Discovered on 10 February 1999, 79912 is a dark Adeonian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 km in diameter that was named after American Astrophyysicist Dirk Terrell by W.R. Cooney Jr. and Kandler who discovered it from The Baton Rouge at the Observatory and the naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 September 2005 (M.P.C. 54829).
79912 Terrell, provisional designation 1999 CC3, is a dark Adeonian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 February 1999, by astronomers Walter Cooney and Ethan Kandler at the Highland Road Park Observatory, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The asteroid was named after American astrophysicist Dirk Terrell. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 September 2005 (M.P.C. 54829). 
W. R. Cooney Jr.
E. Kandler Baton Rouge Obs. 10 February 1999 (79912) Terrell Dirk Terrell
(American astrophysicist) 
