Meanings of asteroid names (73001-74000)
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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.
: 73001... 73101... 73201... 73301... 73401... 73501... 73601... 73701... 73801... 73901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 73001-73100 | ||
| 73059 Kaunas | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 73079 Davidbaltimore | David Baltimore, American biologist and Nobelist, seventh president of the California Institute of Technology | |
| 73301-73400 | ||
| 73342 Guyunusa | ||
| 73401-73500 | ||
| 73442 Feruglio | ||
| 73453 Ninomanfredi | Nino Manfredi, Italian actor | |
| 73465 Buonanno | ||
| 73491 Robmatson | Robert D. Matson, American amateur astronomer and software developer [†] | |
| 73501-73600 | ||
| 73511 Lovas | ||
| 73533 Alonso | Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One racing driver | |
| 73601-73700 | ||
| 73637 Guneus | Achaean leaders in the Trojan War | |
| 73640 Biermann | 1977 RM | Ludwig Biermann, German astrophysicist |
| 73687 Thomas Aquinas | Thomas Aquinas, Italian Catholic philosopher and theologian | |
| 73692 Gürtler | Joachim Gürtler, German astronomer [†] | |
| 73693 Dorschner | Johann Dorschner, German astronomer [†] | |
| 73700 von Kues | Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus) (Nikolaus Krebs von Kues), German theologian and philosopher | |
| 73701-73800 | ||
| 73703 Billings | Gary W. Billings, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer [†] [‡] | |
| 73704 Hladiuk | Donald W. Hladiuk, Canadian geologist and amateur astronomer [†] [‡] | |
| 73782 Yanagida | Yanagida, Ishikawa, Japan, home of the Yanagida Astronomical Observatory (the discovery site) | |
| 73801-73900 | ||
| 73883 Asteraude | 1997 DQ | Asteroids discovered by members of Association des utilisateurs de détecteurs électroniques ([AUDÉ]) are called "astéraudes" [†] |
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