MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (79001-80000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
79001-79100
79087 Scheidt Samuel Scheidt, German organist and composer (as were his brothers Gottfried and Christian), who was born and died in the discoverer's home town, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
79101-79200
79129 Robkoldewey Robert Koldewey, German architect and archaeologist
79144 Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, best known for ''Don Quijote''
79201-79300
79254 Tsuda 1994 YJ Tsunemi Tsuda, the "Blazing Closer", Japanese baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
79271 Bellagio Bellagio, Italy, a resort town on Lake Como, a few kilometers north of the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano (Sormano Astronomical Observatory) †
79301-79400
79333 Yusaku Yusaku Matsuda, 20th-century Japanese television and film actor
79353 Andrewalday Andrew Alday, American member of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) team
79375 Valetti 1997 FA Alvero Valetti, Italian mathematician and physicist
79401-79500
79418 Zhangjiajie 1997 LO Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China, one of eight UNESCO-listed Chinese geoparks
79896 Billhaley Bill Haley, American rock-and-roll pioneer †
79901-80000
79912 Terrell Dirk Terrell, American astronomer, author and astronomical artist


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