Meanings of asteroid names (27001-28000)

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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.

Contents: 27001... 27101... 27201... 27301... 27401... 27501... 27601... 27701... 27801... 27901...

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
27001-27100
27003 Katoizumi 1998 DB13 Izumi Kato, Japanese singer
27049 Kraus 1998 SB3 Adam Levi Kraus, American astronomer
27056 Ginoloria 1998 SB28 Gino Loria, Italian mathematician and historian of mathematics
27079 Vsetín 1998 TO6 Vsetín, Wallachia region of eastern Moravia, the Czech Republic, site of a public observatory founded there in 1950 +
27087 Tillmannmohr 1998 UA15 Tillmann Mohr, director of EUMETSAT
27088 Valmez 1998 UC15 Valašské Meziříčí, a town in the Wallachia region of eastern Moravia, the Czech Republic
27094 Salgari 1998 UC23 Emilio Salgari, 19th-century Italian author, the "King of Adventure"
27095 Girardiwanda 1998 UE23 Wanda Girardi Castellani (a.k.a. Girardi Wanda), Italian poet and journalist
27101-27200
27114 Lukasiewicz 1998 WG2 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and logician, inventor of "reverse Polish notation"
27130 Dipaola 1998 XA3 Andrea Di Paola, Italian astronomer
27132 Ježek 1998 XJ9 Jaroslav Ježek, Czech composer
27150 Annasante 1998 YQ3 Anna Mazzi and Sante Colombini, parents of Ermes Colombini, one of the discoverers
27201-27300
27267 Wiberg 1999 YH7 Kenneth B. Wiberg, American spectroscopist and chemist, and the Ph.D. advisor of the discoverer
27270 Guidotti 2000 AY4 Guido Guidotti, Italian amateur astronomer
27301-27400
27341 Fabiomuzzi 2000 CK97 Fabio Muzzi, Italian amateur astronomer
27344 Vesevlada 2000 DM2 Vladimír Veselý, Czech researcher in apiculture
27396 Shuji 2000 EE101 Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American electronics engineer, inventor of the blue LED and the violet-blue laser
27401-27500
27500 Mandelbrot 2000 GW132 Benoît B. Mandelbrot, French-American mathematician
27501-27600
27502 Stephbecca 2000 GR137 Stephanie E. and Rebecca N. Wasserman, daughters of the discoverer
27514 Markov 2000 HM3 Andrei Andreevich Markov, Russian mathematician
27525 Vartovka 2000 HZ34 Vartovka, a hill near Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, on top of which a 16th-century watch tower was rebuilt as a public observatory in 1961
27601-27700
27701-27800
27706 Strogen 1985 TM3 James A. Strogen, American telescope operator (at the Mount Wilson Observatory), leader of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, and who assisted in organizing the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive
27710 Henseling 1988 RY1 Robert Henseling, German teacher and author of popular works on astronomy, editor of the annual Sternbüchlein, founder of the Stuttgart Volkssternwarte and of the journal Die Sterne
27711 Kirschvink 1988 VT4 Joseph Lynn Kirschvink, American earth scientist
27712 Coudray 1988 VR7 Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray, 19th-century German court architect
27719 Fast 1989 SR3 Wilhelm Fast, Russian mathematician, who directed a project to model the Tunguska event, and his daughter Annie, who assisted in subsequent projects
27748 Vivianhoette 1991 AL Vivian Hoette, American astronomy educator at the Yerkes Observatory for the Lawrence Hall of Science
27758 Michelson 1991 RJ4 Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born American physicist and Nobelist
27764 von Flüe 1991 RV40 Saint Nicholas of Flue (Niklaus von Flüe), Swiss councillor, judge, mystic, politician, and later hermit and patron saint of Switzerland
27765 Brockhaus 1991 RJ41 Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher, best known for its Brockhaus encyclopedia, which served as models for other reference books
27776 Cortland 1992 DH1 State University of New York at Cortland +
27791 Masaru 1993 DD1 Masaru Kubota, Japanese television broadcaster, weather forecaster, and science and astronomy popularizer
27801-27900
27810 Daveturner 1993 OC2 David G. Turner, Canadian astronomer
27845 Josephmeyer 1994 TJ16 Joseph Meyer, 19th-century German merchant, publisher and publicist, founder of the Bibliographisches Institut at Gotha, which pioneered the subscription system of encyclopedia publishing
27846 Honegger 1994 TT16 Arthur Honegger, Swiss-French composer
27849 Suyumbika 1994 UU1 Suyumbika Tower, the symbol of Kazan, one of the oldest towns in Russia; legend has it that princess Suyumbika jumped from the tower rather than allow herself to be captured by enemies surrounding the town
27864 Antongraff 1995 EA9 Anton Graff, 18th-century Swiss portrait painter
27879 Shibata 1996 CZ2 Shinpei Shibata, Japanese astrophysicist
27901-28000
27915 Nancywright 1996 UU1 Nancy Wright, friend of the discoverer
27917 Edoardo 1996 VU2 Edoardo Tesi, grandson of Luciano Tesi
27922 Mascheroni 1996 XW8 Lorenzo Mascheroni, Italian mathematician
27947 Emilemathieu 1997 NH3 Émile Léonard Mathieu, French mathematician
27952 Atapuerca 1997 PR4 Atapuerca, small Spanish mountain chain in the province of Burgos, a UNESCO World Heritage site because of the human fossil deposits discovered there
27959 Fagioli 1997 SE1 Giancarlo Fagioli, Italian cartographer and amateur astronomer
27974 Drejsl 1997 UH Radim Drejsl, Czech composer
27975 Mazurkiewicz 1997 UJ1 Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Polish mathematician
27977 Distratis 1997 UK5 Cosimo Distratis, Italian supporter of the amateur observatory at Montefusco Uggiano in Italy
27978 Lubosluka 1997 UN9 Luboš Sluka, Czech composer
27983 Bernardi 1997 UU24 Fabrizio Bernardi, Italian astronomer
27984 Herminefranz 1997 VN Hermine and Franz Stoss, parents of the discoverer, Banat-born German amateur astronomer Rainer Michael Stoss
27985 Remanzacco 1997 VC1 Remanzacco, Italy, location of the Osservatorio di Remanzacco, an amateur observatory
27986 Hanuš 1997 VV2 Jan Hanuš, Czech composer
27988 Menabrea 1997 VA4 Luigi Federico Menabrea, Italian (Piedmontese) mathematician and statesman
Preceded by:
26001–27000
Meanings of asteroid names
List of asteroids (27001-28000)
Succeeded by:
28001–29000