Meanings of asteroid names (61001-62000)
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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: 61001... 61101... 61201... 61301... 61401... 61501... 61601... 61701... 61801... 61901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 61101-61200 | ||
| 61190 Johnschutt | 2000 NF29 | John Schutt, American expert mountaineer and member of the yearly Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program † |
| 61195 Martinoli | 2000 OU2 | Piero Martinoli, Swiss professor of physics and leader of the superconductivity research group at the University of Neuchâtel † ‡ |
| 61301-61400 | ||
| 61384 Arturoromer | 2000 QW | Arturo Romer, director of the association Elettricità della Svizzera Italiana † ‡ |
| 61386 Namikoshi | 2000 QT1 | Tokujiro Namikoshi, Japanese founder of Shiatsu therapy (massage by thumb) † |
| 61401-61500 | ||
| 61401 Schiff | 2000 QQ6 | Leonard Isaac Schiff, 20th-century American theoretical physicist, whose ideas led to the Gravity Probe B experiment † |
| 61402 Franciseveritt | 2000 QS6 | Francis Everitt, American physicist, principal investigator of the Gravity Probe B experiment † |
| 61404 Očenášek | 2000 QM9 | Ludvík Očenášek, Czech aviation and rocket pioneer † ‡ |
| Preceded by: 60001–61000 |
Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (61001-62000) |
Succeeded by: 62001–63000 |
