Meanings of minor planet names: 74001–75000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

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

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
74001–74100
74024 Hrabě 1998 HR4 Václav Hrabě (1940–1965), Czech poet and writer.
74301–74400
74370 Kolářjan 1998 XJ Jan Kolár (b. 1944) started his professional career in satellite remote sensing in 1975. Since the mid-90s he actively participated in the building of the Czech-ESA relations and significantly contributed to the creation of the Czech Space Office.
74401–74500
74400 Streaky 1998 XH97 Name chosen by Eve Canovan, from Lancaster, UK, as the winner of a national competition to write a story that included an "asteroid" or "asteroids", which was run by the Centre for Life in conjunction with The Times Eureka Science magazine to enthuse and engage children about space.
74439 Brenden 1999 CT2 Craig Brenden (b. 1946), a teacher of chemistry and an amateur astronomer.
74501–74600
74509 Gillett 1999 FG7 Frederick C. Gillett, American infrared astronomer
74601–74700
74625 Tieproject 1999 RR34 NASA's Telescopes In Education (TIE) project
74701–74800
74818 Iten 1999 TW10 Marco Iten (b. 1950), a goldsmith and a skilled model train hobbyist, living in Gordola, Switzerland.
74801–74900
74824 Tarter 1999 TJ16 Jill C. Tarter, American radio-astronomer
Preceded by
73,001–74,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 74,001–75,000
Succeeded by
75,001–76,000
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