Astronomical objects discovered in 1976

2134 Dennispalm, provisional designation 1976 YB is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 24, 1976, by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory.

2340 Hathor, provisional designation 1976 UA, is an eccentric stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid. It belongs to the Aten group of asteroids and measures approximately 210 meters in diameter. Discovered by Charles Kowal in 1976, it was later named after the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor.

2062 Aten provisional designation 1976 AA, is a stony sub-kilometer asteroid and namesake of the Aten asteroids, a subgroup of near-Earth objects. The asteroid was named after Aten from Egyptian mythology.

The Phoenix Dwarf is a dwarf irregular galaxy discovered in 1976 by Hans-Emil Schuster and Richard Martin West and mistaken for a globular cluster. It is currently 1.44 Mly away from Earth. Its name comes from the fact that it is part of the Phoenix constellation.

3C 318 is a quasar located 9.2 billion light years in the constellation of Serpens. This radio-loud and luminous object has a redshift of (z) 1.574, and is classified as a compact steep-spectrum source (CSS). It is described as an N galaxy, first discovered by astronomers, Hyron Spinard and H.E. Smith in 1976 but also a radio galaxy.

2052 Tamriko, provisional designation 1976 UN, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 27 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 October 1976, by Richard Martin West at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The asteroid was named after the discoverer's wife Tamara West.

2606 Odessa, provisional designation is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers (10 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 April 1976, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. The presumably metallic X- or M-type asteroid has an elongated shape and a rotation period of 8.24 hours. It was named for the Ukrainian city of Odesa.

2187 La Silla, provisionally designated 1976 UH, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter.

2490 Bussolini (prov. designation: 1976 AG) is an Eunomia asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 3 January 1976, by staff members of the Félix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito Complex in Argentina. The asteroid was named after Argentine Jesuit physicist Juan Bussolini.

2148 Epeios is a mid-sized Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 38 kilometers (24 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 24 October 1976, by Danish astronomer Richard Martin West at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The dark Jovian asteroid is the principal body of the proposed Epeios family and was named after Epeius from Greek mythology.