Meanings of minor planet names: 74001–75000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

74001–74100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
74024 Hrabě 1998 HR4 Václav Hrabě (1940–1965), Czech poet and writer. JPL

74101–74200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

74201–74300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

74301–74400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
74370 Kolářjan 1998 XJ Jan Kolár (b. 1944) started his professional career in satellite remote sensing in 1975. Since the mid-90s he actively participated in the building of the Czech-ESA relations and significantly contributed to the creation of the Czech Space Office. JPL
74400 Streaky 1998 XH97 Name chosen by Eve Canovan, from Lancaster, UK, as the winner of a national competition to write a story that included an "asteroid" or "asteroids", which was run by the Centre for Life in conjunction with The Times Eureka Science magazine to enthuse and engage children about space. JPL

74401–74500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
74439 Brenden 1999 CT2 Craig Brenden (b. 1946), a teacher of chemistry and an amateur astronomer. JPL

74501–74600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
74503 Madola 1999 DN4 74503 Madola Discovered 1999 Feb. 23 by D. Bergeron at Val-des-Bois. Christian Marois (b. 1974), René Doyon (b. 1963) and David Lafrenière (b. 1978) developed instruments that allowed seeing an extrasolar planetary system. Doyon was director of the Mt. Mégantic Observatory; Marois and Lafrenière were postdoctoral fellows at the Herzberg Institute and the University of Toronto.JPL
74509 Gillett 1999 FG7 Frederick C. Gillett, American infrared astronomer JPL

74601–74700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
74625 Tieproject 1999 RR34 NASA's Telescopes In Education (TIE) project

74701–74800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
74764 Rudolfpešek 1999 RP213 74764 Rudolfpešek Discovered 1999 Sept. 15 by P. Kušnirák and P. Pravec at Ondřejov. Rudolf Pešek (1905-1989) founded the Czech school of aerodynamic engineering. An enthusiastic supporter and popularizer of spaceflight, he became an active member of the International Astronautical Federation and the International Academy of Astronautics. He invented the famous abbreviation CETI, now SETI.JPL

74801–74900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
74818 Iten 1999 TW10 Marco Iten (b. 1950), a goldsmith and a skilled model train hobbyist, living in Gordola, Switzerland. JPL
74824 Tarter 1999 TJ16 Jill C. Tarter, American radio-astronomer JPL

74901–75000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References

  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
73,001–74,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 74,001–75,000
Succeeded by
75,001–76,000
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