Meanings of asteroid names (7001-7500)

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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 span of numbers 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. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 7001... 7101... 7201... 7301... 7401...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
7001-7100
7001 Noether	1955 EH	Emmy Noether, German-born American mathematician †
7002 Bronshten	1971 OV	Vitalii Aleksandrovich Bronshten, Russian meteor researcher †
7003 Zoyamironova	1976 SZ9	Zoya Sergeevna Mironova, Russian physician, specialist in sports medicine and trauma specialist to the Russian cosmonauts †
7004 Markthiemens	1979 OB9	Mark H. Thiemens, American chemist and areologist †
7005 Henninghaack	1981 ET25	Henning Haack, Danish curator of meteorites at the Geologisk Museum (Geological Museum) of the København Universitet (University of Copenhagen) †
7006 Folco	1981 ER31	Luigi Folco, Italian curator of meteorites at the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide "Felice Ippolito" (National Museum of Antarctica) of the Universities of Genova, Siena and Trieste †
7007 Timjull	1981 EK34	A. J. Timothy Jull, American meteoriticist, editor of the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science †
7008 Pavlov	1985 QH5	Nikolaj Nikiforovich Pavlov, Russian astronomer †
7009 Hume	1987 QU1	David Hume, British philosopher †
7010 Locke	1987 QH3	John Locke, British philosopher †
7011 Worley	1987 SK1	Charles Edmund Worley, American astronomer †]
7012 Hobbes	1988 CH2	Thomas Hobbes, British political philosopher †
7014 Nietzsche	1989 GT4	Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher †
7015 Schopenhauer	1990 QC8	Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher †
7016 Conandoyle	1991 YG	Arthur Conan Doyle, British novelist*
7017 Uradowan	1992 CE2	Urado Bay, Kochi, Japan*
7020 Yourcenar	1992 GR2	Marguerite Yourcenar, pseudonym of French-Belgian-American writer Marguerite de Crayencour †
7027 Toshihanda	1993 XT	*
7028 Tachikawa	1993 XC1	*
7030 Colombini	1993 YU	*
7032 Hitchcock	1994 VC2	Sir Alfred Hitchcock, British film director*
7035 Gomi	1995 BD3	*
7037 Davidlean	1995 BK3	David Lean, British film director*
7039 Yamagata	1996 GO2	-
7040 Harwood	2642 P-L	Ronald Harwood, South African-born British actor, writer and producer*
7041 Nantucket	4081 P-L	Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA*
7042 Carver	1933 FE1	*
7043 Godart	1934 RB	Odon Godart, Belgian astronomer*
7046 Reshetnev	1977 QG2	Mikhail Fedorovich Reshetnev, Russian engineer, designer of communications and navigation satellites, launch vehicles*
7047 Lundström	1978 RZ9	Magnus Lundström, Swedish astronomer †
7048 Chaussidon	1981 EH34	Marc Chaussidon, French geochemist †
7049 Meibom	1981 UV21	Anders Meibom, Danish meteoriticist †
7051 Sean	1985 JY	Sean Colin Woodard, oldest grandson of the discoverers †
7054 Brehm	1989 GL8	*
7056 Kierkegaard	1989 SE2	Søren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philosopher †
7061 Pieri	1991 PE1	David Pieri, American planetary geologist and volcanologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.†
7062 Meslier	1991 PY5	Jean Meslier, French priest and philosopher †
7064 Montesquieu	1992 OC5	Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French political thinker †
7066 Nessus	1993 HA2	Nessus, mythological Greek centaur*
7067 Kiyose	1993 XE	*
7068 Minowa	1994 WD1	*
7072 Beijingdaxue	1996 CB8	University of Beijing*
7073 Rudbelia	1972 RU1	*
7074 Muckea	1977 RD3	Hermann Mucke, Austrian amateur astronomer and author, Director of the Urania-Sternwarte (Planetarium und Urania Observatory) in Vienna from 1971 to 2000*
7075 Sadovnichij	1979 SN4	Viktor Sadovnichiy, Russian mathematician, Rector of the Moscow State University
7077 Shermanschultz	1982 VZ	Sherman Schultz, American astronomy teacher at Macalester College for over 30 years, and who made many contributions to amateur telescope making †
7078 Unojönsson	1985 UH3	Uno Jönsson, Swedish astronomer, author and friend of the discoverer †
7079 Baghdad	1986 RR	Baghdad, Iraq*
7081 Ludibunda	1987 QF7	*
7082 La Serena	1987 YL1	La Serena, Chile, north of which lies the La Silla Observatory*
7083 Kant	1989 CL3	Immanuel Kant, German philosopher †
7086 Bopp	1991 TA1	Thomas Bopp, American amateur astronomer*
7087 Lewotsky	1991 TG4	Kristin Lewotsky, American optical engineer, editorial director of SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers)*
7088 Ishtar	1992 AA	Ishtar, Akkadian goddess*
7092 Cadmus	1992 LC	Cadmus, Greek mythological figure*
7093 Jonleake	1992 OT	Jonathan Richard Leake, British journalist, Science and Environment Editor for The Sunday Times †
7094 Godaisan	1992 RJ	Godaisan, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7095 Lamettrie	1992 SB22	Julien Offray de La Mettrie, French medical doctor and philosopher †
7096 Napier	1992 VM	John Napier, Scottish mathematician*
7097 Yatsuka	1993 TF	*
7098 Réaumur	1993 TK39	René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist*
7099 Feuerbach	1996 HX25	Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, German philosopher and moralist †
7100 Martin Luther	1360 T-2	Martin Luther, German Reformation theologian*
7101-7200
7104 Manyousyu	1977 DU	Manyousyu, earliest collection of Japanese poetry*
7105 Yousyozan	1977 DB1	*
7106 Kondakov	1978 PM3	*
7107 Peiser	1980 PB1	Benny Josef Peiser, British social anthropologist †
7108 Nefedov	1981 RM3	*
7109 Heine	1983 RT4	Either Eduard Heine, German mathematician, or Heinrich Heine, German poet*
7110 Johnpearse	1983 XH1	John Marshall Pearse, Australian mechanical technician at the Perth Observatory (1981–2006) †
7112 Ghislaine	1986 GV	Ghislaine Crozaz, Belgian meteoriticist*
7113 Ostapbender	1986 SD2	*
7114 Weinek	1986 WN7	Ladislaus Weinek, Czech astronomer † ‡
7115 Franciscuszeno	1986 WO7	Franciscus Zeno, Czech astronomer, palaeontologist and professor of mathematics †
7116 Mentall	1986 XX	E. Talmadge Mentall, American astronomical atlas illustrator
7117 Claudius	1988 CA1	Claudius, Roman Emperor*
7118 Kuklov	1988 VD5	Kuklov, village in Czech Republic †
7119 Hiera	1989 AV2	Hiera, mythical person related to Trojan War
7121 Busch	1989 AL7	Matthias Busch, German amateur astronomer*
7122 Iwasaki	1989 EN2	*
7124 Glinos	1990 OJ4	Tom Glinos, Canadian astronomer †
7125 Eitarodate	1991 CN1	Eitaro Date, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7126 Cureau	1991 GJ4	Marin Cureau de la Chambre, French medical doctor and scientist †
7127 Stifter	1991 RD3	Adalbert Stifter, Austrian poet and novelist*
7128 Misawa	1991 SM1	*
7130 Klepper	1992 HR4	*
7131 Longtom	1992 YL	*
7132 Casulli	1993 SE	*
7133 Kasahara	1993 TX1	*
7134 Ikeuchisatoru	1993 UY	*
7137 Ageo	1994 AQ1	*
7139 Tsubokawa	1994 CV2	Ietsune Tsubokawa, Japanese astronomer*
7140 Osaki	1994 EE1	*
7141 Bettarini	1994 EZ1	*
7142 Spinoza	1994 PC19	Baruch Spinoza (Benedict de Spinoza), Dutch-Jewish philosopher † ‡
7143 Haramura	1995 WU41	*
7144 Dossobuono	1996 KQ	Dossobuono, Italy*
7145 Linzexu	1996 LO	Lin Zexu, Chinese scholar and official during the Qing dynasty*
7146 Konradin	3034 P-L	Konradin Ferrari d'Occhieppo, Austrian astronomer*
7147 Feijth	4015 P-L	Henk Feijth, Dutch amateur astronomer †
7148 Reinholdbien	1047 T-1	Reinhold Bien, German astronomer*
7149 Bernie	3220 T-3	*
7152 Euneus	1973 SH1	Euneus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
7153 Vladzakharov	1975 XP3	*
7157 Lofgren	1981 EC8	Gary E. Lofgren, American planetary scientist and curator of lunar materials at NASA's Johnson Space Center †
7158 IRTF	1981 ES8	The 3-m NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) †
7159 Bobjoseph	1981 EN17	Robert D. Joseph, American astronomer †
7160 Tokunaga	1981 UQ29	Alan T. Tokunaga, American astronomer †
7161 Golitsyn	1982 UY10	Georgii Sergeevich Golitsyn, Russian astronomer, specialising in the physics of planetary atmospheres*
7162 Sidwell	1982 VB1	*
7164 Babadzhanov	1984 ET	Pulat Babadzhanovich Babadzhanov, Tajik astronomer*
7165 Pendleton	1985 RH	Yvonne Jean Pendleton, American astronomer or Geoffrey Nelson Pendleton, American astronomer*
7166 Kennedy	1985 TR	Malcolm Kennedy (1944-1997), Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow †
7167 Laupheim	1985 TD3	Volkssternwarte Laupheim (Laupheim Public Observatory) † ‡
7169 Linda	1986 TK1	*
7170 Livesey	1987 MK	Ron Livesey, Scottish amateur astronomer †
7171 Arthurkraus	1988 AT1	Baron Artur Kraus, Czech astronomy benefactor and popularizer †
7172 Multatuli	1988 DE2	Multatuli, pseudonym of Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker † ‡
7173 Sepkoski	1988 PL1	J. John Sepkoski Jr., American palaeontologist †
7176 Kuniji	1989 XH	*
7178 Ikuookamoto	1990 VA3	*
7179 Gassendi	1991 GQ6	Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist †
7182 Robinvaughan	1991 RV1	Robin M. Vaughan, American engineer, who worked for the Voyager 2, Galileo, Cassini–Huygens and Mars Pathfinder missions and was lead guidance and control system engineer for the MESSENGER spacecraft †
7186 Tomioka	1991 YF	*
7187 Isobe	1992 BW	*
7188 Yoshii	1992 SF1	*
7189 Kuniko	1992 SX12	*
7192 Cieletespace	1993 RY1	Ciel et espace (Sky and Space), French astronomy magazine*
7193 Yamaoka	1993 SE2	*
7195 Danboice	1994 AJ	Daniel Craig Boice, American astronomer*
7196 Baroni	1994 BF	Sandra Baroni, Italian amateur astronomer and AAVSO member †
7197 Pieroangela	1994 BH	Piero Angela, Italian science writer*
7198 Montelupo	1994 BJ	Osservatorio di Montelupo*
7199 Brianza	1994 FR	The Brianza area of Lombardy, and the Gruppo Astrofili Brianza (Brianza Astrophile Group), to which the discoverers belong †
7201-7300
7201 Kuritariku	1994 UF1	*
7203 Sigeki	1995 DG2	*
7204 Ondřejov	1995 GH	Ondřejov, Czech Republic, 35 km SE of Prague and where the Ondřejov Observatory, the country's oldest active observatory, is located †
7205 Sadanori	1995 YE1	*
7206 Shiki	1996 QT	*
7207 Hammurabi	2133 P-L	Hammurabi, King of Babylon*
7208 Ashurbanipal	2645 P-L	Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria*
7209 Cyrus	3523 P-L	Cyrus II of Persia*
7210 Darius	6555 P-L	Darius I of Persia*
7211 Xerxes	1240 T-1	Xerxes I of Persia*
7212 Artaxerxes	2155 T-2	Artaxerxes II of Persia*
7213 Conae	1967 KB	CONAE, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentinian "National Committee for Space Activities") †
7214 Anticlus	1973 SM1	Anticlus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
7215 Gerhard	1977 FS	*
7216 Ishkov	1977 QQ2	*
7217 Dacke	1979 QX3	Nils Dacke, Swedish leader of the peasant revolt of 1542 †
7219 Satterwhite	1981 EZ47	Cecilia Satterwhite, American curator of meteorites at NASA's Johnson Space Center †
7220 Philnicholson	1981 QE	Philip David Nicholson, American astronomer*
7222 Alekperov	1981 TJ3	*
7223 Dolgorukij	1982 TF2	*
7224 Vesnina	1982 TK3	Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Victor Aleksandrovich Vesnin, and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Russian architects*
7225 Huntress	1983 BH	*
7226 Kryl	1984 QJ	Karel Kryl, Czech singer-songwriter †
7228 MacGillivray	1985 GO	*
7229 Tonimoore	1985 RV	*
7230 Lutz	1985 RZ1	*
7231 Porco	1985 TQ1	Carolyn C. Porco, American planetary scientist*
7232 Nabokov	1985 UQ	Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American novelist †
7233 Majella	1986 EQ5	Parco Nazionale della Majella (Majella National Park) in Abruzzo, one of Italy's largest, wildest and best preserved natural reserves †
7235 Hitsuzan	1986 UY	Hitsuzan, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7237 Vickyhamilton	1988 VH	Victoria Hamilton, American planetary mineralogist †
7238 Kobori	1989 OA	*
7239 Mobberley	1989 TE	Martin Mobberley, British amateur astronomer and author †
7241 Kuroda	1990 VF3	*
7242 Okyudo	1990 VG3	*
7244 Villa-Lobos	1991 PQ1	Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer †
7248 Älvsjö	1992 EV21	Älvsjö, Sweden, now a suburb of Stockholm, where the Battle of Brännkyrka occurred †
7250 Kinoshita	1992 SG1	*
7251 Kuwabara	1992 SF13	*
7252 Kakegawa	1992 UZ	*
7253 Nara	1993 CL	*
7254 Kuratani	1993 TN1	*
7256 Bonhoeffer	1993 VJ5	Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian and opponent of Nazism, executed in 1945 following his arrest and imprisonment after the attempt to assassinate Hitler. His brother Klaus was amongst those arrested and executed*
7257 Yoshiya	1994 AH1	*
7258 Pettarin	1994 EF	*
7259 Gaithersburg	1994 EG1	*
7260 Metelli	1994 FN	*
7261 Yokootakeo	1994 GZ	*
7262 Sofue	1995 BX1	*
7263 Takayamada	1995 DP	*
7265 Edithmüller	2908 T-2	Edith Müller, Swiss astronomer*
7266 Trefftz	4270 T-2	Eleonore Trefftz, German physicist, or, her father Erich Trefftz, after whom the Trefftz Method is named*
7268 Chigorin	1972 TF	*
7269 Alprokhorov	1975 VK2	*
7270 Punkin	1978 NY7	*
7271 Doroguntsov	1979 SR2	*
7272 Darbydyar	1980 DD1	M. Darby Dyar, American astronomy professor and planetologist at Mount Holyoke College †
7273 Garyhuss	1981 EK4	Gary R. Huss, American cosmochemist, director of the W. M. Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory at the University of Hawaii †
7274 Washioyama	1982 FC	Washioyama, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7276 Maymie	1983 RE	*
7277 Klass	1983 RM2	Philip J. Klass, prominent UFO skeptic [Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 29, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2005, p. 18]
7278 Shtokolov	1985 UW4	Boris Timofeevich Shtokolov, Russian opera singer*
7279 Hagfors	1985 VD1	Tor Hagfors, Norwegian astronomer*
7280 Bergengruen	1988 RA3	Werner Bergengruen, German (Baltic German) novelist*
7285 Seggewiss	1990 EX2	Wilhelm Seggewiss, German astronomer †
7287 Yokokurayama	1990 VN2	Yokokurayama, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7289 Kamegamori	1991 JU	Kamegamori, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7290 Johnrather	1991 JY1	John Daniel Gray Rather, American astronomer*
7291 Hyakutake	1991 XC1	Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer †
7292 Prosperin	1992 EM7	Erik Prosperin, Swedish astronomer †
7293 Kazuyuki	1992 FH	*
7296 Lamarck	1992 PW1	Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist †
7299 Indiawadkins	1992 WZ5	India Wadkins, long-time secretary to the Planetary Society †
7300 Yoshisada	1992 YV2	*
7301-7400
7304 Namiki	1994 AE2	*
7305 Ossakajusto	1994 CX1	*
7306 Panizon	1994 EH	*
7307 Takei	1994 EH	George Takei, American actor †
7308 Hattori	1995 BQ4	Tadahiko Hattori, Japanese astronomer †
7309 Shinkawakami	1995 FU	*
7311 Hildehan	1995 TU	*
7313 Pisano	6207 P-L	Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor or Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor*
7314 Pevsner	2146 T-1	Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British historian of art and architecture*
7315 Kolbe	1136 T-2	*
7316 Hajdu	3145 T-2	*
7317 Cabot	1940 ED	John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), Genoese-Venetian explorer †
7318 Dyukov	1969 OX	*
7319 Katterfeld	1976 SA6	Gennadij Nikolaevich Katterfeld, Russian geologist*
7320 Potter	1978 TP6	Hejno Iogannovich Potter, Russian astronomer †
7322 Lavrentina	1979 SW2	*
7323 Robersomma	1979 SD9	*
7324 Carret	1981 BC	*
7326 Tedbunch	1981 UK22	Theodore E. Bunch, American meteoriticist †
7327 Crawford	1983 RZ1	*
7328 Casanova	1984 SC1	Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer, spy, diplomat, and libertine †
7329 Bettadotto	1985 GK	Elisabetta Dotto, Italian astronomer †
7330 Annelemaître	1985 TD	Anne Lemaître, Belgian astronomer*
7331 Balindblad	1985 TV	Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer*
7332 Ponrepo	1986 XJ5	Viktor Ponrepo (Dismas Šlambor), Czech cinematic pioneer †
7333 Bec-Borsenberger	1987 SM4	Annick Bec-Borsenberger, French astronomer*
7334 Sciurus	1988 QV	The Sciurus genus (squirrels) †
7336 Saunders	1989 RS1	*
7342 Uchinoura	1992 FB1	*
7343 Ockeghem	1992 GE2	Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer †
7344 Summerfield	1992 LU	*
7345 Happer	1992 OF	Felix Happer, the character played by Burt Lancaster in the movie "Local Hero" †
7346 Boulanger	1993 DQ2	François Boulanger, French astronomer*
7349 Ernestmaes	1993 QK4	*
7351 Yoshidamichi	1993 XB1	*
7353 Kazuya	1995 AC1	*
7354 Ishiguro	1995 BR1	Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born British author*
7355 Bottke	1995 HN2	William Frederick Bottke, American astronomer*
7356 Casagrande	1995 SK5	*
7358 Oze	1995 YA3	*
7359 Messier	1996 BH	Charles Messier, French astronomer †
7360 Moberg	1996 BQ17	Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish writer †
7361 Endres	1996 DN1	*
7362 Rogerbyrd	1996 EY	*
7363 Esquibel	1996 FA1	*
7364 Otonkučera	1996 KS	Oton Kučera, founder of Zagreb Observatory, Croatia
7365 Sejong	1996 QV1	*
7366 Agata	1996 UY	*
7367 Giotto	3077 T-1	Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter*
7368 Haldancohn	1966 BB	*
7369 Gavrilin	1975 AN	*
7370 Krasnogolovets	1978 SM5	*
7373 Stashis	1979 QX9	*
7376 Jefftaylor	1980 UU1	G. Jeffrey Taylor, American planetary scientist †
7377 Pizzarello	1981 EW9	Sandra Pizzarello, American chemist, pioneer of the study of organic material in meteorites †
7378 Herbertpalme	1981 EK18	Herbert Palme, German geochemist †
7379 Naoyaimae	1981 EC29	Naoya Imae, Japanese curator at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo, meteoroticist and areologist †
7381 Mamontov	1981 RG5	Savva Ivanovich Mamontov, Russian patron of the arts*
7382 Bozhenkova	1981 RJ5	*
7383 Lassovszky	1981 SE	Károly Lassovszky, Hungarian astronomer † ‡
7385 Aktsynovia	1981 UQ11	*
7386 Paulpellas	1981 WM	Paul Pellas, French meteoriticist*
7387 Malbil	1982 BS1	Malcolm Bilson, American pianist †
7389 Michelcombes	1982 UE	Michel Combes, French astronomer*
7390 Kundera	1983 QE	Milan Kundera, Czech novelist †
7391 Strouhal	1983 VS1	Vincenc Strouhal, Czech physicist †
7392 Kowalski	1984 EX	Richard Kowalski, American amateur astronomer †
7393 Luginbuhl	1984 SL3	Christian Luginbuhl, American astronomer*
7394 Xanthomalitia	1985 QX4	*
7396 Brusin	1986 EQ2	*
7398 Walsh	1986 VM	Martin F. Walsh, friend of the discoverer †
7400 Lenau	1987 QW1	Nikolaus Lenau (N. F. Niembsch von Strehlenau), 19th-century Austrian poet, whose Faust was the inspiration of Liszt's Mephisto Walzer †
7401-7500
7401 Toynbee	1987 QW7	Arnold J. Toynbee, 20th-century British historian, author of the twelve-volume A Study of History †
7403 Choustník	1988 AV1	Choustník, castle in Czech Republic †
7410 Kawazoe	1990 QG	Akira Kawazoe, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7412 Linnaeus	1990 SL9	Carl von Linné, Swedish naturalist †
7413 Galibina	1990 SH28	*
7414 Bosch	1990 TD8	Carl Bosch, German chemist (winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1931) and amateur astronomer †
7415 Susumuimoto	1990 VL8	Susumu Imoto, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7416 Linnankoski	1990 WV4	Johannes Linnankoski, pseudonym of Vihtori Peltonen, Finnish writer †
7418 Akasegawa	1991 EJ1	*
7420 Buffon	1991 RP11	Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, French naturalist †
7421 Kusaka	1992 HL	*
7425 Lessing	1992 RO5	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German dramatist and philosopher †
7429 Hoshikawa	1992 YB1	*
7430 Kogure	1993 BV2	*
7433 Pellegrini	1993 KD	*
7434 Osaka	1994 AB3	Osaka, Japan*
7435 Sagamihara	1994 CZ1	*
7436 Kuroiwa	1994 CB2	*
7437 Torricelli	1994 EF3	Evangelista Torricelli, Italian scientist*
7438 Misakatouge	1994 JE1	*
7439 Tetsufuse	1994 XG1	*
7440 Závist	1995 EA	Závist, Czech archaeological site of a Celtic town †
7441 Láska	1995 OZ	Václav Láska, Czech geophysicist, astronomer, geodetist, and mathematician †
7442 Inouehideo	1995 SC5	*
7443 Tsumura	1996 BR2	*
7445 Trajanus	4116 P-L	Trajan, Roman Emperor*
7446 Hadrianus	2249 T-2	Hadrian, Roman Emperor*
7447 Marcusaurelius	1142 T-3	Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor*
7451 Verbitskaya	1978 PU2	Lyudmila Verbitskaya, rector of Saint Petersburg State University*
7452 Izabelyuria	1978 QU2	*
7453 Slovtsov	1978 RV1	*
7454 Kevinrighter	1981 EW20	Kevin Righter, American curator of Antarctic meteorites at NASA's Johnson Space Center †
7455 Podosek	1981 EQ26	Frank A. Podosek, American planetary scientist †
7456 Doressoundiram	1982 OD	Alain Doressoundiram, French astronomer*
7457 Veselov	1982 SL6	Vyacheslav Afanasievich Veselov, Russian space scientist, consultant on the Lunokhods, Mars Rover and more †
7461 Kachmokiam	1984 TD	*
7462 Grenoble	1984 WM1	Grenoble, France, home of international scientific research facilities such as the Institut Laue-Langevin and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility*
7463 Oukawamine	1985 SB	Oukawamine, mountain in Shikoku, Japan*
7464 Vipera	1987 VB1	The viper family of snakes, and more particularly Vipera berus, the adder or northern viper, which inhabits Kleť mountain †
7465 Munkanber	1989 UA3	*
7468 Anfimov	1990 UP11	Nikolaj Apollonovich Anfimov, Russian space scientist, co-chairman of the Russian-American cosmic committee, and an officer of the French Légion d'honneur †
7469 Krikalev	1990 VU14	Sergej Konstantinovich Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut †
7470 Jabberwock	1991 JA	Creature in 'Jabberwocky', poem by Lewis Carroll*
7472 Kumakiri	1992 CU	*
7475 Kaizuka	1992 UX5	*
7476 Ogilsbie	1993 GE	*
7478 Hasse	1993 OA4	Peter Hasse, German organist †
7480 Norwan	1994 PC	*
7481 San Marcello	1994 PA1	San Marcello Pistoiese in Italy, the mountain village where the Pian dei Termini Observatory is located †
7483 Sekitakakazu	1994 VO2	Takakazu Seki, Japanese mathematician*
7484 Dōgo Onsen	1994 WF4	Dōgo Onsen, Japanese hot spring*
7485 Changchun	1994 XO	*
7486 Hamabe	1994 XJ1	*
7487 Toshitanaka	1994 YM	*
7488 Robertpaul	1995 KB1	*
7489 Oribe	1995 MX	*
7490 Babička	1995 OF1	Maria Macháčová, Maria Petrželová, Emilia Dudková, and Aloisia Pravcová, grandmothers of the discoverer and his wife (babička is Czech for "grandmothers") †
7491 Linzerag	1995 SD2	On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft (Linzer A.G.), an association of Austrian amateur astronomers; the number of this minor planet, written backwards, is the year the association was founded (1947) † ‡
7492 Kačenka	1995 UX	Nickname of Kateřina Macháčová, the better half of the discoverer, Petr Pravec; the name was approved on the day before their wedding on 21 June 1997 †
7493 Hirzo	1995 US2	Hirzo, founder of České Budějovice, Czech Republic, home town of the discoverer †
7494 Xiwanggongcheng	1995 UV48	*
7495 Feynman	1995 WS4	Richard P. Feynman, American physicist †
7496 Miroslavholub	1995 WN6	Miroslav Holub, Czech immunologist, poet and essayist †
7497 Guangcaishiye	1995 YY21	*
7498 Blaník	1996 BF	Blaník Hill, Czech Republic, legendary resting place of the army of Saint Wenceslas †
7499 L'Aquila	1996 OO2	L'Aquila, the town and province of that name in Italy*
7500 Sassi	1996 TN	Sassi di Matera, Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage site*

Preceded by 6501–7000

Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (7001-7500)

Succeeded by 7501–8000