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citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

77101–77200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77136 Mendillo 2001 DP106 Michael Mendillo, American professor of astronomy and electrical engineering at Boston University JPL · 77136
77138 Puiching 2001 EN Pui Ching Middle School, Hong Kong JPL · 77138
77185 Cherryh 2001 FE9 C. J. Cherryh, American science fiction and fantasy writer JPL · 77185

77201–77300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

77301–77400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
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 · 77318

77401–77500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77441 Jouve 2001 HU Jacques Jouve (born 1929), involved in the construction of the Observatory of Saint-Veran, a station of the Paris Observatory that studies the solar corona, in the French Alps JPL · 77441

77501–77600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77560 Furusato 2001 KP1 Furusato is a well-known song in Japan. The word also means "country home". JPL · 77560

77601–77700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77621 Koten 2001 KZ41 Pavel Koten (born 1972), a staff astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. JPL · 77621
77696 Patriciann 2001 OT2 Patricia Ann (McLarty) Clingan, wife of the discoverer JPL · 77696

77701–77800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77755 Delémont 2001 PW13 Delémont, Switzerland, where the Jurassien-Vicques Observatory is situated JPL · 77755

77801–77900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
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 · 77856
77870 MOTESS 2001 SM Moving Object and Transient Event Search System (MOTESS), using three 0.35-m f/5 reflecting telescopes, operating in Tucson, Arizona, that has observed and discovered small Solar System objects JPL · 77870

77901–78000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77971 Donnolo 2002 JA11 Shabbathai Donnolo (913–982), an Italian physician, medical author and astrologer/astronomer. JPL · 77971

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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