Meanings of asteroid names (7001-7500)

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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

: 7001... 7101... 7201... 7301... 7401... http://www.angelfire.com/id/ericelst/Citapla.html notes the (proposed?) names 7399 Liberté 7400 Egalité and 7401 Fraternité, the motto of the French revolution --->
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
7001-7100
7001 Noether 1955 EH Emmy Noether, German-born American mathematician*
7002 Bronshten 1971 OV Vitalii Aleksandrovich Bronshten, Russian meteor researcher*
7003 Zoyamironova Zoya Sergeevna Mironova, Russian physician, specialist in sports medicine and trauma specialist to the Russian cosmonauts*
7008 Pavlov Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist*
7009 Hume David Hume, British philosopher [†]
7010 Locke John Locke, British philosopher [†]
7011 Worley Charles Edmund Worley, American astronomer*
7012 Hobbes Thomas Hobbes, British political philosopher [†]
7014 Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher [†]
7015 Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher [†]
7016 Conandoyle 1991 YG Arthur Conan Doyle, British novelist*
7017 Uradowan Urado Bay, Kochi, Japan*
7020 Yourcenar Marguerite Yourcenar, pseudonym of French-Belgian-American writer Marguerite de Crayencour [†]
7027 Toshihanda 1993 XT *
7028 Tachikawa *
7030 Colombini 1993 YU *
7032 Hitchcock Sir Alfred Hitchcock, British film director*
7035 Gomi *
7037 Davidlean David Lean, British film director*
7039 Yamagata -
7040 Harwood 2642 P-L Ronald Harwood, South African-born British actor, writer and producer*
7041 Nantucket 4081 P-L Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA*
7042 Carver *
7043 Godart 1934 RB Odon Godart, Belgian astronomer*
7046 Reshetnev Mikhail Fedorovich Reshetnev, Russian engineer, designer of communications and navigation satellites, launch vehicles*
7047 Lundström Magnus Lundström, Swedish astronomer [†]
7051 Sean 1985 JY *
7054 Brehm *
7056 Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philosopher [†]
7061 Pieri Mario Pieri, Italian mathematician*
7062 Meslier Jean Meslier, French priest and philosopher [†]
7064 Montesquieu Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French political thinker [†]
7066 Nessus Nessus, mythological Greek centaur*
7067 Kiyose 1993 XE *
7068 Minowa *
7072 Beijingdaxue University of Beijing*
7073 Rudbelia *
7074 Muckea Hermann Mucke, Austrian amateur astronomer and author, Director of the Urania-Sternwarte (Planetarium und Urania Observatory) in Vienna from 1971 to 2000*
7075 Sadovnichij Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichij, Russian mathematician, Rector of Moscow State University
7077 Shermanschultz 1982 VZ Sherman Schultz, American astronomy teacher at Macalester College for over 30 years, and who made many contributions to amateur telescope making [†]
7078 Unojönsson Uno Jönsson, Swedish astronomer, author and friend of the discoverer [†]
7079 Baghdad 1986 RR Baghdad, Iraq*
7081 Ludibunda *
7082 La Serena La Serena, Chile, north of which lies the La Silla Observatory*
7083 Kant Immanuel Kant, German philosopher [†]
7086 Bopp Thomas Bopp, American amateur astronomer*
7087 Lewotsky Kristin Lewotsky, American optical engineer, editorial director of SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers)*
7088 Ishtar 1992 AA Ishtar, Akkadian goddess*
7092 Cadmus 1992 LC Cadmus, Greek mythological figure*
7094 Godaisan 1992 RJ Godaisan, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7095 Lamettrie Julien Offray de La Mettrie, French medical doctor and philosopher [†]
7096 Napier 1992 VM John Napier, Scottish mathematician*
7097 Yatsuka 1993 TF *
7098 Réaumur René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist*
7099 Feuerbach Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, German philosopher and moralist [†]
7100 Martin Luther 1360 T-2 Martin Luther, German Reformation theologian*
7101-7200
7104 Manyousyu 1977 DU Manyousyu, earliest collection of Japanese poetry*
7105 Yousyozan *
7106 Kondakov *
7107 Peiser Benny Josef Peiser, British social anthropologist [†]
7108 Nefedov *
7109 Heine Either Eduard Heine, German mathematician, or Heinrich Heine, German poet*
7112 Ghislaine 1986 GV Ghislaine Crozaz, American astronomer*
7113 Ostapbender *
7114 Weinek Ladislaus Weinek, Czech astronomer [†] [‡]
7115 Franciscuszeno Franciscus Zeno, Czech astronomer, palaeontologist and professor of mathematics [†]
7116 Mentall 1986 XX James E. Mentall, American astrophysicist*
7117 Claudius Claudius, Roman Emperor*
7118 Kuklov Kuklov, village in Czech Republic [†]
7119 Hiera Hiera, mythical person related to Trojan War
7121 Busch Matthias Busch, German amateur astronomer*
7122 Iwasaki *
7124 Glinos Tom Glinos, Canadian astronomer [†]
7125 Eitarodate Eitaro Date, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7126 Cureau Marin Cureau de la Chambre, French medical doctor and scientist [†]
7127 Stifter Adalbert Stifter, Austrian poet and novelist*
7128 Misawa *
7130 Klepper *
7131 Longtom 1992 YL *
7132 Casulli 1993 SE *
7133 Kasahara *
7134 Ikeuchisatoru 1993 UY *
7137 Ageo *
7139 Tsubokawa Ietsune Tsubokawa, Japanese astronomer*
7140 Osaki *
7141 Bettarini *
7142 Spinoza Baruch Spinoza (Benedict de Spinoza), Dutch-Jewish philosopher [†] [‡]
7143 Haramura *
7144 Dossobuono 1996 KQ Dossobuono, Italy*
7145 Linzexu 1996 LO *
7146 Konradin 3034 P-L Konradin Ferrari d'Occhieppo, Austrian astronomer*
7147 Feijth 4015 P-L Henk Feijth, Dutch amateur astronomer [†]
7148 Reinholdbien 1047 T-1 Reinhold Bien, German astronomer*
7149 Bernie 3220 T-3 *
7152 Euneus Euneus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
7153 Vladzakharov *
7158 IRTF Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7159 Bobjoseph [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7160 Tokunaga [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7161 Golitsyn Georgii Sergeevich Golitsyn, Russian astronomer, specialising in the physics of planetary atmospheres*
7162 Sidwell *
7164 Babadzhanov 1984 ET Pulat Babadzhanovich Babadzhanov, Tajik astronomer*
7165 Pendleton 1985 RH Yvonne Jean Pendleton, American astronomer or Geoffrey Nelson Pendleton, American astronomer*
7166 Kennedy 1985 TR Malcolm Kennedy (1944-1997), Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow [†]
7167 Laupheim Volkssternwarte Laupheim (Laupheim Public Observatory) [†] [‡]
7169 Linda *
7171 Arthurkraus Baron Artur Kraus, Czech astronomy benefactor and popularizer [†]
7172 Multatuli Multatuli, pseudonym of Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker [†] [‡]
7173 Sepkoski Jack Sepkoski, American palaeontologist*
7176 Kuniji 1989 XH *
7178 Ikuookamoto *
7179 Gassendi Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist [†]
7186 Tomioka 1991 YF *
7187 Isobe 1992 BW *
7188 Yoshii *
7189 Kuniko *
7192 Cieletespace Ciel et espace (Sky and Space), French astronomy magazine*
7193 Yamaoka *
7195 Danboice 1994 AJ Daniel Craig Boice, American astronomer*
7196 Baroni 1994 BF Sandra Baroni, Italian amateur astronomer and AAVSO member [†]
7197 Pieroangela 1994 BH Piero Angela, Italian science writer*
7198 Montelupo 1994 BJ Osservatorio di Montelupo*
7199 Brianza 1994 FR The Brianza area of Lombardy, and the Gruppo Astrofili Brianza (Brianza Astrophile Group), to which the discoverers belong [†]
7201-7300
7201 Kuritariku *
7203 Sigeki *
7204 Ondřejov 1995 GH Ondřejov, Czech Republic, 35 km SE of Prague and where the Ondřejov Observatory, the country's oldest active observatory, is located [†]
7205 Sadanori *
7206 Shiki 1996 QT *
7207 Hammurabi 2133 P-L Hammurabi, King of Babylon*
7208 Ashurbanipal 2645 P-L Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria*
7209 Cyrus 3523 P-L Cyrus II of Persia*
7210 Darius 6555 P-L Darius I of Persia*
7211 Xerxes 1240 T-1 Xerxes I of Persia*
7212 Artaxerxes 2155 T-2 Artaxerxes II of Persia*
7214 Anticlus Anticlus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
7215 Gerhard 1977 FS *
7216 Ishkov *
7217 Dacke Nils Dacke, Swedish leader of the peasant revolt of 1542 [†]
7220 Philnicholson 1981 QE Philip David Nicholson, American astronomer*
7222 Alekperov *
7223 Dolgorukij *
7224 Vesnina Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Victor Aleksandrovich Vesnin, and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Russian architects*
7225 Huntress 1983 BH *
7226 Kryl 1984 QJ Karel Kryl, Czech singer-songwriter [†]
7228 MacGillivray 1985 GO *
7229 Tonimoore 1985 RV *
7230 Lutz *
7231 Porco Carolyn C. Porco, American planetary scientist*
7232 Nabokov 1985 UQ Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American novelist [†]
7233 Majella Abruzzo, one of Italy's largest, wildest and best preserved natural reserves
7235 Hitsuzan 1986 UY Hitsuzan, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7238 Kobori 1989 OA *
7239 Mobberley 1989 TE Martin Mobberley, British amateur astronomer and author [†]
7241 Kuroda *
7242 Okyudo *
7244 Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer [†]
7248 Älvsjö Älvsjö, Sweden, now a suburb of Stockholm, where the Battle of Brännkyrka occurred [†]
7250 Kinoshita *
7251 Kuwabara *
7252 Kakegawa 1992 UZ *
7253 Nara 1993 CL *
7254 Kuratani *
7256 Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian and opponent of Nazism, executed in 1945 following his arrest and imprisonment after the attempt to assassinate Hitler. His brother Klaus was amongst those arrested and executed*
7257 Yoshiya *
7258 Pettarin 1994 EF *
7259 Gaithersburg *
7260 Metelli 1994 FN *
7261 Yokootakeo 1994 GZ *
7262 Sofue *
7263 Takayamada 1995 DP *
7265 Edithmüller 2908 T-2 Edith Müller, Swiss astronomer*
7266 Trefftz 4270 T-2 Eleonore Trefftz, German physicist, or, her father Erich Trefftz, after whom the Trefftz Method is named*
7268 Chigorin 1972 TF *
7269 Alprokhorov *
7270 Punkin *
7271 Doroguntsov *
7274 Washioyama 1982 FC Washioyama, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7276 Maymie 1983 RE *
7277 Klass Philip J. Klass, prominent UFO skeptic [Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 29, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2005, p. 18]
7278 Shtokolov Boris Timofeevich Shtokolov, Russian opera singer*
7279 Hagfors Tor Hagfors, Swedish astronomer*
7280 Bergengruen Werner Bergengruen, German (Baltic German) novelist*
7285 Seggewiss Wilhelm Seggewiss, German astronomer [†]
7287 Yokokurayama Yokokurayama, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7289 Kamegamori 1991 JU Kamegamori, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7290 Johnrather John Daniel Gray Rather, American astronomer*
7291 Hyakutake Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer [†]
7292 Prosperin Erik Prosperin, Swedish astronomer [†]
7293 Kazuyuki 1992 FH *
7296 Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist [†]
7299 Indiawadkins India Wadkins, long-time secretary to the Planetary Society [†]
7300 Yoshisada *
7301-7400
7304 Namiki *
7305 Ossakajusto *
7306 Panizon 1994 EH *
7308 Hattori Tadahiko Hattori, Japanese astronomer*
7309 Shinkawakami 1995 FU *
7311 Hildehan 1995 TU *
7313 Pisano 6207 P-L Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor or Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor*
7314 Pevsner 2146 T-1 Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British historian of art and architecture*
7315 Kolbe 1136 T-2 *
7316 Hajdu 3145 T-2 *
7317 Cabot 1940 ED John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), Genoese-Venetian explorer [†]
7318 Dyukov 1969 OX *
7319 Katterfeld Gennadij Nikolaevich Katterfeld, Russian geologist*
7320 Potter *
7322 Lavrentina *
7323 Robersomma *
7324 Carret 1981 BC *
7327 Crawford *
7328 Casanova Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer, spy, diplomat, and libertine [†]
7329 Bettadotto 1985 GK Elisabetta Dotto, Italian astronomer [†]
7330 Annelemaître 1985 TD Anne Lemaître, Belgian astronomer*
7331 Balindblad 1985 TV Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer*
7332 Ponrepo Viktor Ponrepo (Dismas Šlambor), Czech cinematic pioneer [†]
7333 Bec-Borsenberger Annick Bec-Borsenberger, French astronomer*
7334 Sciurus 1988 QV The Sciurus genus (squirrels) [†]
7336 Saunders *
7342 Uchinoura *
7343 Ockeghem Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer [†]
7344 Summerfield 1992 LU *
7345 Happer 1992 OF *
7346 Boulanger François Boulanger, French astronomer*
7349 Ernestmaes *
7351 Yoshidamichi *
7353 Kazuya *
7354 Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born British author*
7355 Bottke William Frederick Bottke, American astronomer*
7356 Casagrande *
7358 Oze *
7359 Messier 1996 BH Charles Messier, French astronomer [†]
7360 Moberg Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish writer [†]
7361 Endres *
7362 Rogerbyrd 1996 EY *
7363 Esquibel *
7364 Otonkučera 1996 KS *
7365 Sejong *
7366 Agata 1996 UY *
7367 Giotto 3077 T-1 Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter*
7368 Haldancohn 1966 BB *
7369 Gavrilin 1975 AN *
7370 Krasnogolovets *
7373 Stashis *
7381 Mamontov Savva Ivanovich Mamontov, Russian patron of the arts*
7382 Bozhenkova *
7383 Lassovszky 1981 SE Károly Lassovszky, Hungarian astronomer [†] [‡]
7385 Aktsynovia *
7386 Paulpellas 1981 WM Paul Pellas, French meteoriticist*
7387 Malbil Malcolm Bilson, American pianist [†]
7389 Michelcombes 1982 UE Michel Combes, French astronomer*
7390 Kundera 1983 QE Milan Kundera, Czech novelist [†]
7391 Strouhal Vincenc Strouhal, Czech physicist [†]
7392 Kowalski 1984 EX Richard Kowalski, American amateur astronomer [†]
7393 Luginbuhl Christian Luginbuhl, American astronomer*
7394 Xanthomalitia *
7396 Brusin *
7398 Walsh 1986 VM Martin F. Walsh, friend of the discoverer [†]
7401-7500
7403 Choustník Choustník, castle in Czech Republic [†]
7410 Kawazoe 1990 QG Akira Kawazoe, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7412 Linnaeus Carl von Linné, Swedish naturalist [†]
7413 Galibina *
7414 Bosch Carl Bosch, German chemist (winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1931) and amateur astronomer [†]
7415 Susumuimoto Susumu Imoto, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7416 Linnankoski Johannes Linnankoski, pseudonym of Vihtori Peltonen, Finnish writer [†]
7418 Akasegawa *
7420 Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, French naturalist [†]
7421 Kusaka 1992 HL *
7425 Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German dramatist and philosopher [†]
7429 Hoshikawa *
7430 Kogure *
7433 Pellegrini 1993 KD *
7434 Osaka Osaka, Japan*
7435 Sagamihara *
7436 Kuroiwa *
7437 Torricelli Evangelista Torricelli, Italian scientist*
7438 Misakatouge *
7439 Tetsufuse *
7440 Závist 1995 EA Závist, Czech archaeological site of a Celtic town [†]
7441 Láska 1995 OZ Václav Láska, Czech geophysicist, astronomer, geodetist, and mathematician [†]
7442 Inouehideo *
7443 Tsumura *
7445 Trajanus 4116 P-L Trajan, Roman Emperor*
7446 Hadrianus 2249 T-2 Hadrian, Roman Emperor*
7447 Marcusaurelius 1142 T-3 Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor*
7451 Verbitskaya *
7452 Izabelyuria *
7453 Slovtsov *
7456 Doressoundiram 1982 OD Alain Doressoundiram, French astronomer*
7457 Veselov Lunokhods, Mars Rover and more [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7461 Kachmokiam 1984 TD *
7462 Grenoble Grenoble, France, home of international scientific research facilities such as the Institut Laue-Langevin and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility*
7463 Oukawamine 1985 SB Oukawamine, mountain in Shikoku, Japan*
7464 Vipera The viper family of snakes, and more particularly Vipera berus, the adder or northern viper, which inhabits Kleť mountain [†]
7465 Munkanber *
7468 Anfimov Nikolaj Apollonovich Anfimov, Russian space scientist, co-chairman of the Russian-American cosmic committee, and an officer of the French Légion d'honneur [†]
7469 Krikalev Sergej Konstantinovich Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut [†]
7470 Jabberwock 1991 JA Creature in 'Jabberwocky', poem by Lewis Carroll*
7472 Kumakiri 1992 CU *
7475 Kaizuka *
7476 Ogilsbie 1993 GE *
7478 Hasse Peter Hasse, German organist [†]
7480 Norwan 1994 PC *
7481 San Marcello San Marcello Pistoiese in Italy, the mountain village where the Pian dei Termini Observatory is located [†]
7483 Sekitakakazu Takakazu Seki, Japanese mathematician*
7484 Dogo Onsen Dogo Onsen, Japanese hot spring*
7485 Changchun 1994 XO *
7486 Hamabe *
7487 Toshitanaka 1994 YM *
7488 Robertpaul *
7489 Oribe 1995 MX *
7490 Babička Maria Macháčová, Maria Petrželová, Emilia Dudková, and Aloisia Pravcová, grandmothers of the discoverer and his wife (babička is Czech for "grandmothers") [†]
7491 Linzerag On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft (Linzer A.G.), an association of Austrian amateur astronomers; the number of this minor planet, written backwards, is the year the association was founded (1947) [†] [‡]
7492 Kačenka 1995 UX Nickname of Kateřina Macháčová, the better half of the discoverer, Petr Pravec; the name was approved on the day before their wedding on 21 June 1997 [†]
7493 Hirzo Hirzo, founder of České Budějovice, Czech Republic, home town of the discoverer [†]
7494 Xiwanggongcheng *
7495 Feynman Richard P. Feynman, American physicist [†]
7496 Miroslavholub Miroslav Holub, Czech immunologist, poet and essayist [†]
7497 Guangcaishiye *
7498 Blaník 1996 BF Blaník Hill, Czech Republic, legendary resting place of the army of Saint Wenceslas [†]
7499 L'Aquila L'Aquila, the town and province of that name in Italy*
7500 Sassi 1996 TN Sassi di Matera, Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage site*

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
7001-7100
7001 Noether	1955 EH	Emmy Noether, German-born American mathematician*
7002 Bronshten	1971 OV	Vitalii Aleksandrovich Bronshten, Russian meteor researcher*
7003 Zoyamironova		Zoya Sergeevna Mironova, Russian physician, specialist in sports medicine and trauma specialist to the Russian cosmonauts*
7008 Pavlov		Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist*
7009 Hume		David Hume, British philosopher [†]
7010 Locke		John Locke, British philosopher [†]
7011 Worley		Charles Edmund Worley, American astronomer*
7012 Hobbes		Thomas Hobbes, British political philosopher [†]
7014 Nietzsche		Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher [†]
7015 Schopenhauer		Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher [†]
7016 Conandoyle	1991 YG	Arthur Conan Doyle, British novelist*
7017 Uradowan		Urado Bay, Kochi, Japan*
7020 Yourcenar		Marguerite Yourcenar, pseudonym of French-Belgian-American writer Marguerite de Crayencour [†]
7027 Toshihanda	1993 XT	*
7028 Tachikawa		*
7030 Colombini	1993 YU	*
7032 Hitchcock		Sir Alfred Hitchcock, British film director*
7035 Gomi		*
7037 Davidlean		David Lean, British film director*
7039 Yamagata		-
7040 Harwood	2642 P-L	Ronald Harwood, South African-born British actor, writer and producer*
7041 Nantucket	4081 P-L	Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA*
7042 Carver		*
7043 Godart	1934 RB	Odon Godart, Belgian astronomer*
7046 Reshetnev		Mikhail Fedorovich Reshetnev, Russian engineer, designer of communications and navigation satellites, launch vehicles*
7047 Lundström		Magnus Lundström, Swedish astronomer [†]
7051 Sean	1985 JY	*
7054 Brehm		*
7056 Kierkegaard		Søren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philosopher [†]
7061 Pieri		Mario Pieri, Italian mathematician*
7062 Meslier		Jean Meslier, French priest and philosopher [†]
7064 Montesquieu		Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French political thinker [†]
7066 Nessus		Nessus, mythological Greek centaur*
7067 Kiyose	1993 XE	*
7068 Minowa		*
7072 Beijingdaxue		University of Beijing*
7073 Rudbelia		*
7074 Muckea		Hermann Mucke, Austrian amateur astronomer and author, Director of the Urania-Sternwarte (Planetarium und Urania Observatory) in Vienna from 1971 to 2000*
7075 Sadovnichij		Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichij, Russian mathematician, Rector of Moscow State University
7077 Shermanschultz	1982 VZ	Sherman Schultz, American astronomy teacher at Macalester College for over 30 years, and who made many contributions to amateur telescope making [†]
7078 Unojönsson		Uno Jönsson, Swedish astronomer, author and friend of the discoverer [†]
7079 Baghdad	1986 RR	Baghdad, Iraq*
7081 Ludibunda		*
7082 La Serena		La Serena, Chile, north of which lies the La Silla Observatory*
7083 Kant		Immanuel Kant, German philosopher [†]
7086 Bopp		Thomas Bopp, American amateur astronomer*
7087 Lewotsky		Kristin Lewotsky, American optical engineer, editorial director of SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers)*
7088 Ishtar	1992 AA	Ishtar, Akkadian goddess*
7092 Cadmus	1992 LC	Cadmus, Greek mythological figure*
7094 Godaisan	1992 RJ	Godaisan, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7095 Lamettrie		Julien Offray de La Mettrie, French medical doctor and philosopher [†]
7096 Napier	1992 VM	John Napier, Scottish mathematician*
7097 Yatsuka	1993 TF	*
7098 Réaumur		René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist*
7099 Feuerbach		Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, German philosopher and moralist [†]
7100 Martin Luther	1360 T-2	Martin Luther, German Reformation theologian*
7101-7200
7104 Manyousyu	1977 DU	Manyousyu, earliest collection of Japanese poetry*
7105 Yousyozan		*
7106 Kondakov		*
7107 Peiser		Benny Josef Peiser, British social anthropologist [†]
7108 Nefedov		*
7109 Heine		Either Eduard Heine, German mathematician, or Heinrich Heine, German poet*
7112 Ghislaine	1986 GV	Ghislaine Crozaz, American astronomer*
7113 Ostapbender		*
7114 Weinek		Ladislaus Weinek, Czech astronomer [†] [‡]
7115 Franciscuszeno		Franciscus Zeno, Czech astronomer, palaeontologist and professor of mathematics [†]
7116 Mentall	1986 XX	James E. Mentall, American astrophysicist*
7117 Claudius		Claudius, Roman Emperor*
7118 Kuklov		Kuklov, village in Czech Republic [†]
7119 Hiera		Hiera, mythical person related to Trojan War
7121 Busch		Matthias Busch, German amateur astronomer*
7122 Iwasaki		*
7124 Glinos		Tom Glinos, Canadian astronomer [†]
7125 Eitarodate		Eitaro Date, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7126 Cureau		Marin Cureau de la Chambre, French medical doctor and scientist [†]
7127 Stifter		Adalbert Stifter, Austrian poet and novelist*
7128 Misawa		*
7130 Klepper		*
7131 Longtom	1992 YL	*
7132 Casulli	1993 SE	*
7133 Kasahara		*
7134 Ikeuchisatoru	1993 UY	*
7137 Ageo		*
7139 Tsubokawa		Ietsune Tsubokawa, Japanese astronomer*
7140 Osaki		*
7141 Bettarini		*
7142 Spinoza		Baruch Spinoza (Benedict de Spinoza), Dutch-Jewish philosopher [†] [‡]
7143 Haramura		*
7144 Dossobuono	1996 KQ	Dossobuono, Italy*
7145 Linzexu	1996 LO	*
7146 Konradin	3034 P-L	Konradin Ferrari d'Occhieppo, Austrian astronomer*
7147 Feijth	4015 P-L	Henk Feijth, Dutch amateur astronomer [†]
7148 Reinholdbien	1047 T-1	Reinhold Bien, German astronomer*
7149 Bernie	3220 T-3	*
7152 Euneus		Euneus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
7153 Vladzakharov		*
7158 IRTF		Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7159 Bobjoseph		[[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7160 Tokunaga		[[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7161 Golitsyn		Georgii Sergeevich Golitsyn, Russian astronomer, specialising in the physics of planetary atmospheres*
7162 Sidwell		*
7164 Babadzhanov	1984 ET	Pulat Babadzhanovich Babadzhanov, Tajik astronomer*
7165 Pendleton	1985 RH	Yvonne Jean Pendleton, American astronomer or Geoffrey Nelson Pendleton, American astronomer*
7166 Kennedy	1985 TR	Malcolm Kennedy (1944-1997), Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow [†]
7167 Laupheim		Volkssternwarte Laupheim (Laupheim Public Observatory) [†] [‡]
7169 Linda		*
7171 Arthurkraus		Baron Artur Kraus, Czech astronomy benefactor and popularizer [†]
7172 Multatuli		Multatuli, pseudonym of Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker [†] [‡]
7173 Sepkoski		Jack Sepkoski, American palaeontologist*
7176 Kuniji	1989 XH	*
7178 Ikuookamoto		*
7179 Gassendi		Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist [†]
7186 Tomioka	1991 YF	*
7187 Isobe	1992 BW	*
7188 Yoshii		*
7189 Kuniko		*
7192 Cieletespace		Ciel et espace (Sky and Space), French astronomy magazine*
7193 Yamaoka		*
7195 Danboice	1994 AJ	Daniel Craig Boice, American astronomer*
7196 Baroni	1994 BF	Sandra Baroni, Italian amateur astronomer and AAVSO member [†]
7197 Pieroangela	1994 BH	Piero Angela, Italian science writer*
7198 Montelupo	1994 BJ	Osservatorio di Montelupo*
7199 Brianza	1994 FR	The Brianza area of Lombardy, and the Gruppo Astrofili Brianza (Brianza Astrophile Group), to which the discoverers belong [†]
7201-7300
7201 Kuritariku		*
7203 Sigeki		*
7204 Ondřejov	1995 GH	Ondřejov, Czech Republic, 35 km SE of Prague and where the Ondřejov Observatory, the country's oldest active observatory, is located [†]
7205 Sadanori		*
7206 Shiki	1996 QT	*
7207 Hammurabi	2133 P-L	Hammurabi, King of Babylon*
7208 Ashurbanipal	2645 P-L	Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria*
7209 Cyrus	3523 P-L	Cyrus II of Persia*
7210 Darius	6555 P-L	Darius I of Persia*
7211 Xerxes	1240 T-1	Xerxes I of Persia*
7212 Artaxerxes	2155 T-2	Artaxerxes II of Persia*
7214 Anticlus		Anticlus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
7215 Gerhard	1977 FS	*
7216 Ishkov		*
7217 Dacke		Nils Dacke, Swedish leader of the peasant revolt of 1542 [†]
7220 Philnicholson	1981 QE	Philip David Nicholson, American astronomer*
7222 Alekperov		*
7223 Dolgorukij		*
7224 Vesnina		Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Victor Aleksandrovich Vesnin, and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Russian architects*
7225 Huntress	1983 BH	*
7226 Kryl	1984 QJ	Karel Kryl, Czech singer-songwriter [†]
7228 MacGillivray	1985 GO	*
7229 Tonimoore	1985 RV	*
7230 Lutz		*
7231 Porco		Carolyn C. Porco, American planetary scientist*
7232 Nabokov	1985 UQ	Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American novelist [†]
7233 Majella		Abruzzo, one of Italy's largest, wildest and best preserved natural reserves
7235 Hitsuzan	1986 UY	Hitsuzan, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7238 Kobori	1989 OA	*
7239 Mobberley	1989 TE	Martin Mobberley, British amateur astronomer and author [†]
7241 Kuroda		*
7242 Okyudo		*
7244 Villa-Lobos		Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer [†]
7248 Älvsjö		Älvsjö, Sweden, now a suburb of Stockholm, where the Battle of Brännkyrka occurred [†]
7250 Kinoshita		*
7251 Kuwabara		*
7252 Kakegawa	1992 UZ	*
7253 Nara	1993 CL	*
7254 Kuratani		*
7256 Bonhoeffer		Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian and opponent of Nazism, executed in 1945 following his arrest and imprisonment after the attempt to assassinate Hitler. His brother Klaus was amongst those arrested and executed*
7257 Yoshiya		*
7258 Pettarin	1994 EF	*
7259 Gaithersburg		*
7260 Metelli	1994 FN	*
7261 Yokootakeo	1994 GZ	*
7262 Sofue		*
7263 Takayamada	1995 DP	*
7265 Edithmüller	2908 T-2	Edith Müller, Swiss astronomer*
7266 Trefftz	4270 T-2	Eleonore Trefftz, German physicist, or, her father Erich Trefftz, after whom the Trefftz Method is named*
7268 Chigorin	1972 TF	*
7269 Alprokhorov		*
7270 Punkin		*
7271 Doroguntsov		*
7274 Washioyama	1982 FC	Washioyama, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7276 Maymie	1983 RE	*
7277 Klass		Philip J. Klass, prominent UFO skeptic [Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 29, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2005, p. 18]
7278 Shtokolov		Boris Timofeevich Shtokolov, Russian opera singer*
7279 Hagfors		Tor Hagfors, Swedish astronomer*
7280 Bergengruen		Werner Bergengruen, German (Baltic German) novelist*
7285 Seggewiss		Wilhelm Seggewiss, German astronomer [†]
7287 Yokokurayama		Yokokurayama, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7289 Kamegamori	1991 JU	Kamegamori, mountain in Kochi, Japan*
7290 Johnrather		John Daniel Gray Rather, American astronomer*
7291 Hyakutake		Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer [†]
7292 Prosperin		Erik Prosperin, Swedish astronomer [†]
7293 Kazuyuki	1992 FH	*
7296 Lamarck		Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist [†]
7299 Indiawadkins		India Wadkins, long-time secretary to the Planetary Society [†]
7300 Yoshisada		*
7301-7400
7304 Namiki		*
7305 Ossakajusto		*
7306 Panizon	1994 EH	*
7308 Hattori		Tadahiko Hattori, Japanese astronomer*
7309 Shinkawakami	1995 FU	*
7311 Hildehan	1995 TU	*
7313 Pisano	6207 P-L	Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor or Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor*
7314 Pevsner	2146 T-1	Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British historian of art and architecture*
7315 Kolbe	1136 T-2	*
7316 Hajdu	3145 T-2	*
7317 Cabot	1940 ED	John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), Genoese-Venetian explorer [†]
7318 Dyukov	1969 OX	*
7319 Katterfeld		Gennadij Nikolaevich Katterfeld, Russian geologist*
7320 Potter		*
7322 Lavrentina		*
7323 Robersomma		*
7324 Carret	1981 BC	*
7327 Crawford		*
7328 Casanova		Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer, spy, diplomat, and libertine [†]
7329 Bettadotto	1985 GK	Elisabetta Dotto, Italian astronomer [†]
7330 Annelemaître	1985 TD	Anne Lemaître, Belgian astronomer*
7331 Balindblad	1985 TV	Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer*
7332 Ponrepo		Viktor Ponrepo (Dismas Šlambor), Czech cinematic pioneer [†]
7333 Bec-Borsenberger		Annick Bec-Borsenberger, French astronomer*
7334 Sciurus	1988 QV	The Sciurus genus (squirrels) [†]
7336 Saunders		*
7342 Uchinoura		*
7343 Ockeghem		Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer [†]
7344 Summerfield	1992 LU	*
7345 Happer	1992 OF	*
7346 Boulanger		François Boulanger, French astronomer*
7349 Ernestmaes		*
7351 Yoshidamichi		*
7353 Kazuya		*
7354 Ishiguro		Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born British author*
7355 Bottke		William Frederick Bottke, American astronomer*
7356 Casagrande		*
7358 Oze		*
7359 Messier	1996 BH	Charles Messier, French astronomer [†]
7360 Moberg		Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish writer [†]
7361 Endres		*
7362 Rogerbyrd	1996 EY	*
7363 Esquibel		*
7364 Otonkučera	1996 KS	*
7365 Sejong		*
7366 Agata	1996 UY	*
7367 Giotto	3077 T-1	Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter*
7368 Haldancohn	1966 BB	*
7369 Gavrilin	1975 AN	*
7370 Krasnogolovets		*
7373 Stashis		*
7381 Mamontov		Savva Ivanovich Mamontov, Russian patron of the arts*
7382 Bozhenkova		*
7383 Lassovszky	1981 SE	Károly Lassovszky, Hungarian astronomer [†] [‡]
7385 Aktsynovia		*
7386 Paulpellas	1981 WM	Paul Pellas, French meteoriticist*
7387 Malbil		Malcolm Bilson, American pianist [†]
7389 Michelcombes	1982 UE	Michel Combes, French astronomer*
7390 Kundera	1983 QE	Milan Kundera, Czech novelist [†]
7391 Strouhal		Vincenc Strouhal, Czech physicist [†]
7392 Kowalski	1984 EX	Richard Kowalski, American amateur astronomer [†]
7393 Luginbuhl		Christian Luginbuhl, American astronomer*
7394 Xanthomalitia		*
7396 Brusin		*
7398 Walsh	1986 VM	Martin F. Walsh, friend of the discoverer [†]
7401-7500
7403 Choustník		Choustník, castle in Czech Republic [†]
7410 Kawazoe	1990 QG	Akira Kawazoe, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7412 Linnaeus		Carl von Linné, Swedish naturalist [†]
7413 Galibina		*
7414 Bosch		Carl Bosch, German chemist (winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1931) and amateur astronomer [†]
7415 Susumuimoto		Susumu Imoto, Japanese amateur astronomer*
7416 Linnankoski		Johannes Linnankoski, pseudonym of Vihtori Peltonen, Finnish writer [†]
7418 Akasegawa		*
7420 Buffon		Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, French naturalist [†]
7421 Kusaka	1992 HL	*
7425 Lessing		Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German dramatist and philosopher [†]
7429 Hoshikawa		*
7430 Kogure		*
7433 Pellegrini	1993 KD	*
7434 Osaka		Osaka, Japan*
7435 Sagamihara		*
7436 Kuroiwa		*
7437 Torricelli		Evangelista Torricelli, Italian scientist*
7438 Misakatouge		*
7439 Tetsufuse		*
7440 Závist	1995 EA	Závist, Czech archaeological site of a Celtic town [†]
7441 Láska	1995 OZ	Václav Láska, Czech geophysicist, astronomer, geodetist, and mathematician [†]
7442 Inouehideo		*
7443 Tsumura		*
7445 Trajanus	4116 P-L	Trajan, Roman Emperor*
7446 Hadrianus	2249 T-2	Hadrian, Roman Emperor*
7447 Marcusaurelius	1142 T-3	Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor*
7451 Verbitskaya		*
7452 Izabelyuria		*
7453 Slovtsov		*
7456 Doressoundiram	1982 OD	Alain Doressoundiram, French astronomer*
7457 Veselov		Lunokhods, Mars Rover and more [[Talk:Meanings_of_asteroid_names#2005_July_21_contents>†]]
7461 Kachmokiam	1984 TD	*
7462 Grenoble		Grenoble, France, home of international scientific research facilities such as the Institut Laue-Langevin and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility*
7463 Oukawamine	1985 SB	Oukawamine, mountain in Shikoku, Japan*
7464 Vipera		The viper family of snakes, and more particularly Vipera berus, the adder or northern viper, which inhabits Kleť mountain [†]
7465 Munkanber		*
7468 Anfimov		Nikolaj Apollonovich Anfimov, Russian space scientist, co-chairman of the Russian-American cosmic committee, and an officer of the French Légion d'honneur [†]
7469 Krikalev		Sergej Konstantinovich Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut [†]
7470 Jabberwock	1991 JA	Creature in 'Jabberwocky', poem by Lewis Carroll*
7472 Kumakiri	1992 CU	*
7475 Kaizuka		*
7476 Ogilsbie	1993 GE	*
7478 Hasse		Peter Hasse, German organist [†]
7480 Norwan	1994 PC	*
7481 San Marcello		San Marcello Pistoiese in Italy, the mountain village where the Pian dei Termini Observatory is located [†]
7483 Sekitakakazu		Takakazu Seki, Japanese mathematician*
7484 Dogo Onsen		Dogo Onsen, Japanese hot spring*
7485 Changchun	1994 XO	*
7486 Hamabe		*
7487 Toshitanaka	1994 YM	*
7488 Robertpaul		*
7489 Oribe	1995 MX	*
7490 Babička		Maria Macháčová, Maria Petrželová, Emilia Dudková, and Aloisia Pravcová, grandmothers of the discoverer and his wife (babička is Czech for "grandmothers") [†]
7491 Linzerag		On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft (Linzer A.G.), an association of Austrian amateur astronomers; the number of this minor planet, written backwards, is the year the association was founded (1947) [†] [‡]
7492 Kačenka	1995 UX	Nickname of Kateřina Macháčová, the better half of the discoverer, Petr Pravec; the name was approved on the day before their wedding on 21 June 1997 [†]
7493 Hirzo		Hirzo, founder of České Budějovice, Czech Republic, home town of the discoverer [†]
7494 Xiwanggongcheng		*
7495 Feynman		Richard P. Feynman, American physicist [†]
7496 Miroslavholub		Miroslav Holub, Czech immunologist, poet and essayist [†]
7497 Guangcaishiye		*
7498 Blaník	1996 BF	Blaník Hill, Czech Republic, legendary resting place of the army of Saint Wenceslas [†]
7499 L'Aquila		L'Aquila, the town and province of that name in Italy*
7500 Sassi	1996 TN	Sassi di Matera, Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage site*

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