Asteroid 97472, Hobby, was discovered on February 6, 2000 at the George Observatory in Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, Texas. It has a period of 5 years, 218 days.
It was named for the Hobby Family Foundation, a benefactor of museums and educational organizations in Texas set up by former Texas lieutenant governor and Houston media executive WP (Bill) Hobby, and for the Hobby telescope at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's George Observatory, where the asteroid was discovered.
The meaning of asteroid Hobby seems to be (according to Henk Middelraad): hobbies.