Meanings of minor planet names: 99001–100000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 99,001… 99,101… 99,201… 99,301… 99,401… 99,501… 99,601… 99,701… 99,801… 99,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
99,001–99,100
99070 Strittmatter	2001 FA10	Peter Strittmatter, American astronomer, involved with the Large Binocular Telescope and Giant Magellan Telescope projects †
99,101–99,200
99193 Obsfabra	2001 GN4	Observatori Fabra, Barcelona, Spain †
99,201–99,300
99201 Sattler	2001 HY16	Birgit I. Sattler, Austrian limnologist, zoologist, and Antarctic explorer †
99262 Bleustein	2001 OQ12	Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French publicist, founder of the Foundation of the Vocation in 1960; the discoverer was a laureate of this foundation †
99,301–99,400
99,401–99,500
99,501–99,600
99503 Leewonchul	2002 DB1	Lee, Won Chul (David W. Lee), Korean astronomer, the first Korean to earn a Ph.D. degree, and the first director of the National Observatory in Seoul †
99,601–99,700
99,701–99,800
99,801–99,900
99861 Tscharnuter	2002 OV24	Werner M. Tscharnuter, German astrophysicist †
99891 Donwells	2002 PG165	Don J. Wells, American production manager of a Houston-area television station and asteroid discoverer (working from George Observatory, Needville, TX, and the RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory, Mayhill, NM) †
99,901–100,000
99905 Jeffgrossman	2002 QX50	Jeffrey N. Grossman, American meteoriticist †
99906 Uofalberta	2002 QV53	The University of Alberta; the initials of its motto Quaecumque Vera ("Whatsoever things are true") appear in the provisional designation † ‡
99928 Brainard	2000 EQ147	Bradley J. Brainard, American surgeon †
99942 Apophis	2004 MN4	Greek name for Apep, Ancient Egyptian god †
99950 Euchenor	1973 SC1	Euchenor, Greek hero from Corinth, killed in the Trojan War by Paris †
100000 Astronautica	1982 SH1	On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age (beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1), and because space arbitrarily begins at an altitude of 100 000 m (100 km) above Earth's surface † ‡

Preceded by 98,001–99,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 99,001–100,000

Succeeded by 100,001–110,000