MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (77001-78000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
77136 Mendillo Michael Mendillo, American professor of astronomy and electrical engineering at Boston University
77185 Cherryh C. J. Cherryh, American science fiction and fantasy writer
77441 Jouve 2001 HU Jacques Jouve, French astronomer(?), involved in the construction of the Paris Observatory's station near Saint-Véran
77696 Patriciann Patricia Ann (McLarty) Clingan, wife of the discoverer
77701-77800
77755 Delémont Delémont, Switzerland, where the Jurassien-Vicques Observatory is situated
77801-77900
77856 Noblitt Niles Noblitt, American member of the board of trustees of the Rose-Hulman Institute and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Oakley Observatory (where this minor planet was discovered)
77870 MOTESS 2001 SM Moving Object and Transient Event Search System


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