# Meanings of minor-planet names: 73001–74000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## Index100K200K300K400K500K600K

* 68,000s
* 69,000s
* 70,000s
* 71,000s
* 72,000s
* 73,000s
* 74,000s
* 75,000s
* 76,000s
* 77,000s
* 78,000s
* 73,001…
* 73,101…
* 73,201…
* 73,301…
* 73,401…
* 73,501…
* 73,601…
* 73,701…
* 73,801…
* 73,901…

## 73001–73100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73046 Davidmann | 2002 EG$_{112}$ | David Mann (born 1941) is a sample-preparation expert who produced high-quality thin sections of Apollo Moon rocks at NASA Johnson Space Center. He has prepared numerous thin sections of rare meteorites for planetary science research, as well as samples for other fields of study including paleontology and petroleum exploration. | JPL · 73046 |
| 73059 Kaunas | 2002 FO$_5$ | Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania with 400,000 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers—the Neris and the Nemunas. Kaunas was first mentioned in written sources in 1361. It was fated to become the temporary capital of Lithuania during 1919–1940. | JPL · 73059 |
| 73073 Jannaleuty | 2002 GA$_1$ | Janna Leuty (born 1976) is the wife of astronomer Guy Wells. | IAU · 73073 |
| 73079 Davidbaltimore | 2002 GX$_8$ | David Baltimore (born 1938), an American biologist renowned for his Nobel Prize-winning research and for his vision and leadership as the seventh president of the California Institute of Technology (1997–2006). | JPL · 73079 |

## 73101–73200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73199 Orlece | 2002 JY$_{12}$ | The Orthopedic Learning Centre of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was established in 1999. With the mission statement "Learn and Practice to Serve Better", it provides comprehensive medical education to the orthopaedic community locally and internationally. | JPL · 73199 |

## 73201–73300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 73301–73400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73342 Guyunusa | 2002 JX$_{115}$ | Michella Jougousa Gununusa (1806–1834) was a native Indian sold by Uruguay for exhibition in France. She was 27 years old when she died in Lyons only a year after her arrival. She and fellow captive Vaimaca had a daughter, born in France. Another of the "last charrás", Tacuabé, took care of the baby and escaped with her to an unknown place. | JPL · 73342 |
| 73358 Kitwhitten | 2002 KT$_1$ | Kit Whitten (born 1986) is the archivist at the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science. She has tracked down requested archived plates within their plate library in search of precovery NEO observations. | JPL · 73358 |

## 73401–73500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73442 Feruglio | 2002 NE$_5$ | Chiara Feruglio (born 1978), an Italian astronomer who obtained her degree in astronomy at the University of Padua in 2003, with a thesis on spectroscopy of Seyfert galaxies. Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, she is studying the properties of accretion onto super massive black holes. | JPL · 73442 |
| 73453 Ninomanfredi | 2002 NJ$_{34}$ | Nino Manfredi (1921–2004), Italian actor born in Castro dei Volsci, Frosinone. His successes as a stage and film actor include L'impiegato (1959), La ballata del boia (1963) and Nell'anno del Signore (1969). He also directed the films L'avventura di un soldato (1962), Per grazia ricevuta (1971) and Nudo di donna (1981). | JPL · 73453 |
| 73465 Buonanno | 2002 NP$_{55}$ | Roberto Buonanno (born 1947), an Italian astronomer who is an expert in stellar evolution and the director of the Rome Observatory. He created the Planetary Sciences team at the OAR and supported research programs devoted to near-Earth objects and to the study of the physical properties of the small bodies of the Solar System. | JPL · 73465 |
| 73491 Robmatson | 2002 PO$_{164}$ | Robert D. Matson (born 1962) is an American amateur astronomer and software developer with special interests in planetary science. Besides being a successful meteorite hunter, Matson is internationally recognized for his satellite-tracking software SkyMap. He also found 15 SOHO comets and is credited with more than 200 discoveries of minor planets. | JPL · 73491 |

## 73501–73600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73511 Lovas | 2002 YD$_3$ | Miklós Lovas (born 1931), a Hungarian astronomer successful discoverer of astronomical objects. He has discovered 42 supernovae, 5 comets and 2 minor planets in the course of the supernova search program at the Konkoly Observatory between 1964 and 1995. | JPL · 73511 |
| 73517 Cranbrook | 2003 FG$_{78}$ | Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is an educational institution that was a formative influence for a number of space scientists, astronomers and educators. | JPL · 73517 |
| 73520 Boslough | 2003 MB$_1$ | Mark Boslough (born 1955) is an American physicist at Sandia National Laboratories. He has computed the most detailed models to date of atmospheric impact phenomena, especially the Tunguska event and the much older impact that produced the Libyan desert glass found in Egypt. | JPL · 73520 |
| 73529 Giorgiopalumbo | 2003 OF$_1$ | Giorgio G.C. Palumbo (1939–2018) was an astrophysicist and a professor at the University of Bologna. He advised dozens of students, contributed to the birth of high energy astronomy, and fostered the growth of cosmic ray physics, thus laying the seeds of modern high energy astrophysics and astroparticle projects. | JPL · 73529 |
| 73533 Alonso | 2003 OC$_6$ | Fernando Alonso (born 1981) is the Spain's most successful Formula One racing driver. With his victory at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix he became the youngest winner in the history of Formula One, at just 22 years and 16 days old. His success has spawned "Alonsomania" in Spain. | JPL · 73533 |
| 73534 Liviasavioli | 2003 OD$_7$ | Livia Savioli (born 1986) is an Italian aerospace engineer. She performed research studies on space debris to preserve the orbital environment for future space missions. She is currently looking further in space, working on an exploration mission towards Mars. | JPL · 73534 |
| 73539 Carmenperrella | 2003 OW$_{18}$ | Carmen Perrella (born 1970) is an Italian amateur astronomer devoted to astronomy public outreach and cometary photometry. She lives in the town of Benevento and in 2015 she founded the first astronomical amateur group in her town. Name proposed by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli. | JPL · 73539 |
| 73551 Dariocastellano | 2003 QV | Dario Castellano (born 1983) holds a master's degree in Astrophysics and Space Science and a PhD with a thesis related to gravitational waves. He has also been devoted to astronomy public outreach in the town of Benevento, Italy. He is manly interested in comets, variable stars and exoplanets. | JPL · 73551 |

## 73601–73700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73610 Klyuchevskaya | 1054 T-3 | Klyuchevskaja is an active 4750-m volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East. | JPL · 73610 |
| 73637 Guneus | 1973 SX$_1$ | Guneus, from Greek mythology. He was a warrior from Cyphus, and one of the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War. | JPL · 73637 |
| 73638 Likhanov | 1975 VC$_9$ | Albert Anatolievich Likhanov (born 1935), a famous Russian writer, academician of the Russian Academy of Education, professor at several universities, and founder and head of Russia's largest children's charity fund, Russian Children Foundation. | JPL · 73638 |
| 73640 Biermann | 1977 RM | Ludwig Biermann (1907–1986), a German astrophysicist who was the first director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. He made pioneering studies on stellar convection and the solar chromosphere and corona. His 1951 study of the structural changes in the tail of comet C/1942 X1 provided the first evidence of the existence of the solar wind. | JPL · 73640 |
| 73670 Kurthopf | 1982 QP | Kurt Hopf (born 1952) is a head teacher of the primary school in Hof, Germany. With enthusiasm and expertise he directed the Hof Public Observatory from 1976 until 2003 and has published astronomical articles and educational material for children. The name was suggested by G. and D. Heinlein (Src). | JPL · 73670 |
| 73686 Nussdorf | 1990 TV$_1$ | The village of Nussdorf (Nußdorf in Landau) situated in Germany's Palatinate region. The village was named after the abundant walnut trees and first mentioned in the year 802. It is well known for its wine-growing tradition and for its pursuit for harmony between nature and culture. | JPL · 73686 |
| 73687 Thomas Aquinas | 1990 TQ$_2$ | Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian Catholic philosopher and theologian | JPL · 73687 |
| 73692 Gürtler | 1991 RL$_3$ | Joachim Gürtler (born 1939), a German astronomer who researched and lectured at the Astrophysical Institute of the University of Jena. His main research field was the interstellar medium. He is co-discoverer of the IR carbon dioxide ice band in spectra of molecular clouds. The name was suggested by the first discoverer. | JPL · 73692 |
| 73693 Dorschner | 1991 RQ$_3$ | Johann M. Dorschner (born 1939), a German astronomer who researched and lectured at the Astrophysical Institute of the University of Jena. His main research field was interstellar and circumstellar dust. He established the Jena laboratory astrophysics branch. The name was suggested by the first discoverer. | JPL · 73693 |
| 73699 Landaupfalz | 1991 TH$_3$ | Landau/Pfalz is a German university town in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, embedded in vineyards and surrounded by wine-growing villages. | JPL · 73699 |
| 73700 von Kues | 1991 TW$_4$ | Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), was a German theologian, mathematician, scholar, experimental scientist and influential philosopher, born near Trier. He stressed the incomplete nature of man's knowledge of god and of the Universe. His paper Perfectio mathematica (1458) anticipates infinitesimal methods. | JPL · 73700 |

## 73701–73800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73701 Siegfriedbauer | 1991 TU$_5$ | Siegfried J. Bauer [de] (born 1930) is an Austrian professor emeritus of meteorology and geophysics at the University of Graz. He was associate director of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and is a full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the atmospheres of Venus, Mars and Titan. | JPL · 73701 |
| 73703 Billings | 1991 TL$_{15}$ | Gary W. Billings is a Canadian geophysicist and amateur astronomer in Calgary, Alberta. He discovered five minor planets in 1999. More recently, he has conducted extensive CCD photometry of variable stars in collaboration with observers worldwide. He served as a council member of the AAVSO from 2002 to 2004. | JPL · 73703 |
| 73704 Hladiuk | 1991 TW$_{15}$ | Donald W. Hladiuk (born 1957) is a Canadian geologist in Calgary, Alberta. For over 20 years, he has presented sky highlights on a local radio morning show. He has led numerous astronomical expeditions with the Calgary chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, of which he has twice been president. | JPL · 73704 |
| 73767 Bibiandersson | 1994 PQ$_9$ | Bibi Andersson (1935–2019), a Swedish screen actress who studied at the legendary Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm. She became well known for Wild Strawberries (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman. In 1963, she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress in Berlin. | JPL · 73767 |
| 73769 Delphi | 1994 PN$_{12}$ | The ancient sanctuary of Delphi, considered the centre of the world by the ancient Greek. Delphi lies on the south-west slopes of the Parnassos mountain, in the valley of the river Phokis, and is the most renowned archaeological site in Greece. | JPL · 73769 |
| 73782 Yanagida | 1994 TD$_{15}$ | The Japanese village of Yanagida located in the center of Noto peninsula. This village is home of the Yanagida Astronomical Observatory (417), where this minor planet was discovered. In March 2005, the village and two neighboring towns, Noto and Uchiura, were merged to form a new town. | JPL · 73782 |

## 73801–73900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73819 Isaootuki | 1995 WV$_6$ | Isao Otuki (born 1958) became a member of the Miyagi Abukuma Astronomical Society in 1974 and actively popularizes astronomy. | JPL · 73819 |
| 73827 Nakanohoshinokai | 1996 AB$_3$ | The Nakano Star Gazers Club of Nakano, Tokyo, was founded in 1973. Although Nakano has the brightest night sky in Japan, the members have contributed to many outreach activities in astronomy. | JPL · 73827 |
| 73857 Hitaneichi | 1996 WA$_3$ | Hiroshi Taneichi (born 1927), a Japanese professor emeritus at Yamagata University, who studied photo-reactions at the Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University. He is now a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society. | JPL · 73857 |
| 73862 Mochigasechugaku | 1996 XN$_{32}$ | "Mochigase chugaku" was a junior high school in Mochigase, Japan. It was established in 1956 and closed in 2013. | JPL · 73862 |
| 73872 Stefanoragazzi | 1997 AO$_{17}$ | Stefano Ragazzi (born 1954) is a professor at the Milan Bicocca University and director of Gran Sasso National Laboratory INAF. | JPL · 73872 |
| 73883 Asteraude | 1997 DQ | An "astéraude" is an asteroid discovered by one of the members of the French AUDÉ society (French: Association des utilisateurs de détecteurs électroniques. This minor planet was the first of a series of discoveries made by members of the association, which discovered about 50 asteroids every year since 1997 (Src) | JPL · 73883 |
| 73885 Kalaymoodley | 1997 EV | Kalayvany Moodley (born 1969), a South African friend of the Italian discoverer Andrea Boattini. Born in Johannesburg, she studied hotel management in Durban, where she currently lives and runs a convention center. | JPL · 73885 |
| 73891 Pietromennea | 1997 ED$_{23}$ | Pietro Mennea (1952–2013) was an Italian sprinter, who won a gold medal in the 200-m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In 1979, he set a 200-m world record of 19.72s, a record that stood for almost seventeen years. | JPL · 73891 |

## 73901–74000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 73936 Takeyamamoto | 1997 SF$_4$ | Takeshi Yamamoto (1932–2005) was a Japanese amateur astronomer who studied astronomy under Issei Yamamoto. He devoted himself to educating the general public about astronomy in the city of Moriyama | JPL · 73936 |
| 73955 Asaka | 1997 UE$_{21}$ | Asaka is reclaimed land in Koriyama city, Fukushima prefecture. | JPL · 73955 |
| 73984 Claudebernard | 1998 DJ$_{20}$ | Claude Bernard (born 1931) worked in the French Railways (SNCF) as a train driver. He is an avid solar observer who has gathered visual observations of sunspots and tried to correlate them with terrestrial phenomena. He co-founded the astronomical association of the SNCF. | JPL · 73984 |