Meanings of minor planet names: 77001–78000

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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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.

77001–77100

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

77101–77200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
77136 Mendillo 2001 DP106 Michael Mendillo, American professor of astronomy and electrical engineering at Boston University JPL
77138 Puiching 2001 EN Pui Ching Middle School, Hong Kong JPL
77185 Cherryh 2001 FE9 C. J. Cherryh, American science fiction and fantasy writer JPL

77201–77300

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

77301–77400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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

77401–77500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
77441 Jouve 2001 HU Jacques Jouve, French astronomer(?), involved in the construction of the Paris Observatory's station near Saint-Véran JPL

77501–77600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
77560 Furusato 2001 KP1 Furusato is a well-known song in Japan. The word also means "country home". JPL

77601–77700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
77621 Koten 2001 KZ41 Pavel Koten (b. 1972), a staff astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. JPL
77696 Patriciann 2001 OT2 Patricia Ann (McLarty) Clingan, wife of the discoverer JPL

77701–77800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
77755 Delémont 2001 PW13 Delémont, Switzerland, where the Jurassien-Vicques Observatory is situated JPL

77801–77900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
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
77870 MOTESS 2001 SM Moving Object and Transient Event Search SystemJPL

77901–78000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
77971 Donnolo 2002 JA11 Shabbathai Donnolo (913-982), an Italian physician, medical author and astrologer/astronomer. JPL

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
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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