Meanings of minor planet names: 27001–28000
Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for Ref · Catalog
27915 Nancywright 1996 UU 1 Nancy Wright , friend of the discoverer JPL · 27915
27917 Edoardo 1996 VU 2 Edoardo Tesi , grandson of Luciano Tesi † MPC · 27917
27918 Azusagawa 1996 VJ 4 Azusagawa , a 65-km-long river which flows from the Hida mountain range , the so-called Northern Alps , through Matumoto city , Nagano prefecture , Japan JPL · 27918
27922 Mascheroni 1996 XW 8 Lorenzo Mascheroni , Italian mathematician JPL · 27922
27923 Dimitribartolini 1996 XJ 32 Dimitri Bartolini ( born 2015 ) is the grandson of the first discoverer JPL · 27923
27928 Nithintumma 1997 EG 38 Nithin Reddy Tumma ( born 1994 ) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search , and was awarded first place in the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair , for his biochemistry project JPL · 27928
27930 Nakamatsu 1997 GN 6 Kathy Nakamatsu mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high-school seniors JPL · 27930
27931 Zeitlin-Trinkle 1997 GU 7 Maria Zeitlin-Trinkle mentored a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high-school seniors JPL · 27931
27932 Leonyao 1997 GF 8 Leon Yao ( born 1994 ) is a finalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high-school seniors , for his engineering project JPL · 27932
27938 Guislain 1997 JG 16 Joseph Guislain ( 1797-1860 ) , one of the first students at the University of Ghent , was appointed head of the psychiatric hospitals in Ghent in 1820 . He is remembered for proposing a law that formed the basis of psychiatric treatment in Belgium for more than a century JPL · 27938
27947 Emilemathieu 1997 NH 3 Émile Léonard Mathieu , French mathematician JPL · 27947
27949 Jonasz 1997 NU 4 Michel Jonasz , French poet and singer JPL · 27949
27952 Atapuerca 1997 PR 4 Atapuerca , small Spanish mountain chain in the province of Burgos , a UNESCO World Heritage site because of the human fossil deposits discovered there JPL · 27952
27955 Yasumasa 1997 QU 4 Yasumasa Watanabe ( born 1946 ) , a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society in 1986 JPL · 27955
27958 Giussano 1997 RP 9 Giussano , an Italian town in the heart of Brianza , is famous for its furniture design companies . Among the town 's historical monuments and villas is the Villa Sartirana , recently renovated . Home to the local library , this villa hosts in its decorated halls cultural events , including some aimed at astronomical popularization JPL · 27958
27959 Fagioli 1997 SE 1 Giancarlo Fagioli , Italian cartographer and amateur astronomer † MPC · 27959
27960 Dobiáš 1997 SN 1 Václav Dobiáš ( 1909-1978 ) , Czech composer , organizer of musical life and pedagogue , educated a number of composers , including the discoverer 's father . His cycle of songs Praho jediná ( Prague , the Only One ) is a beautiful apotheosis of the Czech city JPL · 27960
27961 Kostelecký 1997 SU 1 Jan Kostelecký ( born 1946 ) is a professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague . He deals with geodetic astronomy , space geodesy and geodynamics . He also served as the supervisor of both the master 's and doctoral theses of the discoverer JPL · 27961
27963 Hartkopf 1997 ST 2 US astronomer William I. Hartkopf ( born 1951 ) , president of IAU Commission 26 ( Double and Multiple Stars ) from 2003 to 2006 , made important contributions to double-star orbit determinations and speckle interferometric observations . In 2009 he was awarded the Simon Newcomb award of the U.S . Naval Observatory JPL · 27963
27966 Changguang 1997 SA 34 Changguang stands for the Changchun Institute of Optics , Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences JPL · 27966
27901–28000
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