- Meanings of minor planet names: 81001–82000
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 81,001… 81,101… 81,201… 81,301… 81,401… 81,501… 81,601… 81,701… 81,801… 81,901…
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name 81201–81300 81203 Polynesia 2000 FQ10 French Polynesia, because it was the first discovery from this region of the world † 81701–81800 81790 Lewislove 2000 JL84 Lewis E. Love, American physics teacher at Great Neck North High School † 81801–81900 81822 Jamesearly 2000 KN38 James M. Early, American co-inventor of the transistor † ‡ 81859 Joetaylor 2000 KP69 Joseph H. Taylor, American astronomer, pulsar hunter extraordinaire, Nobel laureate and MacArthur fellow † 81901–82000 81915 Hartwick 2000 NS11 F. David A. Hartwick, Canadian astrophysicist † 81971 Turonclavere 2000 QX68 Marie-Hélène Turon Clavère, French schoolteacher and amateur astronomer † Preceded by
80,001–81,000Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 81,001–82,000Succeeded by
82,001–83,000Categories:
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