica Nencini (born 1974) earned her economics degree at the University of Pisa and is presently the CFO of SpaceDyS, a company in the aerospace sector. | JPL · 95020 |
| 95024 Ericaellingson | 2002 AH$_{18}$ | Erica Ellingson (born 1962), astronomer at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is an observational cosmologist, studying the origin, content and evolution of the Universe. Her speciality is clusters of galaxies, held together by the gravity of invisible dark matter. | JPL · 95024 |
| 95072 ČVUT | 2002 AW$_{66}$ | The Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT, České vysoké učení technické) is one of the biggest and oldest technical universities in Europe. It was established at the initiative of Josef Christian Willenberg in 1707. Currently it has eight faculties, about 18 000 students, and its own nuclear reactor. | IAU · 95072 |

## 95101–95200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95179 Berkó | 2002 BO | Ernő Berkó (born 1955), a Hungarian amateur astronomer interested in deep-sky objects and double stars. He is an independent discoverer of the supernova 1999by, and as of Oct. 2006 the Washington Double Star Catalog contains over 160 double stars discovered by him. | JPL · 95179 |

## 95201–95300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95219 Borgman | 2002 CT$_{14}$ | Dennis Borgman (born 1952), an American machinist, carpenter, electrician, plumber, programmer, and amateur astronomer, actively involved with the George Observatory and the Fort Bend Astronomy Club. | JPL · 95219 |
| 95247 Schalansky | 2002 CH$_{52}$ | Judith Schalansky (born 1980) is a German writer. She has degrees in both History of Art and Communication Design. Her book Atlas of Remote Islands was the winner of The German Arts Foundation Prize for the Most Beautiful Book of The Year., German writer | JPL · 95247 |

## 95301–95400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 95401–95500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95449 Frederickgregory | 2002 CJ$_{261}$ | Frederick D. Gregory (born 1941) is a retired American astronaut who was the pilot on one space shuttle mission and commander on two other missions. In 1989, he was the first African American to command a space flight. He also served as Deputy Administrator at NASA. | JPL · 95449 |
| 95474 Andreajbarbieri | 2002 EE$_4$ | Andrea J. Barbieri (born 1969), was born in the United States and educated as a telecom engineer in Italy. He worked at JPL on the UHF systems of the Mars Odyssey and Mars Explorations Rovers, and is now involved with navigation and telecommunication satellites in England. He is the recipient of NASA and ESA group awards. | JPL · 95474 |

## 95501–95600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95593 Azusienis | 2002 FU$_{10}$ | Algimantas Azusienis (1930–2021), a Lithuanian astronomer and teacher for 50 years at the Vilnius Pedagogical University, has investigated the variable stars and the photometric systems. With V. Straizys he improved the determination of the response curves and parameters of the UBV system. | JPL · 95593 |

## 95601–95700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 95701–95800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95760 Protezionecivile | 2003 EF$_{41}$ | The people of the Protezione Civile, the Italian Civil Protection Department, who played an essential role in the 2020 Corona pandemic in Italy. Established in 1992, the department's responsibilities include the prevention and management of emergency events such as natural disasters. | IAU · 95760 |
| 95771 Lachat | 2003 EZ$_{49}$ | Damien Lachat (born 1977) is an electronics engineer who works at the Swiss Federal Office of Metrology and an amateur astronomer in Jura. He is one of the founders of the Observatoire Astronomique Jurassien, near Vicques. | JPL · 95771 |
| 95782 Hansgraf | 2003 FS$_3$ | Hans Graf (born 1949), an Austrian conductor who has directed the Houston Symphony since 2001 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the institution. He is known for his wide-ranging repertoire and creative programming. | JPL · 95782 |
| 95783 Marceloemilio | 2003 FJ$_6$ | Marcelo Emilio (b. 1971), a Brazilian astronomer. | IAU · 95783 |
| 95785 Csányivilmos | 2003 FV$_6$ | Vilmos Csányi (born 1935) is a Hungarian biologist, biochemist, ethologist and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His main field of research is human and animal behavior, and the questions of biological and cultural evolution. He is a very active science communicator, and the author of numerous literary novels. | JPL · 95785 |
| 95793 Brock | 2003 FR$_{20}$ | Brad Brock (born 1955) is a manager with IBM Information Technology and Services. He has also been very active in local Boy Scouts of America activities in the Tucson, Arizona, area | JPL · 95793 |

## 95801–95900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95802 Francismuir | 2003 FM$_{42}$ | Francis Muir (born 1926), British-American mentor and advisor of the discoverer, Joseph A. Dellinger. He has demonstrated a deft touch over seemingly endless years of applying a variety of modern mathematical notions to the simple and practical solution of problems in the earth sciences. | JPL · 95802 |
| 95824 Elger | 2003 FP$_{85}$ | Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (1836–1897) was a British selenographer who was the first Director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association. His book The Moon (1895) is considered a classic lunar observing guide for the amateur astronomers of that time. | JPL · 95824 |
| 95851 Stromvil | 2003 FD$_{123}$ | The Stromvil photometric system, established in 1996 by V. Straizys, D. L. Crawford and A. G. Davis Philip as a combination of the Strömgren and Vilnius photometric systems, permits the classification of stars of all types on the basis of photometric measurements alone. | JPL · 95851 |
| 95852 Leatherbarrow | 2003 FT$_{127}$ | Bill Leatherbarrow (born 1947) is professor emeritus at the University of Sheffield. He was awarded an honorary doctorate for services to amateur astronomy. He served as British Astronomical Association President from 2011 to 2013, and has been BAA Lunar Section Director since 2009. | JPL · 95852 |
| 95853 Jamescarpenter | 2003 FU$_{127}$ | James Carpenter (1840–1899), was a British astronomer known for his work on stellar spectra and planets. He co-authored "The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite" with James Nasmyth. | JPL · 95853 |
| 95882 Longshaw | 2003 HW | Nigel Longshaw (born 1963) is a committee member of the British Astronomical Association Lunar Section and contributes to the Section Circulars. His papers have appeared in the BAA Journal and observations published in Observing the Moon by North, Observing the Moon by Wlasuk and Moon Observers Guide by Grego. | JPL · 95882 |
| 95895 Sebastiano | 2003 HF$_{12}$ | Sebastiano Foglia (born 2010) is the son of Italian amateur astronomer Sergio Foglia, who co-discovered this minor planet. | IAU · 95895 |

## 95901–96000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 95928 Tonycook | 2003 JO$_{13}$ | Tony Cook (born 1962) is the British Astronomical Association and Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Coordinator for Transient Lunar Phenomena. He also worked on the Mariner 10 imagery and the Clementine digital topographic map that was used during the planning of the impact of ESA's SMART-1. | JPL · 95928 |
| 95935 Grego | 2003 KU$_8$ | Peter Grego (born 1966) is a British amateur astronomer and author of many books on observational astronomy. He currently serves as assistant director of the British Astronomical Association's Lunar Section. | JPL · 95935 |
| 95939 Thagnesland | 2003 KL$_{20}$ | Thaddeus Vreeland (1866–1927) and Agnes Vreeland (1877–1961), maternal grandparents of the American discoverer James W. Young | JPL · 95939 |
| 95951 Ernestopalomba | 2003 QG$_6$ | Ernesto Palomba (born 1967), an Italian planetary scientist at INAF-IAPS and discoverer of minor planets | JPL · 95951 |
| 95954 Bayzoltán | 2003 QQ$_{29}$ | Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900–1992) was a Hungarian physicist, university professor and engineer who developed microwave technology, including tungsten lamps. He was the president of the department of nuclear physics in the National Bureau of Standards and also an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | JPL · 95954 |
| 95955 Claragianni | 2003 QX$_{32}$ | Clara Cagnacci (born 1933) and Giannantonio Palomba (1932–2015), the parents of the Italian discoverer Ernesto Palomba | JPL · 95955 |
| 95959 Covadonga | 2003 SU$_{224}$ | Covadonga Camblor, wife of the Spanish astronomer Juan Lacruz who discovered this minor planet | JPL · 95959 |
| 95962 Copito | 2003 WZ$_{87}$ | Snowflake (1962–2003) represented the first known case of albinism in gorillas. In a 1967 article about the gorilla, Riopelle and Zahl gave it the name "Snowflake". The name stuck and was translated into Spanish as above and into Catalan as "Floquet de Neu". | JPL · 95962 |
| 95980 Haroldhill | 2004 LE$_{30}$ | Harold Hill (1920–2005) was a well known selenographer with the British Astronomical Association's Lunar Section and is considered to have been the last of the great visual lunar cartographers. He received the BAA Merlin Medal in 1969 and is best remembered for his seminal 1991 work, Portfolio of Lunar Drawings. | JPL · 95980 |
| 95982 Beish | 2004 MH$_6$ | Jeff Beish (born 1940) has been an avid amateur astronomer since the 1970s, serving in the Mars Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) from 1981 to 2005. He maintains the WIMP planetary ephemerides software and an excellent Mars website. In 1989 he received the ALPO Walter Haas observing award. | JPL · 95982 |