Meanings of minor planet names: 76001–77000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

76001–76100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

76101–76200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

76201–76300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
76272 De Jong 2000 EJ110 Eric De Jong, American astronomer JPL

76301–76400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
76309 Ronferdie 2000 EX137 76309 Ronferdie Discovered 2000 Mar. 10 by R. Hill at the Catalina Sky Survey. Ronald 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

76401–76500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

76501–76600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

76601–76700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
76628 Kozí Hrádek 2000 HC Kozí Hrádek, a remnant of a 14th-century castle near Tábor, abandoned since the end of the 15th century. JPL

76701–76800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
76713 Wudia 2000 JT8 76713 Wudia Discovered 2000 May 6 at Ondřejov. Milan 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

76801–76900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

76901–77000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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.
Preceded by
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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