Meanings of minor planet names: 78001–79000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

78001–78100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
78071 Vicent2002 LT6Francesc Vicent (1450–1512), Spanish author of Libre dels jochs partits dels schacs en nombre de 100 which established the modern rules of Chess in SpainMPC · 78071

78101–78200

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78115 Skiantonucci2002 MT4Robert "Ski" Antonucci (born 1954), an astrophysicist at the University of California Santa Barbara, working on extragalactic astrophysics.JPL · 78115
78118 Bharat2002 NTBhārat Gaṇarājya is the native name of the Republic of India, derived from the wise and pious King Bharata of ancient Hindu mythology. India is the discoverer's motherland.JPL · 78118
78123 Dimare2002 NQ5Linda Dimare (born 1981), a researcher in celestial mechanics, mainly involved in the development of new algorithms and software for solar system dynamics.JPL · 78123
78124 Cicalò2002 NH6Stefano Cicalò (born 1982) is a researcher in celestial mechanics, mainly involved in the development of new advanced algorithms and software for the complex dynamics of the radio science experiment of the ESA Bepi Colombo Mission to Mercury and the NASA JUNO mission to Jupiter.JPL · 78124
78125 Salimbeni2002 NU6Sara Salimbeni (born 1977), an Italian astronomer who has obtained her degree in physics at "La Sapienza" University of Rome in 2003, with a thesis on the cosmological evolution of the deep field galaxy luminosity function. As a Ph.D. student at the University of Rome at Tor Vergata, she is continuing her studies of galaxies and structures evolution.JPL · 78125

78201–78300

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78221 Leonmow2002 OP7Leon Mow (1919–2002) was an Australian philanthropist with a great interest in astronomy. In 1990 he donated the Leon Mow Dark Sky Site (an observation site) to the Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV), so that others could share in his passion. The ASV holds a number of public star parties there each year.JPL · 78221
78249 Capaccioni2002 PK6Fabrizio Capaccioni (born 1957), an Italian astronomer who has studied the electromagnetic effects associated with impact craterization. He currently works on planetary research, with an emphasis on the study of the surface composition of solar-system bodies by means of reflectance spectroscopy techniques.JPL · 78249
78252 Priscio2002 PF11Priscilla Cerroni (born 1955), an Italian astronomer who works on experiments involving hypervelocity impacts and implications for the study of catastrophic collisions involving minor planets. She is currently a researcher at the Italian INAF-IASF and a team member of VIMS, the imaging spectrometer on board the Cassini mission.JPL · 78252

78301–78400

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78309 Alessielisa2002 PV65Elisa Maria Alessi (born 1981) has worked for several years in the fields of space debris dynamics, orbit determination for interplanetary missions, and trajectory design in planet-satellite systems.JPL · 78309
78310 Spoto2002 PW65Federica Spoto (born 1985) has worked in the field of Solar System dynamics. In particular, she is involved in the Impact Monitoring computation and research at NEODyS and AstDyS.JPL · 78310
78383 Philmassey2002 PM137Philip Massey (born 1952), an astronomer at Lowell Observatory.JPL · 78383
78391 Michaeljäger2002 PT163Michael Jäger (born 1958), Austrian amateur astronomer and prolific astrophotographer of comets (Src)JPL · 78391
78392 Dellinger2002 PM165Joseph A. Dellinger (born 1961), American geophysicist and amateur astronomer with the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC) in Texas. He is a prolific discoverer of minor planets.JPL · 78392
78393 Dillon2002 PW165William G. Dillon (born 1957), American geophysicist and amateur astronomer with the Fort Bend Astronomy Club (FBAC) in Texas. He is a prolific discoverer of minor planets.MPC · 78393
78394 Garossino2002 PB166Paul Garossino (born 1953), Canadian geophysicist amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planetsMPC · 78394

78401–78500

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78429 Baschek2002 QN48Bodo Baschek (born 1935), is a German astrophysicist is professor emeritus of the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg. He contributed to the field of radiation transport with the continuation of Albrecht Unsöld's work. His book The New Cosmos is standard literature for astronomy students.JPL · 78429
78430 Andrewpearce2002 QX48Andrew Pearce (born 1966), Australian amateur astronomer, significant contributor to the International Comet QuarterlyJPL · 78430
78431 Kemble2002 QJ50Lucian J. Kemble (1922–1999), Canadian Franciscan Father and amateur astronomer, discoverer of Kemble's CascadeMPC · 78431
78432 Helensailer2002 QR50Helen R. Sailer (1918–2019), member of the international women's flying organization, The Ninety-Nines, and great-aunt of the discoverer Robert D. Matson (Src, Src)JPL · 78432
78433 Gertrudolf2002 QF56Gertrud and Rudolf Hönig, grandparents of German astronomer Sebastian F. Hönig who discovered this minor planetJPL · 78433
78434 Dyer2002 QL58Alan Dyer (born 1953), Canadian astronomy writer and astrophotographerJPL · 78434
78453 Bullock2002 RD26Sandra Bullock (born 1964), an American actress and producerJPL · 78453

78501–78600

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78534 Renmir2002 RB109Renato Bernardi (born 1946) and Mirella Ceccato (born 1946), the parents of co-discoverer Fabrizio BernardiJPL · 78534
78535 Carloconti2002 RC109Carlo Conti (born 1961), a popular Italian showman.JPL · 78535
78536 Shrbený2002 RV111Lukáš Shrbený (born 1981), an astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.JPL · 78536
78577 JPL2002 RG232The NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is managed by the California Institute of Technology. JPL is the hub of U.S. unmanned spacecraft solar system exploration, with visits to the sun, eight planets and their satellites, four minor planets and two comets. It has also established a permanent presence around Mars.JPL · 78577
78578 Donpettit2002 RM233Donald Pettit (born 1955), American astronaut who flew on STS-113 to the International Space Station, where he spent over 5{frac|1|2} months as science officer on Expedition 6. An avid amateur astronomer, Pettit recorded dozens of astrophotographs from ISS, most notably numerous 30-second and 60-second exposures of 4 Vesta.JPL · 78578

78601–78700

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78652 Quero2002 TG62The town of Quero in northern ItalyJPL · 78652
78661 Castelfranco2002 TW85The town of Castelfranco Veneto in northern ItalyJPL · 78661

78701–78800

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78756 Sloan2002 TX349The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, an astronomical survey conducted in New Mexico, that uses a dedicated 2.5-meter telescope to image more than a quarter of the celestial sphere. It has catalogued over 300 million objects and obtained spectra of over a million galaxies, quasars and stars.JPL · 78756

78801–78900

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78816 Caripito2003 PZ9The city of Caripito, Venezuela, where the parents of the discoverer Joseph A. Dellinger metJPL · 78816
78830 Simonadirubbo2003 QV24Simona Di Rubbo (born 1987) has been interested in astronomy since her childhood. She graduated in Aerospace Engineering in 2013 from the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy. In 2015 she joined the amateur astronomy association in the town of Benevento. Name proposed by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli.JPL · 78830

78901–79000

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78905 Seanokeefe2003 SK85Sean O'Keefe (born 1956), former Administrator of NASA 2001–2004JPL · 78905

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
77,001–78,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 78,001–79,000		 Succeeded by
79,001–80,000
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