Meanings of minor planet names: 80001–81000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

80001–80100

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
80008 Danielarhodes 1999 GG1 Daniela Bargellini Rhodes, an Italian chemical engineer. JPL

80101–80200

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
80135 Zanzanini 1999 TA11 80135 Zanzanini Discovered 1999 Oct. 7 by S. Sposetti at Gnosca. Giuseppe Zan Zanini (1794-1869) lived in Val Bavona and Val Foiòi in Ticino, Switzerland. His history is a symbol of the hard life and fragile existence supported by the valley inhabitants of Ticino in 1800. The name was suggested by G. and C. Brenna.JPL
80179 Václavknoll 1999 VK 80179 Václavknoll Discovered 1999 Nov 1 by L. Šarounová at Ondřejov. Václav Knoll (b. 1964) has been a prominent promoter and popularizer of astronomy, natural sciences and technologies in the Czech city and region of Pardubice and particularly for young people. Since 1994 he has been the chief of the Pardubice's observatory of Baron Arthur Kraus.JPL
80180 Elko 1999 VS Elko, Nevada, "The Heart of Northeast Nevada", home of the National Basque Festival and the Cowboy Poetry Gathering JPL
80184 Hekigoto 1999 VX22 Hekigoto Kawahigashi, 19th-20th-century Japanese Haiku poet JPL

80201–80300

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

80301–80400

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

80401–80500

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
80451 Alwoods 2000 AA Alfred Lee (A.L.) Woods, American amateur astronomer

80501–80600

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

80601–80700

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
80652 Albertoangela 2000 BB 80652 Albertoangela Discovered 2000 Jan. 16 at the Cavezzo Observatory. Alberto Angela (b. 1962) is a well-known Italian science writer and the host of a number of popular television programs on science, technology and the environment.JPL
80675 Kwentus 2000 BV22 Peter (1923–1985) and Virginia "Ginger" (1929–2008) Kwentus, members and devoted supporters of the Warren Astronomical Society in Michigan. JPL

80701–80800

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
There are no named minor planets in this number range

80801–80900

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
80801 Yiwu 2000 CP98 Yiwu county, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Northwest China, where many shadow chasers observed the total solar eclipse of 2008 August JPL
80807 Jimloudon 2000 CX112 James "Jim" Loudon, 20th-century American space-science lecturer JPL
80808 Billmason 2000 CU114 Bill Mason (b. 1932), an adhesives and corrosion chemist. JPL

80901–81000

Number–Name Prov. Designation Source of Name
80984 Santomurakami 2000 EO15 Santo Murakami, 20th-century Japanese calligrapher, recipient of the Order of Cultural Merit Award in 1998 JPL

References

  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
79,001–80,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 80,001–81,000
Succeeded by
81,001–82,000
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