Meanings of minor planet names: 76001–77000

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.

76001–76100

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

76101–76200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

76201–76300

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76272 De Jong2000 EJ110Eric De Jong, American astronomerJPL · 76272

76301–76400

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76309 Ronferdie2000 EX137Ronald Ferdie (1939–2007) worked in the aerospace industry in the early days of the Apollo program at the Marshall Space Flight Center. He served in the executive of a number of amateur astronomy clubs across the U.S., inspiring and encouraging many beginners to the endeavor.JPL · 76309

76401–76500

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

76501–76600

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76601–76700

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76628 Kozí Hrádek2000 HCKozí Hrádek, a remnant of a 14th-century castle near Tábor, abandoned since the end of the 15th century.JPL · 76628

76701–76800

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76713 Wudia2000 JT8Milan Wudia (1963–2007) was an outstanding Czech engineer and a pioneer of automated telescopes. He worked at the Nicolas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno, and among his works was a computer control system of the Ondřejov 0.65-m telescope with which this minor planet was discovered.JPL · 76713

76801–76900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

76901–77000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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75,001–76,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 76,001–77,000		 Succeeded by
77,001–78,000
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