Meanings of asteroid names (79001-80000)
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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Contents: 79001... 79101... 79201... 79301... 79401... 79501... 79601... 79701... 79801... 79901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 79001-79100 | ||
| 79086 Gorgasali | 1977 RD | King Vakhtang Gorgasali of Kartli (Iberia), 5th-century founder of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia † |
| 79087 Scheidt | 1977 UM2 | 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 | 1990 TX11 | Robert Koldewey, German architect and archaeologist † |
| 79144 Cervantes | 1992 CM3 | 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 | 1995 SJ5 | Bellagio, Italy, a resort town on Lake Como, a few kilometers north of the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano (Sormano Astronomical Observatory) † ‡ |
| 79301-79400 | ||
| 79333 Yusaku | 1996 TN6 | Yusaku Matsuda, 20th-century Japanese television and film actor † |
| 79353 Andrewalday | 1997 AF16 | 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 † |
| 79801-79900 | ||
| 79896 Billhaley | 1999 BH5 | Bill Haley, American rock-and-roll pioneer † ‡ |
| 79901-80000 | ||
| 79912 Terrell | 1999 CC3 | Dirk Terrell, American astronomer, author and astronomical artist † |
| Preceded by 78001–79000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (79001-80000) |
Succeeded by 80001–81000 |
