Meanings of asteroid names (85001-86000)

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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. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

: 85001... 85101... 85201... 85301... 85401... 85501... 85601... 85701... 85801... 85901...
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
85001-85100
85030 Admetos 2804 P-L Pherae, saved by Apollo from his fated death when his wife Alcestis offers to die in his place, father of Eumelos, the best charioteer in the Greek army during the Trojan war
85101-85200
85121 Loehde †] [‡]
85168 Albertacentenary Alberta (in 2005) [†]
85179 Meistereckhart Master (Meister) Eckhart, German theologian and mystic
85195 von Helfta
85197 Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba
85199 Habsburg Habsburg dynasty
85200 Johnhault †]
85201-85300
85215 Hohenzollern Burg Hohenzollern, originally Zollern, castle on the mountain cone of the same name in the Swabian Alps, Germany, ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern dynasty
85217 Bilzingsleben Bilzingsleben, Thuringia, Germany, one of Europe's most important early palaeolithic sites
85299 Neander Joachim Neander, German headmaster of a Latin school, who wrote the words to the ecumenical hymn Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; the Neander Valley (Neanderthal), near Düsseldorf, is also named after him
85301-85400
85317 Lehár Franz Lehár, Austrian composer
85320 Bertram
85389 Rosenauer †]
85401-85500
85471 Maryam MArtin R., RYan D., and AMber D. Pepper, children of one of the discoverers
85501-85600
85559 Villecroze
85585 Mjolnir Mjolnir, Thor's hammer
85601-85700
85701-85800
85801-85900
85901-86000

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
85001-85100
85030 Admetos	2804 P-L	Pherae, saved by Apollo from his fated death when his wife Alcestis offers to die in his place, father of Eumelos, the best charioteer in the Greek army during the Trojan war
85101-85200
85121 Loehde		†] [‡]
85168 Albertacentenary		Alberta (in 2005) [†]
85179 Meistereckhart		Master (Meister) Eckhart, German theologian and mystic
85195 von Helfta
85197 Ginkgo		Ginkgo biloba
85199 Habsburg		Habsburg dynasty
85200 Johnhault		†]
85201-85300
85215 Hohenzollern		Burg Hohenzollern, originally Zollern, castle on the mountain cone of the same name in the Swabian Alps, Germany, ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern dynasty
85217 Bilzingsleben		Bilzingsleben, Thuringia, Germany, one of Europe's most important early palaeolithic sites
85299 Neander		Joachim Neander, German headmaster of a Latin school, who wrote the words to the ecumenical hymn Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; the Neander Valley (Neanderthal), near Düsseldorf, is also named after him
85301-85400
85317 Lehár		Franz Lehár, Austrian composer
85320 Bertram
85389 Rosenauer		†]
85401-85500
85471 Maryam		MArtin R., RYan D., and AMber D. Pepper, children of one of the discoverers
85501-85600
85559 Villecroze
85585 Mjolnir		Mjolnir, Thor's hammer
85601-85700
85701-85800
85801-85900
85901-86000

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