MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (65001-66000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
65001-65100
65001 Teodorescu Ana Maria Teodorescu, Romanian astronomer and wife of Fabrizio Bernardi, one of the discoverers †
65091 Saramagrin 2002 CF Sara Magrin, Italian astronomer, active member of the Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey (ADAS)
65100 Birtwhistle Peter Birtwhistle, British amateur astronomer †
65101-65200
65159 Sprowls Marlene Sprowls Durig, mother of the discoverer †
65357 Antoniucci Simone Antoniucci, Italian astronomer †
65363 Ruthanna Ruthanna Dellinger Powell, aunt of the discoverer †
65401-65500
65489 Ceto Ceto, mythological monstrous sea creature, child of Gaia and Pontus; together with its sibling Phorcys ((65489) Ceto I Phorcys), it produced numerous offspring, the Phorcydides
65501-65600
65583 Theoklymenos 4646 T-2 Theoklymenos, son of Mantios and grandson of Melampus, Greek seer who, in the Odyssey, prophesies Odysseus' return to Ithaca and the death of Penelope's suitors †
65590 Archeptolemos 1305 T-3 Archeptolemos, Trojan charioteer of Hector, killed by Teucer with the help of Apollo †
65601-65700
65657 Hube Douglas P. Hube, Canadian astronomer †
65675 Mohr-Gruber Curate Josef Mohr and his organist Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian musicians, composers of the Christmas carol "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" ("Silent Night! Holy Night!") †
65685 Behring Emil Adolf von Behring, German medical doctor and Nobelist, founder of the science of immunology †
65694 Franzrosenzweig Franz Rosenzweig, modern (19th-20th century) Jewish religious thinker †
65696 Pierrehenry Pierre Henry Senegas-Lowe, son of the discoverer †
65697 Paulandrew Paul Andrew Senegas-Lowe, son of the discoverer †
65698 Emmarochelle Emma Rochelle Slater, step-daughter of the discoverer †
65701-65800
65708 Ehrlich Paul Ehrlich, German Nobelist, pioneer of hematology, immunology and chemotherapy
65769 Mahalia Mahalia Jackson, American "Queen of Gospel Song"
65775 Reikotosa Reiko Tosa, Japanese long-distance runner
65801-65900
65803 Didymos 1996 GT Greek for "twin" (the object was named after its binarity was confirmed in 2003) †
65885 Lubenow Alexander (Andy) F. Lubenow, American program coordinator at the Space Telescope Science Institute ‡


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