Meanings of minor planet names: 77001–78000
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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with †
or *
are from legacy sources may contain errors.
77001–77100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
77101–77200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77136 Mendillo | 2001 DP106 | Michael Mendillo, American professor of astronomy and electrical engineering at Boston University | JPL · 77136 |
77138 Puiching | 2001 EN | Pui Ching Middle School, Hong Kong | JPL · 77138 |
77185 Cherryh | 2001 FE9 | C. J. Cherryh, American science fiction and fantasy writer | JPL · 77185 |
77201–77300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
77301–77400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77318 Danieltsui | 2001 FL86 | Daniel Chee Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and Nobelist, a graduate of Pui Ching Middle School in Hong Kong (see 77138) | JPL · 77318 |
77401–77500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77441 Jouve | 2001 HU | Jacques Jouve (born 1929), involved in the construction of the Observatory of Saint-Veran, a station of the Paris Observatory that studies the solar corona, in the French Alps | JPL · 77441 |
77501–77600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77560 Furusato | 2001 KP1 | Furusato is a well-known song in Japan. The word also means "country home". | JPL · 77560 |
77601–77700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77621 Koten | 2001 KZ41 | Pavel Koten (born 1972), a staff astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. | JPL · 77621 |
77696 Patriciann | 2001 OT2 | Patricia Ann (McLarty) Clingan, wife of the discoverer | JPL · 77696 |
77701–77800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77755 Delémont | 2001 PW13 | Delémont, Switzerland, where the Jurassien-Vicques Observatory is situated | JPL · 77755 |
77801–77900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77856 Noblitt | 2001 RN63 | Niles Noblitt, American member of the board of trustees of the Rose-Hulman Institute and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Oakley Observatory (where this minor planet was discovered) | JPL · 77856 |
77870 MOTESS | 2001 SM | Moving Object and Transient Event Search System (MOTESS), using three 0.35-m f/5 reflecting telescopes, operating in Tucson, Arizona, that has observed and discovered small Solar System objects | JPL · 77870 |
77901–78000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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77971 Donnolo | 2002 JA11 | Shabbathai Donnolo (913–982), an Italian physician, medical author and astrologer/astronomer. | JPL · 77971 |
References
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by 76,001–77,000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 77,001–78,000 |
Succeeded by 78,001–79,000 |
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