MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (61001-62000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
61190 Johnschutt John Schutt, American expert mountaineer and member of the yearly Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program †
61195 Martinoli Piero Martinoli, Swiss professor of physics and leader of the superconductivity research group at the University of Neuchâtel †
61201-61300
61208 Stonařov Stonařov, Moravia, Czech Republic (Stannern in German), where an eucrite meteorite fell on 1808 May 22, on the occasion of the fall's 200th anniversary
61301-61400
61384 Arturoromer 2000 QW Arturo Romer, director of the association Elettricità della Svizzera Italiana †
61386 Namikoshi Tokujiro Namikoshi, Japanese founder of Shiatsu therapy (massage by thumb)
61401-61500
61401 Schiff Leonard Isaac Schiff, 20th-century American theoretical physicist, whose ideas led to the Gravity Probe B experiment
61402 Franciseveritt Francis Everitt, American physicist, principal investigator of the Gravity Probe B experiment
61404 OÄenášek Ludvík OÄenášek, Czech aviation and rocket pioneer †


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