MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (27001-28000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
27001-27100
27003 Katoizumi Izumi Kato, Japanese singer
27049 Kraus Adam Levi Kraus, American astronomer
27056 Ginoloria Gino Loria, Italian mathematician and historian of mathematics
27079 Vsetín Vsetín, Wallachia region of eastern Moravia, the Czech Republic, site of a public observatory founded there in 1950 † ‡ +
27087 Tillmannmohr Tillmann Mohr, director of EUMETSAT †
27088 Valmez Valašské Meziříčí, a town in the Wallachia region of eastern Moravia, the Czech Republic †
27094 Salgari Emilio Salgari, 19th-century Italian author, the "King of Adventure"
27095 Girardiwanda Wanda Girardi Castellani (a.k.a. Girardi Wanda), Italian poet and journalist
27101-27200
27114 Lukasiewicz Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and logician, inventor of "reverse Polish notation"
27120 Isabelhawkins Isabel Trecco Hawkins, American astrochemist and director of the Center for Science Education at the University of California Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
27130 Dipaola Andrea Di Paola, Italian astronomer †
27132 Ježek Jaroslav Ježek, Czech composer †
27150 Annasante Anna Mazzi and Sante Colombini, parents of Ermes Colombini, one of the discoverers
27201-27300
27267 Wiberg Kenneth B. Wiberg, American spectroscopist and chemist, and the Ph.D. advisor of the discoverer
27270 Guidotti Guido Guidotti, Italian amateur astronomer †
27301-27400
27341 Fabiomuzzi Fabio Muzzi, Italian amateur astronomer
27344 Vesevlada Vladimír Veselý, Czech researcher in apiculture †
27396 Shuji Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American electronics engineer, inventor of the blue LED and the violet-blue laser
27401-27500
27500 Mandelbrot Benoît B. Mandelbrot, French-American mathematician
27501-27600
27502 Stephbecca Stephanie E. and Rebecca N. Wasserman, daughters of the discoverer
27514 Markov Andrei Andreevich Markov, Russian mathematician
27525 Vartovka Vartovka, a hill near Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, on top of which a 16th-century watch tower was rebuilt as a public observatory in 1961 † ‡
27601-27700
27660 Waterwayuni Saint-Petersburg State University of Waterway Communications (Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет водных коммуникаций), Russia
27701-27800
27706 Strogen James A. Strogen, American telescope operator (at the Mount Wilson Observatory), leader of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, and who assisted in organizing the Palomar Observatory's 1.2-m Schmidt Oschin Telescope plate archive
27709 Orenburg Orenburg, Russia
27710 Henseling Robert Henseling, German teacher and author of popular works on astronomy, editor of the annual ''Sternbüchlein'', founder of the Stuttgart Volkssternwarte and of the journal ''Die Sterne''
27711 Kirschvink Joseph Lynn Kirschvink, American earth scientist ‡
27712 Coudray Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray, 19th-century German court architect
27716 Nobuyuki Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Japanese meteorologist and astronomer
27719 Fast Wilhelm Fast, Russian mathematician, who directed a project to model the Tunguska event, and his daughter Annie, who assisted in subsequent projects
27736 Ekaterinburg Ekaterinburg, Russia
27739 Kimihiro 1990 UV Kimihiro Matsugi, Japanese elementary teacher and presenter at Geisei Observatory
27740 Obatomoyuki Tomoyuki Oba, Japanese high school teacher and presenter at Geisei Observatory
27748 Vivianhoette 1991 AL Vivian Hoette, American astronomy educator at the Yerkes Observatory for the Lawrence Hall of Science
27758 Michelson Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born American physicist and Nobelist
27764 von Flüe Saint Nicholas of Flue (Niklaus von Flüe), Swiss councillor, judge, mystic, politician, and later hermit and patron saint of Switzerland
27765 Brockhaus Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher, best known for its Brockhaus encyclopedia, which served as models for other reference books
27776 Cortland State University of New York at Cortland ‡ +
27789 Astrakhan The Astrakhan Khanate, Tatar feudal state established in the 15th century
27791 Masaru Masaru Kubota, Japanese television broadcaster, weather forecaster, and science and astronomy popularizer
27801-27900
27810 Daveturner David G. Turner, Canadian astronomer †
27845 Josephmeyer Joseph Meyer, 19th-century German merchant, publisher and publicist, founder of the Bibliographisches Institut at Gotha, which pioneered the subscription system of encyclopedia publishing
27846 Honegger Arthur Honegger, Swiss-French composer
27849 Suyumbika Suyumbika Tower, the symbol of Kazan, one of the oldest towns in Russia; legend has it that princess Suyumbika jumped from the tower rather than allow herself to be captured by enemies surrounding the town
27864 Antongraff Anton Graff, 18th-century Swiss portrait painter
27879 Shibata Shinpei Shibata, Japanese astrophysicist
27901-28000
27915 Nancywright Nancy Wright, friend of the discoverer
27917 Edoardo Edoardo Tesi, grandson of Luciano Tesi †
27922 Mascheroni Lorenzo Mascheroni, Italian mathematician
27947 Emilemathieu Émile Léonard Mathieu, French mathematician
27952 Atapuerca Atapuerca, small Spanish mountain chain in the province of Burgos, a UNESCO World Heritage site because of the human fossil deposits discovered there
27959 Fagioli Giancarlo Fagioli, Italian cartographer and amateur astronomer †
27974 Drejsl 1997 UH Radim Drejsl, Czech composer †
27975 Mazurkiewicz Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Polish mathematician
27977 Distratis Cosimo Distratis, Italian supporter of the amateur observatory at Montefusco Uggiano in Italy †
27978 Lubosluka Luboš Sluka, Czech composer †
27983 Bernardi Fabrizio Bernardi, Italian astronomer
27984 Herminefranz 1997 VN Hermine and Franz Stoss, parents of the discoverer, Banat-born German amateur astronomer Rainer Michael Stoss †
27985 Remanzacco Remanzacco, Italy, location of the Osservatorio di Remanzacco, an amateur observatory
27986 Hanuš Jan Hanuš, Czech composer †
27988 Menabrea Luigi Federico Menabrea, Italian (Piedmontese) mathematician and statesman


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