72001–72100 |-id=012 | 72012 Terute || || "Terute" refers to an ancient legend from the Japanese city of Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, and involves a tragic love story. Remains dating back to the Paleolithic era have been found around the city. At the 2012 universe-themed festival, many citizens agreed on the name for this object. || |-id=021 | 72021 Yisunji || || Yi Sunji (1406–1465) was a Korean astronomer during the Chosun Dynasty who took Chosun's calendrical astronomy to the global level. His publication of two astronomy books, Chiljeongsan-naepyeon and Chiljeongsan-oepyeon enabled Chosun to carry out astronomical activities its own way. || |-id=037 | 72037 Castelldefels || || Castelldefels, a millenary city 30 km from Barcelona, visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists each year because of its beaches, good weather and historical monuments, including a castle inhabited since pre-Roman times. An active astronomical society maintains a close relationship with the Begues Observatory (Src). || |-id=042 | 72042 Dequeiroz || || José De Queiroz (born 1954) is a Portuguese-born, Swiss amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He lives in the small Alpine town of Falera with his daughter Marcia. || |-id=059 | 72059 Heojun || || Heo Jun (1539–1615), Korean medical scientist successfully integrated the medical traditions in Chosun and China through Donguibogam, a comprehensive oriental medicine textbook. His observation records regarding an epidemic of scarlet fever were some of the earliest and most accurate in the history of medicine. || |-id=060 | 72060 Hohhot || || Hohhot, capital city of the province of Inner Mongolia, China || |-id=071 | 72071 Gábor || || Dénes Gábor (1900–1979), a Hungarian-American physicist who won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Physics for his invention and development of the holographic method. He also carried out research on high-speed oscilloscopes, communication theory and physical optics, and he paid special attention to the impact of science on modern society. || |} 72101–72200 |-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | |} 72201–72300 |-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | |} 72301–72400 |-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | |} 72401–72500 |-id=432 | 72432 Kimrobinson || || Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952), an American science fiction writer who has described human settlement of the Solar System and beyond. He has imagined social and environmental challenges facing societies living on worlds such as Mercury, Earth, Mars and the asteroids. || |-id=447 | 72447 Polińska || 2001 DP || Magdalena Polińska (born 1981) is a