MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (7001-7500)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
7001-7100
7001 Noether 1955 EH Emmy Noether, German-born American mathematician
7002 Bronshten 1971 OV Vitalii Aleksandrovich Bronshten, Russian meteor researcher
7003 Zoyamironova Zoya Sergeevna Mironova, Russian physician, specialist in sports medicine and trauma specialist to the Russian cosmonauts
7004 Markthiemens Mark H. Thiemens, American chemist and areologist
7005 Henninghaack Henning Haack, Danish curator of meteorites at the Geologisk Museum (Geological Museum) of the København Universitet (University of Copenhagen)
7006 Folco Luigi Folco, Italian curator of meteorites at the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide "Felice Ippolito" (National Museum of Antarctica) of the Universities of Genova, Siena and Trieste
7007 Timjull A. J. Timothy Jull, American meteoriticist, editor of the journal ''Meteoritics and Planetary Science''
7008 Pavlov Nikolaj Nikiforovich Pavlov, Russian astronomer
7009 Hume David Hume, British philosopher
7010 Locke John Locke, British philosopher
7011 Worley Charles Edmund Worley, American astronomer ]
7012 Hobbes Thomas Hobbes, British political philosopher
7014 Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher
7015 Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
7016 Conandoyle 1991 YG Arthur Conan Doyle, British novelist
7017 Uradowan Urado Bay, Kochi, Japan
7020 Yourcenar Marguerite Yourcenar, pseudonym of French-Belgian-American writer Marguerite de Crayencour
7027 Toshihanda 1993 XT
7028 Tachikawa
7030 Colombini 1993 YU
7032 Hitchcock Sir Alfred Hitchcock, British film director
7035 Gomi
7037 Davidlean David Lean, British film director
7039 Yamagata -
7040 Harwood 2642 P-L Ronald Harwood, South African-born British actor, writer and producer
7041 Nantucket 4081 P-L Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA
7042 Carver
7043 Godart 1934 RB Odon Godart, Belgian astronomer
7046 Reshetnev Mikhail Fedorovich Reshetnev, Russian engineer, designer of communications and navigation satellites, launch vehicles
7047 Lundström Magnus Lundström, Swedish astronomer
7048 Chaussidon Marc Chaussidon, French geochemist
7049 Meibom Anders Meibom, Danish meteoriticist
7051 Sean 1985 JY Sean Colin Woodard, oldest grandson of the discoverers
7054 Brehm
7056 Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philosopher
7061 Pieri David Pieri, American planetary geologist and volcanologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
7062 Meslier Jean Meslier, French priest and philosopher
7064 Montesquieu Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French political thinker
7066 Nessus Nessus, mythological Greek centaur
7067 Kiyose 1993 XE
7068 Minowa
7072 Beijingdaxue University of Beijing
7073 Rudbelia
7074 Muckea Hermann Mucke, Austrian amateur astronomer and author, Director of the Urania-Sternwarte (Planetarium und Urania Observatory) in Vienna from 1971 to 2000
7075 Sadovnichij Viktor Sadovnichiy, Russian mathematician, Rector of the Moscow State University
7077 Shermanschultz 1982 VZ Sherman Schultz, American astronomy teacher at Macalester College for over 30 years, and who made many contributions to amateur telescope making
7078 Unojönsson Uno Jönsson, Swedish astronomer, author and friend of the discoverer
7079 Baghdad 1986 RR Baghdad, Iraq
7081 Ludibunda
7082 La Serena La Serena, Chile, north of which lies the La Silla Observatory
7083 Kant Immanuel Kant, German philosopher
7086 Bopp Thomas Bopp, American amateur astronomer
7087 Lewotsky Kristin Lewotsky, American optical engineer, editorial director of SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers)
7088 Ishtar 1992 AA Ishtar, Akkadian goddess
7092 Cadmus 1992 LC Cadmus, Greek mythological figure
7093 Jonleake 1992 OT Jonathan Richard Leake, British journalist, Science and Environment Editor for ''The Sunday Times''
7094 Godaisan 1992 RJ Godaisan, mountain in Kochi, Japan
7095 Lamettrie Julien Offray de La Mettrie, French medical doctor and philosopher
7096 Napier 1992 VM John Napier, Scottish mathematician
7097 Yatsuka 1993 TF
7098 Réaumur René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist
7099 Feuerbach Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, German philosopher and moralist
7100 Martin Luther 1360 T-2 Martin Luther, German Reformation theologian
7101-7200
7104 Manyousyu 1977 DU Manyousyu, earliest collection of Japanese poetry
7105 Yousyozan
7106 Kondakov
7107 Peiser Benny Josef Peiser, British social anthropologist
7108 Nefedov
7109 Heine Either Eduard Heine, German mathematician, or Heinrich Heine, German poet
7110 Johnpearse John Marshall Pearse, Australian mechanical technician at the Perth Observatory (1981–2006)
7112 Ghislaine 1986 GV Ghislaine Crozaz, Belgian meteoriticist
7113 Ostapbender
7114 Weinek Ladislaus Weinek, Czech astronomer
7115 Franciscuszeno Franciscus Zeno, Czech astronomer, palaeontologist and professor of mathematics
7116 Mentall 1986 XX E. Talmadge Mentall, American astronomical atlas illustrator
7117 Claudius Claudius, Roman Emperor
7118 Kuklov Kuklov, village in Czech Republic
7119 Hiera Hiera, mythical person related to Trojan War
7121 Busch Matthias Busch, German amateur astronomer
7122 Iwasaki
7124 Glinos Tom Glinos, Canadian astronomer
7125 Eitarodate Eitaro Date, Japanese amateur astronomer
7126 Cureau Marin Cureau de la Chambre, French medical doctor and scientist
7127 Stifter Adalbert Stifter, Austrian poet and novelist
7128 Misawa
7130 Klepper
7131 Longtom 1992 YL
7132 Casulli 1993 SE
7133 Kasahara
7134 Ikeuchisatoru 1993 UY
7137 Ageo
7139 Tsubokawa Ietsune Tsubokawa, Japanese astronomer
7140 Osaki
7141 Bettarini
7142 Spinoza Baruch Spinoza (Benedict de Spinoza), Dutch-Jewish philosopher
7143 Haramura
7144 Dossobuono 1996 KQ Dossobuono, Italy
7145 Linzexu 1996 LO Lin Zexu, Chinese scholar and official during the Qing dynasty
7146 Konradin 3034 P-L Konradin Ferrari d'Occhieppo, Austrian astronomer
7147 Feijth 4015 P-L Henk Feijth, Dutch amateur astronomer
7148 Reinholdbien 1047 T-1 Reinhold Bien, German astronomer
7149 Bernie 3220 T-3
7152 Euneus Euneus, mythical person related to Trojan War
7153 Vladzakharov
7157 Lofgren Gary E. Lofgren, American planetary scientist and curator of lunar materials at NASA's Johnson Space Center
7158 IRTF The 3-m NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
7159 Bobjoseph Robert D. Joseph, American astronomer
7160 Tokunaga Alan T. Tokunaga, American astronomer
7161 Golitsyn Georgii Sergeevich Golitsyn, Russian astronomer, specialising in the physics of planetary atmospheres
7162 Sidwell
7164 Babadzhanov 1984 ET Pulat Babadzhanovich Babadzhanov, Tajik astronomer
7165 Pendleton 1985 RH Yvonne Jean Pendleton, American astronomer or Geoffrey Nelson Pendleton, American astronomer
7166 Kennedy 1985 TR Malcolm Kennedy (1944-1997), Secretary of the Astronomical Society of Glasgow
7167 Laupheim Volkssternwarte Laupheim (Laupheim Public Observatory)
7169 Linda
7170 Livesey 1987 MK Ron Livesey, Scottish amateur astronomer
7171 Arthurkraus Baron Artur Kraus, Czech astronomy benefactor and popularizer
7172 Multatuli Multatuli, pseudonym of Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker
7173 Sepkoski J. John Sepkoski Jr., American palaeontologist
7176 Kuniji 1989 XH
7178 Ikuookamoto
7179 Gassendi Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher and scientist
7182 Robinvaughan Robin M. Vaughan, American engineer, who worked for the ''Voyager 2, Galileo, Cassini–Huygens'' and ''Mars Pathfinder'' missions and was lead guidance and control system engineer for the ''MESSENGER'' spacecraft
7186 Tomioka 1991 YF
7187 Isobe 1992 BW
7188 Yoshii
7189 Kuniko
7192 Cieletespace ''Ciel et espace'' (''Sky and Space''), French astronomy magazine
7193 Yamaoka
7195 Danboice 1994 AJ Daniel Craig Boice, American astronomer
7196 Baroni 1994 BF Sandra Baroni, Italian amateur astronomer and AAVSO member
7197 Pieroangela 1994 BH Piero Angela, Italian science writer
7198 Montelupo 1994 BJ Osservatorio di Montelupo
7199 Brianza 1994 FR The Brianza area of Lombardy, and the Gruppo Astrofili Brianza (Brianza Astrophile Group), to which the discoverers belong
7201-7300
7201 Kuritariku
7203 Sigeki
7204 Ondřejov 1995 GH Ondřejov, Czech Republic, 35 km SE of Prague and where the Ondřejov Observatory, the country's oldest active observatory, is located
7205 Sadanori
7206 Shiki 1996 QT
7207 Hammurabi 2133 P-L Hammurabi, King of Babylon
7208 Ashurbanipal 2645 P-L Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria
7209 Cyrus 3523 P-L Cyrus II of Persia
7210 Darius 6555 P-L Darius I of Persia
7211 Xerxes 1240 T-1 Xerxes I of Persia
7212 Artaxerxes 2155 T-2 Artaxerxes II of Persia
7214 Anticlus Anticlus, mythical person related to Trojan War
7215 Gerhard 1977 FS
7216 Ishkov
7217 Dacke Nils Dacke, Swedish leader of the peasant revolt of 1542
7219 Satterwhite Cecilia Satterwhite, American curator of meteorites at NASA's Johnson Space Center
7220 Philnicholson 1981 QE Philip David Nicholson, American astronomer
7222 Alekperov
7223 Dolgorukij
7224 Vesnina Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Victor Aleksandrovich Vesnin, and Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin, Russian architects
7225 Huntress 1983 BH
7226 Kryl 1984 QJ Karel Kryl, Czech singer-songwriter
7228 MacGillivray 1985 GO
7229 Tonimoore 1985 RV
7230 Lutz
7231 Porco Carolyn C. Porco, American planetary scientist
7232 Nabokov 1985 UQ Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American novelist
7233 Majella Parco Nazionale della Majella (Majella National Park) in Abruzzo, one of Italy's largest, wildest and best preserved natural reserves
7235 Hitsuzan 1986 UY Hitsuzan, mountain in Kochi, Japan
7238 Kobori 1989 OA
7239 Mobberley 1989 TE Martin Mobberley, British amateur astronomer and author
7241 Kuroda
7242 Okyudo
7244 Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer
7248 Älvsjö Älvsjö, Sweden, now a suburb of Stockholm, where the Battle of Brännkyrka occurred
7250 Kinoshita
7251 Kuwabara
7252 Kakegawa 1992 UZ
7253 Nara 1993 CL
7254 Kuratani
7256 Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian and opponent of Nazism, executed in 1945 following his arrest and imprisonment after the attempt to assassinate Hitler. His brother Klaus was amongst those arrested and executed
7257 Yoshiya
7258 Pettarin 1994 EF
7259 Gaithersburg
7260 Metelli 1994 FN
7261 Yokootakeo 1994 GZ
7262 Sofue
7263 Takayamada 1995 DP
7265 Edithmüller 2908 T-2 Edith Müller, Swiss astronomer
7266 Trefftz 4270 T-2 Eleonore Trefftz, German physicist, or, her father Erich Trefftz, after whom the Trefftz Method is named
7268 Chigorin 1972 TF
7269 Alprokhorov
7270 Punkin
7271 Doroguntsov
7272 Darbydyar M. Darby Dyar, American astronomy professor and planetologist at Mount Holyoke College
7273 Garyhuss Gary R. Huss, American cosmochemist, director of the W. M. Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory at the University of Hawaii
7274 Washioyama 1982 FC Washioyama, mountain in Kochi, Japan
7276 Maymie 1983 RE
7277 Klass Philip J. Klass, prominent UFO skeptic [''Skeptical Inquirer'', Vol. 29, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2005, p. 18]
7278 Shtokolov Boris Timofeevich Shtokolov, Russian opera singer
7279 Hagfors Tor Hagfors, Norwegian astronomer
7280 Bergengruen Werner Bergengruen, German (Baltic German) novelist
7285 Seggewiss Wilhelm Seggewiss, German astronomer
7287 Yokokurayama Yokokurayama, mountain in Kochi, Japan
7289 Kamegamori 1991 JU Kamegamori, mountain in Kochi, Japan
7290 Johnrather John Daniel Gray Rather, American astronomer
7291 Hyakutake Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer
7292 Prosperin Erik Prosperin, Swedish astronomer
7293 Kazuyuki 1992 FH
7296 Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist
7299 Indiawadkins India Wadkins, long-time secretary to the Planetary Society
7300 Yoshisada
7301-7400
7304 Namiki
7305 Ossakajusto
7306 Panizon 1994 EH
7308 Hattori Tadahiko Hattori, Japanese astronomer
7309 Shinkawakami 1995 FU
7311 Hildehan 1995 TU
7313 Pisano 6207 P-L Giovanni Pisano, Italian sculptor or Andrea Pisano, Italian sculptor
7314 Pevsner 2146 T-1 Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British historian of art and architecture
7315 Kolbe 1136 T-2
7316 Hajdu 3145 T-2
7317 Cabot 1940 ED John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), Genoese-Venetian explorer
7318 Dyukov 1969 OX
7319 Katterfeld Gennadij Nikolaevich Katterfeld, Russian geologist
7320 Potter Hejno Iogannovich Potter, Russian astronomer
7322 Lavrentina
7323 Robersomma
7324 Carret 1981 BC
7326 Tedbunch Theodore E. Bunch, American meteoriticist
7327 Crawford
7328 Casanova Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer, spy, diplomat, and libertine
7329 Bettadotto 1985 GK Elisabetta Dotto, Italian astronomer
7330 Annelemaître 1985 TD Anne Lemaître, Belgian astronomer
7331 Balindblad 1985 TV Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer
7332 Ponrepo Viktor Ponrepo (Dismas Šlambor), Czech cinematic pioneer
7333 Bec-Borsenberger Annick Bec-Borsenberger, French astronomer
7334 Sciurus 1988 QV The ''Sciurus'' genus (squirrels)
7336 Saunders
7342 Uchinoura
7343 Ockeghem Johannes Ockeghem, Flemish composer
7344 Summerfield 1992 LU
7345 Happer 1992 OF Felix Happer, the character played by Burt Lancaster in the movie "Local Hero"
7346 Boulanger François Boulanger, French astronomer
7349 Ernestmaes
7351 Yoshidamichi
7353 Kazuya
7354 Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born British author
7355 Bottke William Frederick Bottke, American astronomer
7356 Casagrande
7358 Oze
7359 Messier 1996 BH Charles Messier, French astronomer
7360 Moberg Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish writer
7361 Endres
7362 Rogerbyrd 1996 EY
7363 Esquibel
7364 Otonkučera 1996 KS Oton Kučera, founder of Zagreb Observatory, Croatia
7365 Sejong
7366 Agata 1996 UY
7367 Giotto 3077 T-1 Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter
7368 Haldancohn 1966 BB
7369 Gavrilin 1975 AN
7370 Krasnogolovets
7373 Stashis
7376 Jefftaylor G. Jeffrey Taylor, American planetary scientist
7377 Pizzarello Sandra Pizzarello, American chemist, pioneer of the study of organic material in meteorites
7378 Herbertpalme Herbert Palme, German geochemist
7379 Naoyaimae Naoya Imae, Japanese curator at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo, meteoroticist and areologist
7381 Mamontov Savva Ivanovich Mamontov, Russian patron of the arts
7382 Bozhenkova
7383 Lassovszky 1981 SE Károly Lassovszky, Hungarian astronomer
7385 Aktsynovia
7386 Paulpellas 1981 WM Paul Pellas, French meteoriticist
7387 Malbil Malcolm Bilson, American pianist
7389 Michelcombes 1982 UE Michel Combes, French astronomer
7390 Kundera 1983 QE Milan Kundera, Czech novelist
7391 Strouhal Vincenc Strouhal, Czech physicist
7392 Kowalski 1984 EX Richard Kowalski, American amateur astronomer
7393 Luginbuhl Christian Luginbuhl, American astronomer
7394 Xanthomalitia
7396 Brusin
7398 Walsh 1986 VM Martin F. Walsh, friend of the discoverer
7400 Lenau Nikolaus Lenau (N. F. Niembsch von Strehlenau), 19th-century Austrian poet, whose ''Faust'' was the inspiration of Liszt's ''Mephisto Walzer''
7401-7500
7403 Choustník Choustník, castle in Czech Republic
7410 Kawazoe 1990 QG Akira Kawazoe, Japanese amateur astronomer
7412 Linnaeus Carl von Linné, Swedish naturalist
7413 Galibina
7414 Bosch Carl Bosch, German chemist (winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1931) and amateur astronomer
7415 Susumuimoto Susumu Imoto, Japanese amateur astronomer
7416 Linnankoski Johannes Linnankoski, pseudonym of Vihtori Peltonen, Finnish writer
7418 Akasegawa
7420 Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, French naturalist
7421 Kusaka 1992 HL
7425 Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German dramatist and philosopher
7429 Hoshikawa
7430 Kogure
7433 Pellegrini 1993 KD
7434 Osaka Osaka, Japan
7435 Sagamihara
7436 Kuroiwa
7437 Torricelli Evangelista Torricelli, Italian scientist
7438 Misakatouge
7439 Tetsufuse
7440 Závist 1995 EA Závist, Czech archaeological site of a Celtic town
7441 Láska 1995 OZ Václav Láska, Czech geophysicist, astronomer, geodetist, and mathematician
7442 Inouehideo
7443 Tsumura
7445 Trajanus 4116 P-L Trajan, Roman Emperor
7446 Hadrianus 2249 T-2 Hadrian, Roman Emperor
7447 Marcusaurelius 1142 T-3 Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor
7451 Verbitskaya
7452 Izabelyuria
7453 Slovtsov
7454 Kevinrighter Kevin Righter, American curator of Antarctic meteorites at NASA's Johnson Space Center
7455 Podosek Frank A. Podosek, American planetary scientist
7456 Doressoundiram 1982 OD Alain Doressoundiram, French astronomer
7457 Veselov Vyacheslav Afanasievich Veselov, Russian space scientist, consultant on the Lunokhods, Mars Rover and more
7461 Kachmokiam 1984 TD
7462 Grenoble Grenoble, France, home of international scientific research facilities such as the Institut Laue-Langevin and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
7463 Oukawamine 1985 SB Oukawamine, mountain in Shikoku, Japan
7464 Vipera The viper family of snakes, and more particularly ''Vipera berus'', the adder or northern viper, which inhabits Kleť mountain
7465 Munkanber
7468 Anfimov Nikolaj Apollonovich Anfimov, Russian space scientist, co-chairman of the Russian-American cosmic committee, and an officer of the French Légion d'honneur
7469 Krikalev Sergej Konstantinovich Krikalev, Russian cosmonaut
7470 Jabberwock 1991 JA Creature in 'Jabberwocky', poem by Lewis Carroll
7472 Kumakiri 1992 CU
7475 Kaizuka
7476 Ogilsbie 1993 GE
7478 Hasse Peter Hasse, German organist
7480 Norwan 1994 PC
7481 San Marcello San Marcello Pistoiese in Italy, the mountain village where the Pian dei Termini Observatory is located
7483 Sekitakakazu Takakazu Seki, Japanese mathematician
7484 Dōgo Onsen Dōgo Onsen, Japanese hot spring
7485 Changchun 1994 XO
7486 Hamabe
7487 Toshitanaka 1994 YM
7488 Robertpaul
7489 Oribe 1995 MX
7490 Babička Maria Macháčová, Maria Petrželová, Emilia Dudková, and Aloisia Pravcová, grandmothers of the discoverer and his wife (''babička'' is Czech for "grandmothers")
7491 Linzerag On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft (Linzer A.G.), an association of Austrian amateur astronomers; the number of this minor planet, written backwards, is the year the association was founded (1947)
7492 Kačenka 1995 UX Nickname of Kateřina Macháčová, the better half of the discoverer, Petr Pravec; the name was approved on the day before their wedding on 21 June 1997
7493 Hirzo Hirzo, founder of České Budějovice, Czech Republic, home town of the discoverer
7494 Xiwanggongcheng
7495 Feynman Richard P. Feynman, American physicist
7496 Miroslavholub Miroslav Holub, Czech immunologist, poet and essayist
7497 Guangcaishiye
7498 Blaník 1996 BF Blaník Hill, Czech Republic, legendary resting place of the army of Saint Wenceslas
7499 L'Aquila L'Aquila, the town and province of that name in Italy
7500 Sassi 1996 TN Sassi di Matera, Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage site


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