Meanings of minor planet names: 78001–79000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

Contents: 78,001… 78,101… 78,201… 78,301… 78,401… 78,501… 78,601… 78,701… 78,801… 78,901…

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
78001–78100
78071 Vicent 2002 LT6 Francesc Vicent, Spanish author of Libre dels jochs partits dels schacs en nombre de 100 which established the modern rules of Chess in Spain
78101–78200
78118 Bharat 2002 NT Bhārat Ganarājya, native name of the Republic of India (derived from the wise and pious king Bharata of ancient Hindu mythology), the discoverer's motherland
78125 Salimbeni 2002 NU6 Sara Salimbeni, Italian astronomer
78201–78300
78249 Capaccioni 2002 PK6 Fabrizio Capaccioni, Italian astronomer
78252 Priscio 2002 PF11 Priscilla "Priscio" Cerroni, Italian astronomer
78301–78400
78391 Michaeljäger 2002 PT163 Michael Jäger, Austrian amateur astronomer
78392 Dellinger 2002 PM165 Joseph A. (Joe) Dellinger, American geophysicist and amateur astronomer (Fort Bend Astronomy Club)
78393 Dillon 2002 PW165 William G. (Bill) Dillon, American geophysicist and amateur astronomer (Fort Bend Astronomy Club)
78394 Garossino 2002 PB166 Paul G. A. Garossino, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer
78401–78500
78429 Baschek 2002 QN48 Bodo Baschek, German astrophysicist
78430 Andrewpearce 2002 QX48 Andrew Pearce, Australian amateur astronomer, significant contributor to the International Comet Quarterly
78431 Kemble 2002 QJ50 Lucian J. Kemble, Canadian Franciscan Father and amateur astronomer, discoverer of Kemble's Cascade
78432 Helensailer 2002 QR50 Helen R. Sailer, member of the international women's flying organization, The Ninety-Nines, and great-aunt of the discoverer
78433 Gertrudolf 2002 QF56 Gertrud and Rudolf Hönig, grandparents of the discoverer
78434 Dyer 2002 QL58 Alan Dyer, Canadian astronomy writer and astrophotographer
78501–78600
78577 JPL 2002 RG232 Jet Propulsion Laboratory
78578 Donpettit 2002 RM233 Don Pettit, American International Space Station Expedition 6 astronaut
78601–78700
78652 Quero 2002 TG62 Quero, Belluno (Veneto), Italy
78661 Castelfranco 2002 TW85 Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso (Veneto), Italy
78801–78900
78816 Caripito 2003 PZ9 Caripito, Bolivar district, Monagas, Venezuela, where the parents of the discoverer met
78905 Seanokeefe 2003 SK85 Sean O'Keefe, American NASA administrator 2001–2004
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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