MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (81001-82000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
81203 Polynesia French Polynesia, because it was the first discovery from this region of the world
81790 Lewislove Lewis E. Love, American physics teacher at Great Neck North High School
81801-81900
81822 Jamesearly James M. Early, American co-inventor of the transistor ‡
81859 Joetaylor Joseph H. Taylor, American astronomer, pulsar hunter extraordinaire, Nobel laureate and MacArthur fellow
81901-82000
81915 Hartwick F. David A. Hartwick, Canadian astrophysicist †
81971 Turonclavere Marie-Hélène Turon Clavère, French schoolteacher and amateur astronomer


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