MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (72001-73000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
72001-72100
72021 Yisunji Yi Sunji, Korean Joseon Dynasty astronomer
72037 Castelldefels Castelldefels, Spain †
72059 Heojun Heo Jun, Korean medical scientist
72060 Hohhot Hohhot, capital city of the province of Inner Mongolia, China
72071 Gábor Dénes Gábor, Hungarian-American 1971 Nobelist for Physics, for his invention and development of the holographic method
72543 Simonemarchi Simone Marchi, Italian astronomer
72596 Zilkha Michael and Nina Zilkha, American entrepreneurs and philanthropists
72601-72700
72633 Randygroth Randall H. Groth, American Associate Vice-President of the University of Arizona, key player in establishing Patterson Observatory †
72804 Caldentey 2001 GQ Maria-Dolorès Caldentey Rius, Spanish founding member of the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca, observatory and planetarium designer
72819 Brunet 2001 HX Joseph Brunet, French astronomer involved in the construction of the Observatoire de Saint-Véran
72827 Maxaub Max Aub, Franco-Spanish writer †


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