MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (73001-74000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
73001-73100
73059 Kaunas Kaunas, Lithuania
73079 Davidbaltimore David Baltimore, American biologist and Nobelist, seventh president of the California Institute of Technology
73342 Guyunusa Guyunusa, wife of the warrior Tacuabé, native Uruguayans sold for exhibition in France in 1833
73401-73500
73442 Feruglio Chiara Feruglio, Italian astronomer
73453 Ninomanfredi Nino Manfredi, Italian actor
73465 Buonanno Roberto Buonanno, Italian astronomer, director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
73491 Robmatson Robert D. Matson, American amateur astronomer and software developer †
73501-73600
73511 Lovas Miklós Lovas, Hungarian astronomer
73533 Alonso Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula One racing driver
73601-73700
73637 Guneus One of the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War
73640 Biermann 1977 RM Ludwig Biermann, German astrophysicist
73687 Thomas Aquinas Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian Catholic philosopher and theologian
73692 Gürtler Joachim Gürtler, German astronomer †
73693 Dorschner Johann Dorschner, German astronomer †
73700 von Kues Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus) (Nikolaus Krebs von Kues), German theologian and philosopher
73701-73800
73703 Billings Gary W. Billings, Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer † ‡
73704 Hladiuk Donald W. Hladiuk, Canadian geologist and amateur astronomer † ‡
73782 Yanagida Yanagida, Ishikawa, Japan, home of the Yanagida Astronomical Observatory (the discovery site)
73801-73900
73883 Asteraude 1997 DQ Asteroids discovered by members of Association des utilisateurs de détecteurs électroniques (AUDÉ) are called "astéraudes" †
73885 Kalaymoodley 1997 EV Kalayvany Moodley, South African friend of the discoverer


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