Meanings of minor planet names: 55001–56000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.^[1]^[2]^[3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.

55001–55100

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55082 Xlendi	2001 QJ₁₁₀	Xlendi, Gozo, Malta †

55101–55200

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55108 Beamueller	2001 QU₁₄₂	Beatrice E. A. Mueller, American astronomer JPL
55112 Mariangela	2001 QQ₁₅₃	Maria Angels Gassol i Avante, wife of the discoverer JPL
55196 Marchini	2001 RM₁₆	Alessandro Marchini, Italian computer scientist, astronomy popularizer, and director of the University of Siena's Osservatorio Astronomico di Torre Luciana (Astronomical Observatory of Torre Luciana) JPL

55201–55300

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55221 Nancynoblitt	2001 RM₆₃	Nancy Noblitt, a friend and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Oakley Observatory (the discovery site) JPL
55276 Kenlarner	2001 SK₁₀	Ken Larner, American exploration geophysicist †

55301–55400

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55331 Putzi	2001 SY₁₁₅	Antonie ("Putzi") T. Schwartz, American mother, artist and holistic health practitioner JPL

55401–55500

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55418 Bianciardi	2001 TJ₁₇	Giorgio Bianciardi, researcher at the University of Siena JPL
55428 Cappellaro	2001 TN₄₇	Enrico Cappellaro, Italian chief astronomer of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (National Institute for Astrophysics) and director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Padua Astronomical Observatory) JPL
55477 Soroban	2001 UC₁	Soroban, the Japanese abacus † ‡

55501–55600

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55543 Nemeghaire	2001 XN₁₆	Jean Nemeghaire, Belgian assistant at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, the discoverer's physics teacher JPL
55555 DNA	2001 YR₂	DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid JPL
55561 Madenberg	2002 AF₉	Janet A. Stevens, née Madenberg, American amateur astronomer †
55576 Amycus	2002 GB₁₀	The centaur Amycus, son of Ophion, who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, and was killed by Pelates of Pella JPL

55601–55700

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55676 Klythios	3034 T-1	Klythios (Clytius), one of the Elders of Troy (Iliad, Book III) JPL
55678 Lampos	3291 T-1	Lampos or Lampus, son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, father of Dolops JPL

55701–55800

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55701 Ukalegon	1193 T-3	Ucalegon, one of the Elders of Troy, whose house was set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked the city JPL
55702 Thymoitos	1302 T-3	Thymoetes (Thymoitos), son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, and the first to urge that the Trojan Horse be brought into the city JPL
55720 Daandehoop	1972 RE	Daniël "Daan" de Hoop (born 1945), honorary member and chairman of the Dutch Association for Spaceflight (1995–2005) JPL
55733 Lepsius	1986 WS₂	Karl Richard Lepsius, German egyptologist JPL
55735 Magdeburg	1987 QV	Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany JPL
55749 Eulenspiegel	1991 AT₂	Till Eulenspiegel, 14th-century character of Middle Low German oral tradition JPL
55753 Raman	1991 RF₅	Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist JPL
55755 Blythe	1991 TB₁₅	Blythe Andra Lowe, Canadian geologist and the discoverer's wife †
55759 Erdmannsdorff	1991 XJ₁	Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Erdmannsdorff, German architect JPL
55772 Loder	1992 YB₅	Justus Christian Loder, German anatomist JPL

55801–55900

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55810 Fabiofazio	1994 TC	Fabio Fazio, broadcaster at RAI, the Italian public service JPL
55815 Melindakim	1994 YU₂	Melinda Kim Dowling, née Steel, the discoverer's younger sister JPL
55838 Hagongda	1996 LN	The Harbin Institute of Technology, a key national university in China JPL
55844 Bičák	1996 RN₂	Jirí Bicák, Czech professor of theoretical physics at Charles University in Prague JPL
55854 Stoppani	1996 VS₁	In 1905 Eugenio Stoppani (1850–1917) erected a mountain refuge, now the site of the Sormano Observatory, in the place where his father Edoardo Stoppani (1818– 1892) died accidentally. Antonio Stoppani (1824–1891) (probably a distant relative) was a distinguished palaeontologist. JPL
55873 Shiomidake	1997 UP₇	Shiomidake mountain, in northern Shizuoka, Japan JPL
55874 Brlka	1997 UL₉	Petr Brlka, Czech amateur astronomer †
55875 Hirohatagaoka	1997 VH	Hirohatagaoka, a hill on which is located Hadano High School, from which the discoverer graduated †
55892 Fuzhougezhi	1997 XQ₅	Fuzhou Gezhi High School, China, founded in 1846 JPL

55901–56000

Number–Name	Prov. Designation	Source of Name
55901 Xuaoao	1998 CL₂	Xu Aoao (b. 1940) is a solar-physics astronomer and educator. As Vice President of Nanjing University and President of the Macau University of Science and Technology, he made significant contributions to promoting the education and research of the universities. JPL
56000 Mesopotamia	1998 SN₁₄₄	Mesopotamia, cradle of human civilization JPL

References

↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

Preceded by 54,001–55,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 55,001–56,000	Succeeded by 56,001–57,000

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