Meanings of minor planet names: 77001–78000

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 approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned.[7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.[8]

77001–77100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77044 Galera-Rosillo2001 CE42Rebeca Galera-Rosillo (1988–2020) was a promising young Spanish scientist who earned her masters in astrophysics from the University of La Laguna. At the time of her death, she was close to defending her doctoral research on planetary nebulae at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias.IAU · 77044

77101–77200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77136 Mendillo2001 DP106Michael Mendillo (born 1944), American professor of astronomy and electrical engineering at Boston UniversityJPL · 77136
77138 Puiching2001 ENPui Ching Middle School, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1889.JPL · 77138
77185 Cherryh2001 FE9C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), an American science fiction and fantasy writerJPL · 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 Danieltsui2001 FL86Daniel C. Tsui (born 1939), 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 Jouve2001 HUJacques 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 AlpsJPL · 77441

77501–77600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77560 Furusato2001 KP1Furusato 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 Koten2001 KZ41Pavel Koten (born 1972), a staff astronomer at the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.JPL · 77621
77696 Patriciann2001 OT2Patricia Ann Clingan (born 1949), wife of amateur astronomer Roy Clingan who discovered this minor planetJPL · 77696

77701–77800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77755 Delémont2001 PW13Delémont, Switzerland, where the Jurassien-Vicques Observatory is situatedJPL · 77755

77801–77900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77856 Noblitt2001 RN63Niles Noblitt (born 1951), American member of the board of trustees of the Rose-Hulman Institute and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Observatory, where this minor planet was discoveredJPL · 77856
77870 MOTESS2001 SMMOTESS (Moving Object and Transient Event Search System), using three 0.35-meter reflecting telescopes, operating in Tucson, Arizona, that has observed and discovered small Solar System objectsJPL · 77870

77901–78000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
77971 Donnolo2002 JA11Shabbethai Donnolo (913–982), an Italian physician, medical author and astrologer/astronomerJPL · 77971

References
  1. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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