Meanings of asteroid names (73001-74000)
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Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
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| 73001–73100 | ||
| 73059 Kaunas 73059 Kaunas 73059 Kaunas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 2002 by Kazimieras Černis and Justas Zdanavičius at Molėtai Astronomical Observatory.- External links :*... |
Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... , Lithuania |
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| 73079 Davidbaltimore 73079 Davidbaltimore 73079 Davidbaltimore is a main belt asteroid. Its provisional designation was 2002 GX8.It was discovered on April 14, 2002 at the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking project at Palomar Observatory.The asteroid was named after David Baltimore 73079 Davidbaltimore is a main belt asteroid. Its provisional... |
David Baltimore David Baltimore David Baltimore is an American biologist, university administrator, and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He served as president of the California Institute of Technology from 1997 to 2006, and is currently the Robert A. Millikan Professor of Biology at Caltech... , American biologist and Nobelist, seventh president of the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering... |
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| 73301–73400 | ||
| 73342 Guyunusa 73342 Guyunusa - External links :*... |
Guyunusa, wife of the warrior Tacuabé, native Uruguayans sold for exhibition in France in 1833 | |
| 73401–73500 | ||
| 73442 Feruglio 73442 Feruglio - External links :*... |
Chiara Feruglio, Italian astronomer | |
| 73453 Ninomanfredi 73453 Ninomanfredi 73453 Ninomanfredi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 13, 2002 by G. Masi and F. Mallia at Campo Catino Observatory.- External links :*... |
Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi Nino Manfredi was an Italian actor, one of the most prominent in the commedia all'italiana genre.... , Italian actor |
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| 73465 Buonanno 73465 Buonanno - External links :*... |
Roberto Buonanno, Italian astronomer, director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma | |
| 73491 Robmatson 73491 Robmatson 73491 Robmatson is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 8, 2002 by S. F. H�nig at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Robert D. Matson, American amateur astronomer and software developer † | |
| 73501–73600 | ||
| 73511 Lovas 73511 Lovas 73511 Lovas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 25, 2002 by K. S�rneczky at Piszkesteto.- External links :*... |
Miklós Lovas, Hungarian astronomer | |
| 73517 Cranbrook 73517 Cranbrook 73517 Cranbrook is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey on March 27, 2003. It is named after the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.-External links:... |
Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | |
| 73533 Alonso 73533 Alonso - External links :*... |
Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari.... , Spanish Formula One racing driver |
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| 73601–73700 | ||
| 73637 Guneus 73637 Guneus - External links :*... |
One of the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War Trojan War In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad... |
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| 73640 Biermann 73640 Biermann 73640 Biermann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 5, 1977 by H.-E. Schuster at the European Southern Observatory.- External links :*... |
1977 RM | Ludwig Biermann Ludwig Biermann Ludwig Franz Benedict Biermann was a German astronomer.He made important contributions to astrophysics and plasma physics... , German astrophysicist |
| 73670 Kurthopf 73670 Kurthopf 73670 Kurthopf is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on August 19, 1982. It is named after Kurt Hopf, a German educator and amateur astronomer.-External links:... |
1982 QP | Kurt Hopf, German head teacher of the primary school of Hof, Germany, director of the Sternwarte Hof (Hof Public Observatory) and astronomical educator |
| 73687 Thomas Aquinas 73687 Thomas Aquinas 73687 Thomas Aquinas is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 10, 1990 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Saint Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis... , Italian Catholic philosopher and theologian |
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| 73692 Gürtler 73692 Gürtler 73692 Gürtler is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1408.0315449 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 12, 1991.... |
Joachim Gürtler, German astronomer † | |
| 73693 Dorschner 73693 Dorschner 73693 Dorschner is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 12, 1991 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg.- External links :*... |
Johann Dorschner, German astronomer † | |
| 73700 von Kues 73700 von Kues 73700 von Kues is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2013.0158248 days . The asteroid was discovered on October 5, 1991.... |
Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Kues , also referred to as Nicolaus Cusanus and Nicholas of Cusa, was a cardinal of the Catholic Church from Germany , a philosopher, theologian, jurist, mathematician, and an astronomer. He is widely considered one of the great geniuses and polymaths of the 15th century... (Nicolaus Cusanus) (Nikolaus Krebs von Kues), German theologian and philosopher |
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| 73701–73800 | ||
| 73703 Billings 73703 Billings 73703 Billings is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 6, 1991 by Andrew Lowe on plates taken at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Gary W. Billings, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer † ‡ | |
| 73704 Hladiuk 73704 Hladiuk 73704 Hladiuk is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 6, 1991 by A. Lowe on plates taken at Palomar.- External links :*... |
Donald W. Hladiuk, Canadian geologist and amateur astronomer † ‡ | |
| 73782 Yanagida 73782 Yanagida 73782 Yanagida is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 14, 1994 by A. Tsuchikawa and O. Muramatsu at the Yanagida Observatory.- External links :*... |
Yanagida, Ishikawa Yanagida, Ishikawa Yanagida was a village located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan.On March 1, 2005 Yanagida was merged with the town of Uchiura, from Suzu District, and into the expanded town of Noto, in the newly-created Hōsu District, and no longer exists as an independent municipality.As of 2003, the village... , Japan, home of the Yanagida Astronomical Observatory (the discovery site) |
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| 73801–73900 | ||
| 73883 Asteraude 73883 Asteraude 73883 Asteraude is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1997 by A. Klotz at Castres.- External links :*... |
1997 DQ | Asteroids discovered by members of Association des utilisateurs de détecteurs électroniques (AUDÉ) are called "astéraudes" † |
| 73885 Kalaymoodley 73885 Kalaymoodley 73885 Kalaymoodley is a main-belt asteroid.This asteroid was discovered by Andrea Boattini on 1 March 1997 as part of the Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Objects Survey, and was named for Kalayvany Moodley, a close friend of the discoverer.... |
1997 EV | Kalayvany Moodley, South African friend of the discoverer |