小惑星の名前の意味: 5001–6000

Meanings_of_minor_planet_names:_5001%E2%80%936000

これは、小惑星の名前
の意味の部分的なリストです。また、名前の引用なしで要約されたバージョンについては
、名前付き小惑星のリスト (アルファベット順)を参照して
小惑星の発見が確認されると、 IAUの小惑星センター(MPC)によって恒久的な番号が与えられ、発見者は IAU の命名規則に従って名前を提出できます。以下のリストは、指定された番号範囲内にある、名前が付けられた小惑星に関するものであり、それらの名前の意味を説明しています。
新たに命名された太陽系の小天体の正式な命名引用は、IAU の作業部会小天体命名法(WGSBN)によって承認され、速報で公開されます。 2021 年 5 月以前は、MPC のMinor Planet Circularsに何十年も引用が掲載されていました。最近の引用は、JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) でも見つけることができます。 2016 年に亡くなるまで、ドイツの天文学者ルッツ D. シュマデルは、これらの引用を小惑星名辞典(DMP) にまとめ、コレクションを定期的に更新しました。 ポール・ヘルジェに基づく小惑星の名前， シュマデルはまた、多数の小惑星の不明確な起源を研究しましたが、そのほとんどは第二次世界大戦以前に命名されていました。には、パブリック ドメインにある次のソースからのテキストが組み込まれています: SBDB名前の事前発表は非難されるため、正式な公開後にのみ新しい名前をこのリストに追加できます。 WGSBN は、彗星以外の小さな太陽系天体の命名規則に関する包括的なガイドラインを発行しています。
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5001–5100
小惑星と名付けられた
仮 この小惑星の名前は… 参照 ・ カタログ5001 EMP 1987年SB1
小惑星の年次刊行物Ephemerides (ロシア語: Ehfemeridy Malykh Planet )。小惑星に関する天文情報が含まれています
MPC ・ 5001
5002 マルニクス
1987 SS 3
Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (1538–1598)、アントワープ市長は、1932 年にオランダの国歌となった「Wilhelmus」の作曲者であると考えられています。
MPC ・ 5002
5003 シルバノミヌート 1988年ER2 Silvano Minuto (1940 年生まれ)、イタリアのアマチュア天文学者、スノ天文台の創設者、光害に関するいくつかの地域法の推進者
JPL ・ 5003
5004 ブルッフ 1988 RR3 マックス ブルッフ(1838–1920)、ドイツの作曲家
MPC ・ 5004
5005ケグラー 1988年UB Ignatius Kegler (1680–1746)、ドイツのイエズス会士で北京の天文学者王室
MPC ・ 5005
5006テラー 1989 GL5 エドワード・テラー(1908–2003)、ハンガリー生まれのアメリカの物理学者
MPC ・ 5006
5007 キーイ 1990年UH2 コリン スチュワート リンゼイ キーイ (1930 年生まれ)、オーストラリアの物理学者、天文学者、IAU 第 22 委員会の元委員長、惑星間汚染防止に関する IAU ワーキング グループの委員長
MPC ・ 5007
5008 宮沢賢治 1991年DV 宮沢賢治、日本の詩人、児童小説家
JPL ・ 5008
5009 セトス 2562PL セトス 1 世、第 19 王朝のエジプトのファラオ
MPC ・ 5009
5010アメネムヘット 4594PL アメンエムヘト 3 世(紀元前 1844 年 – 1797 年)、第 12 王朝のエジプトのファラオ
MPC ・ 5010
5011 プタハ 6743PL プタハ、エジプトの神
MPC ・ 5011
5012 エウリュメドン 9507PL エウリュメドン、アガメムノンの戦車兵、トロイア戦争でのネストールのしもべ
MPC ・ 5012
5013 蘇州三中 1964 VT1 蘇州三中（「蘇州第三中学校」）、中国江蘇省、創立100周年の機会（2006年）
JPL ・ 5013
5014ゴルチャコフ 1974年ST アレクサンドル ゴルチャコフ王子(1798–1883)、ロシア帝国首相
JPL ・ 5014
5015リトケ
1975年 副社長
フョードル・リトケ伯爵(1797–1882)、ロシアの航海士および探検家
JPL ・ 5015
5016 ミジレンコ 1976 GX3 Georgij Sergeeveich Migirenko (1916 年生まれ)、ロシアの物理学者
MPC ・ 5016
5017 天地 1977 DS2 天智天皇(626–671)、日本
MPC ・ 5017
5018 天武 1977年DY8 天武天皇(c. 631–686)、日本
MPC ・ 5018
5019 エルフィヨルド 1979 MS6 Erfjord、ノルウェーの村
JPL ・ 5019
5020アシモフ 1981 EX19 アイザック アシモフ(1920–1992)、ロシア系アメリカ人の SF 作家
MPC ・ 5020
5021クリラニア 1982 VK12 アンナ・カピツァ (1903 年生まれ) 旧姓クリロワ、数学者アレクセイ・クリロフの娘、物理学者ピョートル・カピツァの妻
MPC ・ 5021
5022ロッカパルンバ
1984 HE 1
イタリア、シチリア島の村ロッカパルンバ
JPL ・ 5022
5023 アガペノール 1985 TG3 アガペノール、トロイア戦争に関連する神話上の人物
MPC ・ 5023
5024 ベックマン
1985年 副社長
Poul Bechmannは、デンマークのBrorfelde 天文台の機械ワークショップの元責任者です。
JPL ・ 5024
5025 メキステウス
1986 TS 6
負傷したテウケルとヒュプセノールを戦場から運び去ったギリシャ神話のメキステウス。メキステウスと彼の父エキウスは、ギリシャの船を守っているときにポリュダマスに殺されました。
IAU ・ 5025
5026マルテス
1987 QL 1
クレット天文台があるチェコ共和国のクレット山に生息するマツテン(Martes martes)とブナテン (Martes foina)の動物種 MPC ・ 5026
5027 アンドロゲオス 1988年BX1 アンドロゲオス、トロイア戦争に関連する神話上の人物
MPC ・ 5027
5028 ハラエスス
1988 BY 1
Halaesus、ギリシャ神話の戦士
MPC ・ 5028
5029 アイルランド 1988 BL2 アイルランドの国にちなんで名付けられました
MPC ・ 5029
5030ギルデンケルン 1988 VK4 Kjeld Gyldenkerne (1919–1999)、デンマークの天文学者
JPL ・ 5030
5031シュヴェイカル 1990FW1 _ Josef Švejcar (1897–19XX)、チェコの医師
MPC ・ 5031
5032コンラディルシュ
1990年○○
コンラッド W. ハーシュ (1941–1999)、教師、探検家
JPL ・ 5032
5033 ミストラル 1990年PF フレデリック ミストラル(1830–1914)、フランスの作家、ノーベル賞受賞者
MPC ・ 5033
5034 ジョーハリントン 1991年PW10 ジョセフ ハリントン (1967 年生まれ)、ニューヨーク州コーネル大学のアメリカの惑星科学者
JPL ・ 5034
5035スイフト 1991年UX ルイス A. スウィフト(1820–1913)、アメリカの天文学者、コメットハンター
MPC ・ 5035
5036タトル
1991 米国2
ホレス P. タトル(1837–1923)、アメリカの天文学者、南北戦争の退役軍人
MPC ・ 5036
5037 ハビング 6552PL Harm Jan Habing (1937 年生まれ)、オランダの天文学者、ライデン大学教授
MPC ・ 5037
5038: オーバービーク 1948年KF Daniel Overbeek (1920 年生まれ)、南アフリカのアマチュア天文学者、ASSAの元会長
JPL ・ 5038
5039 ローゼンカヴァリエ 1967年GM1 リヒャルト・シュトラウス( 1864–1949 )、ドイツのオペラ作曲家、特に薔薇の騎士(バラの騎士)
MPC ・ 5039
5040 ラビノウィッツ 1972年RF David Rabinowitz ， Spacewatchのアメリカ人天文学者であり、小惑星の発見者でもある
MPC ・ 5040
5041 セオテス
1973 SW 1
セオテス、トロイア戦争に関連する神話上の人物
MPC ・ 5041
5042コルパ
1974年 私
「コルパ」、「純粋な鉱物」で構成された石を意味するフアルペ語。これらの先住民族は、発見したフェリックス アギラール天文台があるアルゼンチンのサンファン州に住んでいました。
JPL ・ 5042
5043 ザドルノフ 1974年SB5 ミハイル・ザドルノフ， ロシアのコメディアン†
JPL ・ 5043
5044 シェスタカ
1977 QH 4
Ivan Sofronovich Shestaka (1937–1994) 、ロシアのオデッサ大学天文台の彗星と流星の主任研究員
MPC ・ 5044
5045 ホイイン 1978年UL2 Yin Ho (1908–1983)、中国マカオ出身の中国人慈善家
JPL ・ 5045
5046カールトンムーア 1981年DQ カールトン ブライアント ムーア (1932 年生まれ) アリゾナ州立大学の隕石研究センターの化学および地質学の教授
JPL ・ 5046
5047ザンダ 1981年EO42 ブリジット・ザンダ（1958年生まれ）、パリ国立自然史博物館の隕石学芸員、ラトガース大学の非常勤教員
JPL ・ 5047
5048モリアーティ 1981年GC シャーロック・ホームズに登場するモリアーティ教授
MPC ・ 5048
5049 シャーロック
1981 VC 1
シャーロック・ホームズ、架空の探偵
MPC ・ 5049
5050 ドクターワトソン 1983 RD2 ワトソン博士、シャーロック・ホームズの物語の登場人物
MPC ・ 5050
5051ラルフ 1984年SM Ralph Florentin Nielsen (1942–1995) は、デンマークのBrorfelde 天文台の電子工学研究所の所長でした。
JPL ・ 5051
5052ナンシルス 1984年UT3 ナンシー・R・レボフスキー、アメリカの教育者
MPC ・ 5052
5053 クラドニ 1985年FB2 Ernst Chladni (1756–1827)、ドイツの物理学者および音楽家
MPC ・ 5053
5054 ケイル 1986 AO2 クラウス・ケイル（1934年生まれ）、ハワイ大学地球物理学惑星学研究所のアメリカ人隕石学者
MPC ・ 5054
5055 オペクシン 1986年PB5 アレクサンドル・ミハイロヴィッチ・オペクシン (1838–1923)、ロシアの彫刻家
MPC ・ 5055
5056 ラフア 1986 RQ5 ラフア、インカ神話の文明の創造神ピルア ウィラコチャの 4 人の息子の 1 人の妻
JPL ・ 50565057週 1987年DC6
Eric R. Weeks (1970 年生まれ)、エモリー大学物理学部教授
JPL ・ 5057
5058タレガ 1987年OM フランシスコ・タレガ、スペインのクラシックギタリスト、作曲家
MPC ・ 5058
サロマ5059 1988AF サロマ湖、北海道、日本
MPC ・ 5059
米田5060 1988 BO5 米田勝彦 (1904–1957)、日本の技術者、北海道大学卒業生
MPC ・ 5060
5061 マッキントッシュ
1988年 DJ
ブルース・A・マッキントッシュ、カナダの天文学者
JPL ・ 5061
5062グレンミラー
1989 チェコ共和国
グレン・ミラー、アメリカのジャズ・ミュージシャン、スウィング時代のバンドリーダー
JPL ・ 5062
5063 モンテヴェルディ 1989 CJ5 クラウディオ・モンテヴェルディ(1567–1643)、イタリアの作曲家、カトリック司祭
MPC ・ 5063
5064 丹頂鶴 1990FS タンチョウ、タンチョウ
MPC ・ 5064
5065ジョンストーン
1990 FP 1
ポール・ジョンストーン (1976 年死去)、 The Sky at Nightの最初の監督兼プロデューサーであり、天文学に関する英国のドキュメンタリー テレビ番組です。
MPC ・ 5065
5066 ガラッド 1990年MA ゴードン J. ガラッド(1959 年生まれ)、オーストラリアのアマチュア天文学者、写真家
MPC ・ 5066
5067 オクシデンタル 1990 OX アメリカ合衆国カリフォルニア州ロサンゼルスのイーグル ロック地区にあるオクシデンタル カレッジ
MPC ・ 5067
5068クラッグ 1990年TC トーマス・A・クラッグ、アメリカのアマチュア天文学者
MPC ・ 5068
時計台5069 1991年QB 札幌時計台、日本
MPC ・ 5069
5070 新井 1991 XT 新井郁之助幕末から明治の日本人
MPC ・ 5070
5071 シェーンメーカー
3099 T-2
Anton A. Schoenmaker、ライデン天文台のオランダ技術担当官
MPC ・ 5071
5072 日置
1931 TS 1
天文学者日置勉
MPC ・ 5072
5073 ジュントゥラ
1943年 JA
「ジュントゥーラ」は、頑固に、そしてどんな犠牲を払っても物事をやり遂げるというフィンランド人のメンタリティを体現しています。
JPL ・ 5073
5074ゲッツェルテル
1949 QQ 1
Goetz Oertel、アメリカの物理学者でAURAの会長
JPL ・ 5074
5075ゴリャチョフ
1969 TN 4
Nikolaj Nikanorovich Goryachev (1883–1940)、トムスク大学のロシアの天文学教授
JPL ・ 5075
5076レベデフクマッハ 1973年SG4 Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949)、ソビエトおよびロシアの詩人およびソングライター
MPC ・ 5076
5077 ファバロロ 1974 MG René Favaloro、アルゼンチンの心臓専門医 (1923–2000)、バイパス冠動脈手術の創始者
JPL ・ 5077
5078ソロビェフセドイ 1974年SW Vasilij Pavlovich Solovjev-Sedoj (1907–1979)、ロシアの作曲家
MPC ・ 5078
5079 ブルーベック 1975年DB デイブ・ブルーベック(1920–2012)、アメリカのジャズピアニスト兼作曲家
JPL ・ 5079
5080 オージャ 1976年EB Tarmo Oja、スウェーデンの天文学者
MPC ・ 5080
5081サングイン
1976 WC 1
Juan Sanguin (1933–2006) はアルゼンチンの天文学者で、四半世紀以上にわたってエル レオンシト ステーションで小惑星および彗星プログラムを担当していました。
JPL ・ 50815082 Nihonsyoki 1977 DN4
Nihon Shoki， the first written history of Japan， compiled in the 8th century
MPC · 50825083 Irinara 1977 EV
Irina Evgen’evna Raksha， Russian writer and friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh
MPC · 50835084 Gnedin 1977 FN1
Yurij Nikolaevich Gnedin (born 1935)， Russian astrophysicist
MPC · 50845085 Hippocrene 1977 NN
Hippocrene， mythological Greek fountain
MPC · 50855086 Demin 1978 RH1
Vladimir Grigor’evich Demin (1929–1996)， Russian professor at Moscow University and expert on celestial mechanics and dynamics of rigid bodies
MPC · 5086
5087 Emel’yanov 1978 RM2 Nikolai Vladimirovich Emel’yanov (born 1946)， Russian astronomer head of the Celestial Mechanics Department of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Moscow
MPC · 50875088 Tancredi 1979 QZ1
Gonzalo Tancredi， Uruguayan astronomer
MPC · 5088
5089 Nádherná 1979 SN Sidonie Nádherná (1885–1950)， Czech-British writer
JPL · 50895090 Wyeth 1980 CG
Stuart Wyeth， American donor of the Wyeth 1.5-meter telescope at Harvard Observatory
MPC · 50905091 Isakovskij 1981 SD4
Mikhail Vasil’evich Isakovskii (1900–1973)， Russian poet
MPC · 50915092 Manara 1982 FJ
Alessandro Manara， astronomer at Brera Astronomical Observatory in Milan， Italy
MPC · 50925093 Svirelia 1982 TG1
Elsa Gustavovna Sviridova， the wife of Russian composer Georgy Sviridov
MPC · 50935094 Seryozha 1982 UT6
Sergey Kapitsa (1928–2012)， Russian physicist
MPC · 50945095 Escalante 1983 NL
Jaime Escalante (1930–2010)， Bolivian-born mathematics teacher
MPC · 50955096 Luzin 1983 RC5
Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin， Russian mathematician
MPC · 50965097 Axford 1983 TW1
イアン・アクスフォード(1933–2010)、ニュージーランド生まれの天体物理学者であり、マックス・プランク太陽系研究所の所長を長年務めた
MPC ・ 5097
5098 トムソロモン 1985年CH2 トム・ソロモン (1962 年生まれ) は、バックネル大学の物理学および天文学部で総長教授の職に就いています。
JPL ・ 5098
5099イアンバンクス 1985年DY1 Iain M. Banks (1954–2013)、スコットランドの作家
JPL ・ 5099
5100 パサコフ 1985年GW Jay Myron Pasachoff ， フィールド メモリアル天文学教授， ウィリアムズ カレッジ， アメリカ合衆国
MPC ・ 5100

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5101 Akhmerov 1985 UB5
Vadim Zinov’evich Akhmerov (born 1929)， doctor in the Crimean Peninsula
MPC · 51015102 Benfranklin 1986 RD1
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)， American scientist， philosopher and statesman
MPC · 5102
5103 Diviš 1986 RP1 Prokop Diviš (1698–1765)， Czech scientist and monk
MPC · 51035104 Skripnichenko 1986 RU5
Vladimir Ilich Skripnichenko (born 1942)， Russian astronomer， staff member and deputy director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Saint Petersburg
MPC · 51045105 Westerhout 1986 TM1
Gart Westerhout (1927–2012)， Dutch radio astronomer
MPC · 51055106 Mortensen 1987 DJ
Inger Mortensen (born 1910) is an aunt of Brorfelde observer Karl Augustesen.
JPL · 51065107 Laurenbacall 1987 DS6
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014)， an American actress
JPL · 5107
5108 Lübeck 1987 QG2 Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740)， German composer and organist
MPC · 51085109 Robertmiller 1987 RM1
Robert J. Miller (born 1950)， an American astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory
JPL · 51095110 Belgirate 1987 SV
The Italian village of Belgirate located on the shore of Lake Maggiore in Piedmont
MPC · 51105111 Jacliff 1987 SE4
Clifford (1929–1993) and Jackie (born 1935) Holmes， American amateur astronomers
MPC · 51115112 Kusaji 1987 SM13
Shigeharu Kusaji (1879–1956)， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 51125113 Kohno 1988 BN
Masaru Kohno (born 1926)， Japanese classical guitar maker
MPC · 51135114 Yezo 1988 CO
Named for Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido， which was known as Yezo until 1869.
JPL · 51145115 Frimout 1988 CD4
Dirk D. Frimout (born 1941)， Belgian astrophysicist and astronaut with the U.S. Space Shuttle
MPC · 5115
5116 Korsør 1988 EU Korsør， a town on the southwestern coast of Sjælland almost exactly 100 km from Copenhagen， is the birthplace of Brorfelde observer Karl Augustesen.
JPL · 51165117 Mokotoyama 1988 GH
Mount Mokoto， in eastern Hokkaido， Japan
MPC · 51175118 Elnapoul 1988 RB
Elna (1917–1992) and Poul Hyttel (born 1909)， the parents-in-law of Brorfelde observer Karl Augustesen.
JPL · 51185119 Imbrius 1988 RA1
Imbrius， from Greek mythology. He was the son of Mentor and married to Medesicaste， an illegitimate daughter of King Priam of Troy. Imbrius was killed by Teucer during the Trojan War.
IAU · 51195120 Bitias 1988 TZ1
Bitias， Trojan warrior and wandering companion of Aeneas， from Greek mythology
MPC · 51205121 Numazawa 1989 AX1
Shigemi Numazawa (born 1958)， Japanese amateur astronomer， astrophotographer and space artist
MPC · 51215122 Mucha 1989 AZ1
Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939)， Czech artist
MPC · 51225123 Cynus 1989 BL
Cynus， a location in the Iliad from whrere the Locrians filled forty ships as part of the Greek armada that set out against Troy.
IAU · 51235124 Muraoka 1989 CW
Kenji Muraoka (born 1955)， Japanese amateur astronomer and orbit computer
MPC · 51245125 Okushiri 1989 CN1
Okushiri Island， some 30 km to the southwest of Hokkaido， noted for its rich fishing grounds for squid and scallops.
JPL · 51255126 Achaemenides 1989 CH2
Achaemenides， mythological Greek warrior
MPC · 51265127 Bruhns 1989 CO3
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)， Danish-German organist， violinist， and composer
MPC · 51275128 Wakabayashi 1989 FJ
Wakabayashi-ku， Sendai， Japan
MPC · 51285129 Groom 1989 GN
Steven L. Groom， a computer engineer at JPL and creator of NEAT’s autonomous observing system
MPC · 51295130 Ilioneus 1989 SC7
Ilioneus， mythical person related to Trojan War
MPC · 51305132 Maynard 1990 ME
Owen Eugene Maynard， Canadian aeronautical engineer
MPC · 51325133 Phillipadams 1990 PA
Phillip Adams (born 1939)， an Australian broadcaster， writer and social commentator
MPC · 51335134 Ebilson 1990 SM2
Elisabeth Bilson (born 1937)， administrator in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University Src
MPC · 51345135 Nibutani 1990 UE
Nibutani， sacred land for the indigenous Ainu of Hokkaidō， Japan.
JPL · 51355136 Baggaley 1990 UG2
W. Jack Baggaley (born 1938)， English radar meteor researcher at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand
MPC · 51365137 Frevert 1990 VC
Friedrich Frevert (1914–2001)， German astronomer Src
MPC · 51375138 Gyoda 1990 VD2
Gyōda， Saitama， Japan
MPC · 51385139 Rumoi 1990 VH4
Rumoi， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 51395140 Kida 1990 XH
Kinjirō Kida (1893–1962)， Hokkaido-born painter， known for his landscapes， and whose work has been compared to that of Cézanne and other impressionists.
JPL · 51405141 Tachibana 1990 YB
Tachibana， a kendo club
MPC · 51415142 Okutama 1990 YD
Okutama Observatory， Japan
MPC · 51425143 Heracles 1991 VL
Heracles， Greek hero
MPC · 51435144 Achates 1991 XX
Achates， mythical Trojan warrior
MPC · 51445145 Pholus 1992 AD
Pholus， mythological centaur
MPC · 51455146 Moiwa 1992 BP
Mount Moiwa， the mountain that offers an outstanding panorama of the city of Sapporo and is popular both to skiers and to hikers in its virgin forest.
JPL · 51465147 Maruyama 1992 BQ
Maruyama hill， a small hill， situated near Mt. Moiwa in the southwestern part of Sapporo and known for a beautiful park and zoo， as well as the Hokkaido Shrine.
JPL · 5147 5148 Giordano 5557 P-L
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600)， Italian Dominican priest
MPC · 5148 5149 Leibniz 6582 P-L
Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716)， German philosopher， mathematician， and co-inventor of calculus
MPC · 5149 5150 Fellini 7571 P-L
Federico Fellini (1920–1993)， Italian film director
MPC · 5150 5151 Weerstra 2160 T-2
Claas Weerstra， Dutch comet chaser and administrative officer and longtime programmer at the Leiden Observatory
MPC · 51515152 Labs 1931 UD
Dietrich Labs (born 1921)， German astrophysicist and professor at Heidelberg University and Königstuhl Observatory
JPL · 51525153 Gierasch 1940 GO
Peter J. Gierasch (born 1940)， planetary scientist， co-founder of Cornell University’s Center for Radiophysics and Space Research， and winner of the 2014 Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
MPC · 51535154 Leonov 1969 TL1
Yevgeny Leonov (1926–1994)， Soviet artist and actor
MPC · 51545155 Denisyuk 1972 HR
Yurij Nikolaevich Denisyuk (1927–2006)， head of a laboratory at the Ioffe Physical and Technical Institute in St. Petersburg and a member of the Royal Photographic Society.
JPL · 51555156 Golant 1972 KL
Victor Evgen’evich Golant (born 1928)， director of the department of plasma physics， atomic physics and astrophysics at the Ioffe Physical and Technical Institute in Saint Petersburg
JPL · 51565157 Hindemith 1973 UB5
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)， German composer， violist and conductor
MPC · 51575158 Ogarev 1976 YY
Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877)， a Russian poet， historian and political activist
MPC · 51585159 Burbine 1977 RG
Thomas Burbine， American planetary scientist at Mount Holyoke College
MPC · 51595160 Camoes 1979 YO
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) Portuguese poet
MPC · 51605161 Wightman 1980 TX3
Kingsley W. Wightman， teacher of astronomy at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland， California
MPC · 51615162 Piemonte 1982 BW
Piedmont， the northwestern region of Italy， with its capital Turin
MPC · 5162
5163 Vollmayr-Lee 1983 TD2 Katharina Vollmayr-Lee (born 1967)， a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Bucknell University.
JPL · 51635164 Mullo 1984 WE1
Mullo， a Celtic god， associated by the Romans with Mars
MPC · 51645165 Videnom 1985 CG
Videnom， popular weekly Danish television program on natural science.
JPL · 51655166 Olson 1985 FU1
Irvin Edward “”Ole”” Olson (1910–1993)， an American telescope-dome manufacturer
MPC · 51665167 Joeharms 1985 GU1
John (Joe) Eric Harms， an Australian geologist
MPC · 51675168 Jenner 1986 EJ
Edward Jenner (1749–1823)， English medical doctor， who introduced the smallpox vaccine
MPC · 51685169 Duffell 1986 RU2
Stephen Duffell (born 1943)， friend of Edward Bowell who discovered this minor planet
MPC · 51695170 Sissons 1987 EH
Anthony Sissons (born 1943)， friend of Edward Bowell who discovered this minor planet
MPC · 51705171 Augustesen 1987 SQ3
Karl A. Augustesen (born 1945) has for several decades been the observer at the Schmidt telescope erected at Brorfelde in 1965.
JPL · 51715172 Yoshiyuki 1987 UX1
Yoshiyuki Endo (born 1953)， the landowner of the Kushiro Observatory
JPL · 51725173 Stjerneborg 1988 EM1
Stjerneborg， pioneering astronomical observatory built by Tycho Brahe
MPC · 51735174 Okugi 1988 HF
Shin Okugi (born 1952)， Japanese optical engineer and director of the software division of Goto Optical Laboratory
MPC · 51745175 Ables 1988 VS4
Harold D. Ables (born 1938)， American astronomer and former director at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
MPC · 51755176 Yoichi 1989 AU
The Japanese city of Yoichi located in southwestern Hokkaido and noted for its fruit and marine products.
JPL · 51765177 Hugowolf 1989 AY6
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)， Austrian composer
MPC · 51775178 Pattazhy 1989 CD4
Sainudeen Pattazhy (born 1962)， an Indian environmentalist and zoologist
JPL · 51785179 Takeshima 1989 EO1
Toshio Takeshima (born 1930)， a Japanese Iai master and friend of Tsutomu Seki who discovered this minor planet
MPC · 51795180 Ohno 1989 GF
Keiko Ohno (born 1959)， Japanese activities in promoting the public awareness of the study of astronomy and space science. She is an software developer at Goto Optical Laboratory
MPC · 51805181 SURF 1989 GO
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program of Caltech
MPC · 51815182 Bray 1989 NE
Olin D. Bray (born 1907)， an American medical doctor and friend of Eleanor Helin who discovered this minor planet. The naming took place on the occasion of Bray’s 85th birthday in 1992.
MPC · 51825183 Robyn 1990 OA1
Laurie Robyn Ernst Yeomans， wife of Donald Yeomans， see (2956)， president of IAU Commission 20
MPC · 5183
5184 Cavaillé-Coll 1990 QY7 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899)， member of a famous French dynasty of organ builders
MPC · 51845185 Alerossi 1990 RV2
Alessandro Rossi (born 1964)， a member of the Group of Satellite Flight Dynamics at the Istituto CNECE in Pisa
JPL · 51855186 Donalu 1990 SB4
Dona(lu) Wheeler Roman， wife of American discoverer Brian P. Roman
MPC · 51865187 Domon 1990 TK1
Ken Domon (1909–1990)， Japanese photographer
MPC · 51875188 Paine 1990 TZ2
Thomas O. Paine (1921–1992)， American metallurgist， third Administrator of NASA， and advisor to the Planetary Society
MPC · 51885190 Fry 1990 UR2
Stephen Fry (born 1957)， an English writer， actor， comedian， TV presenter and activist
JPL · 51905191 Paddack 1990 VO3
Stephen J. Paddack (born 1934)， an aeronautical engineer and contributor to the understanding of the Yorp effect
JPL · 51915192 Yabuki 1991 CC
Hiroshi Yabuki (born 1960)， a leading Japanese developer of automated planetarium programs at Goto Optical Laboratory
MPC · 51925193 Tanakawataru 1992 ET
Wataru Tanaka (born 1939)， Japanese astronomer and professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
JPL · 5193
5194 Böttger
4641 P-L
Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719)， a German alchemist and one of the early inventors of hard-paste porcelain in Meissen， Germany
MPC · 5194 5195 Kaendler 3289 T-1
Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706–1775)， German sculptor， later founder of the European style of porcelain in Meissen， Germany
MPC · 5195 5196 Bustelli 3102 T-2
Franz Anton Bustelli (1723–1763)， Swiss artist， involved with the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
MPC · 5196 5197 Rottmann 4265 T-2
Friedrich Rottmann (1797–1850)， German Romantic landscape painter and father of Carl Rottmann
MPC · 51975198 Fongyunwah 1975 BP1
Yun-Wah Fong， Chinese educator and mentor of Chinese astronomer Yang Jiexing， who is an uncredited co-discoverer of this minor planet at the Purple Mountain Observatory
MPC · 51985199 Dortmund 1981 RP2
The city of Dortmund， capital of North Rhein-Westphalia， Germany
MPC · 51995200 Pamal 1983 CM
Patrick Michael Malotki (born 1974)， friend of Edward Bowell who discovered this minor planet. The naming took place on the occasion of his 21st birthday (the nickname stands for “”pas mal””， French for “”not bad””， a compliment).
MPC · 5200

5201–5300
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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog
5201 Ferraz-Mello 1983 XF Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (born 1936)， Brazilian astronomer
MPC · 52015202 Charleseliot 1983 XX
Charles William Eliot (1834–1926)， an American chemist and the 21st President of Harvard College
JPL · 52025203 Pavarotti 1984 SF1
Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007)， Italian opera singer
MPC · 52035204 Herakleitos 1988 CN2
Herakleitos， Ancient Greek philosopher
MPC · 5204
5205 Servián 1988 CU7 Berta E. Servián de Flores (1914–1996)， the first Paraguayan woman aviator.
JPL · 52055206 Kodomonomori 1988 ED
Kodomo no Mori (Children’s Forest)， Treeplanting program in Japan
MPC · 52065207 Hearnshaw 1988 HE
John Bernard Hearnshaw (born 1946)， New Zealand spectroscopist， who has guided the Mount John University Observatory through major developments over 30 years
JPL · 52075208 Royer 1989 CH1
Msgr. Ronald E. Royer， American priest， amateur astronomer and astrophotographer
MPC · 52085209 Oloosson 1989 CW1
Oloosson， a town mentioned in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad by Homer.
IAU · 5209
5210 Saint-Saëns 1989 EL6 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)， French composer
MPC · 52105211 Stevenson 1989 NX
David J. Stevenson (born 1948)， New Zealand planetary scientist Src
MPC · 52115212 Celiacruz 1989 SS
Celia Cruz (1925–2003)， a Cuban-American salsa singer and performer
JPL · 52125213 Takahashi 1990 FU
Kiichiro Takahashi， president of Takahashi Seisakusho
MPC · 52135214 Oozora 1990 VN3
Super Ōzora， Limited express train at Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 52145215 Tsurui 1991 AE
Tsurui， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 52155216 Cannizzo 1941 HA
John Kendall Cannizzo (1957–2018) was an American astrophysicist who worked at the NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He also spent time at the Harvard College Observatory， where he met his wife Catherine Asaro， and did research as a Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.
JPL · 52165217 Chaozhou 1966 CL
Chaozhou， a Chinese city in Guangdong Province， cradle of the Chaoshan Culture.
JPL · 52175218 Kutsak 1969 TB3
Mariya Romanovna Kutsak (1928–1997) was a schoolteacher of physics and astronomy in the city of Omsk for about 40 years
JPL · 52185219 Zemka 1976 GU3
Aleksandr Grigorjevich Zemka (born 1947)， friend of the discoverer， electrotechnics engineer in Zaporozhje， both a prominent specialist and a good organizer who wins the respect of his colleagues and acquaintances. He provided valuable help to the discoverer in improving the 0.64-m telescope used for the Crimean NEA Survey
JPL · 52195220 Vika 1979 SA8
Viktoriya Semenovna Vinogradova (born 1928)， doctor at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on the Crimean peninsula
MPC · 52205221 Fabribudweis 1980 FB
Wenceslaus Fabri de Budweis (c. 1460–1518)， Czech scientist and author of almanacs
MPC · 52215222 Ioffe 1980 TL13
Abram Ioffe (1880–1960)， Russian physicist and pioneer in semi-conductor research
MPC · 52225223 McSween 1981 EX6
Harry McSween， planetary geologist and geochemist， meteorite researcher Src
MPC · 52235224 Abbe 1982 DX3
Ernst Abbe (1840–1905)， German astronomer， optician， educator and director of the Jena Observatory
MPC · 52245225 Loral 1983 TS1
Loral Inc， an American manufacturer of CCDs
MPC · 52255226 Pollack 1983 WL
James B. Pollack (1938–1994)， an American planetary scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center.
MPC · 52265227 Bocacara 1986 PE
Bocacara， a Spanish village south of the historic university city of Salamanca. It was first settled in the Middle Ages and remained a farming and herding village until the end of the 20th century. Crops included wheat， beans and garbanzos， but Bocacara was renowned in the region for its potatoes.
JPL · 5227
5228 Máca 1986 VT Jan Máca， schoolmate and friend of the discoverer， for his contribution to the protection of nature
MPC · 52285229 Irurita 1987 DE6
Irurita is one of 15 villages nestled in the Baztan Valley， within the autonomous community of Navarre in the Basque Country in northern Spain.
JPL · 52295230 Asahina 1988 EF
Takashi Asahina， Japanese conductor
MPC · 52305231 Verne 1988 JV
Jules Verne， French novelist and playwright
MPC · 52315232 Jordaens 1988 PR1
Jacob Jordaens， Flemish painter
MPC · 52325233 Nastes 1988 RL10
Nastes， from Greek mythology. With his brother Amphimacus， he was a leader of the Carian contingent on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War. Nastes was killed in the river Maeander by Achilles， who stripped off his armour and golden ornaments.
IAU · 52335234 Sechenov 1989 VP
Ivan Sechenov (1829–1905)， Russian naturalist and physiologist
MPC · 5234
5235 Jean-Loup 1990 SA1 Jean-Loup Bertaux (born 1942)， a French planetary scientist who headed the Department of Solar System Studies at CNRS
MPC · 52355236 Yoko 1990 TG3
Yoko Huruta， wife of discoverer
MPC · 52365237 Yoshikawa 1990 UF3
Katsunori Yoshikawa (born 1942)， owner of the land on which the Nihondaira Observatory was built on. The observatory is located in one of the green-tea producing areas in Japan.
MPC · 52375238 Naozane 1990 VE2
Kumagai Naozane， early samurai
MPC · 52385239 Reiki 1990 VC4
Reiki Kushida， a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. She was the first woman to discover a supernova (1991bg) visually.
MPC · 52395240 Kwasan 1990 XE
Kwasan Observatory (377) of Kyoto University is located near Kyoto， Japan
MPC · 52405241 Beeson 1990 YL
Charlotte “”Charlie”” Beeson (born 1990) is a British astronomer， computer programmer， gymnast， dancer and musician， who undertook research at the Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics for her Masters Thesis: Methods to Improve Near-Earth Asteroid Discovery and Spectroscopic Characterisation Rates.
JPL · 52415242 Kenreimonin 1991 BO
Empress Dowager Kenrei， Japan
MPC · 5242 5243 Clasien 1246 T-2
Clasien Shane， wife of American astronomer William Whitney Shane (born 1923) at the Leiden and Nijmegen (C39) observatories
MPC · 52435244 Amphilochos 1973 SQ1
Amphilochos (son of Amphiaraos)， mythical person related to Trojan War
MPC · 52445245 Maslyakov 1976 GR2
Aleksandr Vasil’evich Maslyakov， Russian TV journalist， known for the program “”Club of Merry and Resourceful Persons”” (KVN)
MPC · 52455246 Migliorini 1979 OB
Fabio Migliorini (1971–1997)， a young researcher who died in a mountain accident
JPL · 52465247 Krylov 1982 UP6
Aleksey Krylov (1863–1945)， a Russian mathematician and naval architect
MPC · 52475248 Scardia 1983 GQ
Marco Scardia (born 1948)， Italian astrometrist at the Merate and Brera observatories in northern Italy
MPC · 52485249 Giza 1983 HJ
Giza， Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile， known for some of Egypt’s greatest antiquities
MPC · 52495250 Jas 1984 QF
Czech for ‘brightness’ and the initials of the South Bohemian Astronomical Society (Jihočeská Astronomická Společnost)
MPC · 52505251 Bradwood 1985 KA
Frank Bradshaw Wood， American astronomer
JPL · 52515252 Vikrymov 1985 PZ1
Viktor Aleksandrovich Krymov (born 1929)， deputy director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in St Peterburg， Russia
MPC · 52525253 Fredclifford 1985 XB
Fred Clifford (1924–1980) was a mariner， joining the U.S. Merchant Marine in 1943 to fulfill a life-long dream of going to sea. He was a forward thinker and inspired early technological development of foam-core surfboards and was co-owner of Clifford/George Surfboards in Santa Barbara， California， USA in the 1960s.
JPL · 52535254 Ulysses 1986 VG1
Odysseus (Roman name: “”Ulysses””)， mythological Greek king
MPC · 52545255 Johnsophie 1988 KF
John and Sophie Karayusuf， parents of Alford S. Karayusuf， a friend of the discoverer. Under the starry skies of the Syrian Desert， they inspired their children to study the stars and planets and to wonder in amazement at the ability of mankind to explore the heavens
JPL · 52555256 Farquhar 1988 NN
Robert W. Farquhar (1932–2015)， an American mission design specialist at NASA
MPC · 52565257 Laogonus 1988 RS10
Laogonus， from Greek mythology. He was the son of Bias and grandson of King Priam of Troy. Laogonus and his brother Dardanus were killed by Achilles， who knocked the brothers from their chariots， smiting one with a cast of his spear and the other with his sword in close fight.
IAU · 52575258 Rhoeo 1989 AU1
Rhoeo was thrown in the ocean locked in a chest after her father learned she was pregnant. She was guided by Apollo， her lover， to the island of Delos where she gave birth to Anius， who later prophesied that the siege of Troy would go on for ten years.
IAU · 52585259 Epeigeus 1989 BB1
Epeigeus， mythical person related to Trojan War
MPC · 5259
5260 Philvéron 1989 RH Philippe Véron， French astronomer
MPC · 52605261 Eureka 1990 MB
Eureka!， Greek exclamation of discovery
MPC · 52615262 Brucegoldberg 1990 XB1
Bruce A. Goldberg， an American scientist at JPL and USAF Phillips Laboratory， was a friend of Eleanor F. Helin， who discovered this minor planet.
MPC · 52625263 Arrius 1991 GY9
Harrison Callum Bertram Steel (born 1992)， son of British discoverer Duncan Steel
MPC · 52635264 Telephus 1991 KC
Telephus， mythical person related to Trojan War
MPC · 5264 5265 Schadow 2570 P-L
Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850)， German sculptor whose work includes the chariot on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
MPC · 5265 5266 Rauch 4047 T-2
Christian Daniel Rauch， German sculptor
JPL · 52665267 Zegmott 1966 CF
Tarik Zegmott (born 1992) is a British Astronomy PhD student whose research for his Masters thesis， “”Optimising Observing Strategies for Near-Earth Asteroid Characterisation””， was undertaken at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
JPL · 5267
5268 Černohorský 1971 US1 Martin Cernohorský， Czech physicist.
JPL · 52685269 Paustovskij 1978 SL6
Konstantin Paustovsky (1892–1968)， Russian writer
MPC · 52695270 Kakabadze 1979 KR
David Kakabadze (1889–1952)， a Georgian painter and avantgardist
MPC · 52705271 Kaylamaya 1979 MH7
Kayla Maya Soderblom was the daughter of planetary scientist Jason Soderblom and granddaughter of planetary scientist Larry Soderblom. Born with a congenital heart problem， Kayla lived only 15 months， but was a source of happiness and inspiration for all who knew her.
JPL · 52715272 Dickinson 1981 QH2
Terence Dickinson， Canadian astronomy populariser
MPC · 52725273 Peilisheng 1982 DQ6
Pei Lisheng， 20th-century Chinese satellite scientist and oceanographer
JPL · 52735274 Degewij 1985 RS
Johan Degewij (born 1944)， Dutch astronomer
MPC · 52745275 Zdislava 1986 UU
Saint Zdislava (sv. Zdislava)， Moravian noblewoman， wife of Markvartic Havel， Duke of Lemberk， known for her generosity to the poor， and an early lay member of the Dominican Order
MPC · 52755276 Gulkis 1987 GK
Samuel Gulkis， an American astronomer and expert in radio and submillimeter astronomy at JPL， was a supporter of the NEAT program
MPC · 52765277 Brisbane 1988 DO
Brisbane， the name of the capital city of Queensland， itself honors Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane， an astronomer and the colonial governor who established Australia’s first permanent observatory in 1822. The minor planet’s discoverer was born 20 km from Brisbane’s birthplace in Ayrshire， Scotland
JPL · 52775278 Polly 1988 EJ1
Polly Brooks， member of the Planetary Society’s New Millennium Committee
MPC · 52785279 Arthuradel 1988 LA
Arthur Adel， American astrophysicist
MPC · 52795280 Andrewbecker 1988 PT
Andrew C. Becker (born 1973)， an American astronomer and data scientist at the University of Washington.
JPL · 52805281 Lindstrom 1988 SO1
Marilyn Lindstrom (born 1946) (born Marilyn R. Martin)， American planetary geologist and curator of the U.S. Antarctic meteorite collection at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
MPC · 52815282 Yamatotakeru 1988 VT
Yamato Takeru， Japanese legendary prince
MPC · 52825283 Pyrrhus 1989 BW
Neoptolemus， son of Achilles
MPC · 52835284 Orsilocus 1989 CK2
Greek warrior Orsilochus， son of Diocles and twin brother of Crethon， killed by Aeneas during the Trojan War
MPC · 52845285 Krethon 1989 EO11
Greek warrior Crethon (Krethon)， son of Diocles and twin brother of Orsilochus， killed by Aeneas during the Trojan War
MPC · 52855286 Haruomukai 1989 VT1
Haruo Mukai (1949–1986) was the younger brother of Japanese astronomer Masaru Mukai， who co-discovered this minor planet
MPC · 52865287 Heishu 1989 WE
Heishu Hosoi， Japanese confucianist
MPC · 52875288 Nankichi 1989 XD
Nankichi Niimi， Japanese author
MPC · 52885289 Niemela 1990 KG2
Born in Helsinki， Virpi Niemela (born 1936) moved to Argentina at the age of 17. She received her Ph.D. in astronomy at La Plata observatory， where she has conducted her professional work. Her main field of research is massive stars， an area to which she has contributed over 150 refereed papers
JPL · 52895290 Langevin 1990 OD4
Yves Langevin (born 1951)， French planetary scientist at the Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale in Orsay
MPC · 52905291 Yuuko 1990 YT
Yuuko Matsuyama， wife of discoverer
MPC · 52915292 Mackwell 1991 AJ1
Stephen J. Mackwell (born 1956) is the Director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute.
JPL · 52925293 Bentengahama 1991 BQ2
Benten beach (Bentengahama)， a sandy beach near Kushiro in northern Japan， where the co-discoverer， Kazuro Watanabe， spent his childhood.
MPC · 52935294 Onnetoh 1991 CB
Lake Onnetō， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 52945295 Masayo 1991 CE
Masayo Mizuno， wife of discoverer
MPC · 5295 5296 Friedrich 9546 P-L
Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)， German Romantic landscape painter
MPC · 5296 5297 Schinkel 4170 T-2
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841)， German architect and painter
MPC · 52975298 Paraskevopoulos 1966 PK
John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos， Greek astronomer， director of the Athens Observatory and later superintendent of the Boyden Observatory
JPL · 52985299 Bittesini 1969 LB
Luciano Bittesini (born 1950)， Italian amateur astronomer and astrometrist at Farra d’Isonzo Observatory
MPC · 52995300 Sats 1974 SX1
Nataliya Il’inichna Sats (1903–1993)， Soviet author and founder of the Moscow Musical Children’s Theater
MPC · 5300

5301–5400
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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5301 Novobranets 1974 SD3
Vasilij Andreevich Novobranets (1904–1984)， Russian and Ukrainian writer.
JPL · 53015302 Romanoserra 1976 YF5
Romano Serra (born 1954)， Italian physicist
MPC · 53025303 Parijskij 1978 TT2
Yurij Nikolaevich Parijskij (born 1932)， Russian radio astronomer and cosmologist
MPC · 53035304 Bazhenov 1978 TA7
Vasily Bazhenov (1737–1799)， Russian architect
MPC · 53045305 Bernievolz 1978 VS5
Bernard Volz (born 1961)， American amateur astronomer and former president of the Amherst Area Amateur Astronomers Association
JPL · 53055306 Fangfen 1980 BB
Fen Fang， Chinese astronomer
MPC · 5306
5307 Paul-André 1980 YC Paul-André Herbelin (1933–1994)， Swiss friend of the American discoverer Edward Bowell
MPC · 53075308 Hutchison 1981 DC2
Robert Hutchison (born 1938) former curator of meteorites at the Natural History Museum， London
JPL · 53085309 MacPherson 1981 ED25
Glenn Joseph MacPherson (born 1950)， curator at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington， D.C.
JPL · 53095310 Papike 1981 EP26
James Papike (born 1937)， director emeritus of the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico.
JPL · 53105311 Rutherford 1981 GD1
Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937)， born and educated in New Zealand， won the 1908 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on radioactive disintegration of elements. He was the first to develop radioactive dating of the Earth， established the nuclear atom， and predicted the existence of the neutron.
IAU · 53115312 Schott 1981 VP2
Otto Schott (1851–1935)， a German chemist， glass technologist， and the inventor of borosilicate glass
MPC · 53125313 Nunes 1982 SC2
Pedro Nunes (1502–1578)， Portuguese mathematician and geographer
MPC · 53135314 Wilkickia 1982 SG4
Andrey Vilkitsky (1858–1913) and Boris Vilkitsky (1885–1961)， father and son， Russian hydrographers and Arctic explorers
MPC · 5314
5315 Bal’mont 1982 SV5 Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942)， a Russian symbolist poet and translator
MPC · 53155316 Filatov 1982 UB7
Vladimir Filatov (1875–1956)， ophthalmologist and surgeon
MPC · 53165317 Verolacqua 1983 CE
Veronica Lynn Passalacqua， a volunteer who compiled the International Comet Quarterly archive of photometric data on comets
MPC · 53175318 Dientzenhofer 1985 HG1
Kryštof Dientzenhofer， Czech architect
MPC · 53185319 Petrovskaya 1985 RK6
Margarita Sergeevna Petrovskaya (Russian: Петровская， Маргарита Сергеевна， born 1933)， Russian astronomer and staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Saint Petersburg
MPC · 53195320 Lisbeth 1985 VD
Lisbeth Fogh Olsen， daughter of Danish co-discoverer Hans Jørn Fogh Olsen
MPC · 53205321 Jagras 1985 VN
Jakob Grove Rasmussen， fiancé of the daughter of Danish co-discoverer Hans Jørn Fogh Olsen
MPC · 53215323 Fogh 1986 TL4
Hans Jørn Fogh Olsen (born 1943)， Danish astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at Brorfelde Observatory
JPL · 53235324 Lyapunov 1987 SL
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1857–1918)， Russian mathematician， engineer and physicist
MPC · 53245325 Silver 1988 JQ
Leon Silver (born 1925)， professor of geology at Caltech
MPC · 53255326 Vittoriosacco 1988 RT6
Vittorio Sacco (born 1941)， an Italian amateur astronomer and popularizer of astronomy.
JPL · 53265327 Gertwilkens 1989 EX1
Gert Wilkens (born 1957) has been the financial administrator of Stichting De Koepel， former Dutch center for the popularization of astronomy and space science. He serves as librarian of the astronomical library of Sonnenborgh Observatory in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Wilkens is a co-editor of the astronomical annual Sterrengids.
IAU · 53275328 Nisiyamakoiti 1989 UH1
Koichi Nishiyama， Japanese mountaineer and amateur astronomer， meteor， comet， and nova hunter
JPL · 53285329 Decaro 1989 YP
Mario De Caro， Italian philosopher
JPL · 53295330 Senrikyu 1990 BQ1
Sen no Rikyū， Japanese tea master
MPC · 53305331 Erimomisaki 1990 BT1
Cape Erimo， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 53315332 Davidaguilar 1990 DA
David Aguilar， American director of public affairs at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics， astronomical photographer， and telescope maker
JPL · 53325333 Kanaya 1990 UH
Kanaya， Shizuoka， Japan
MPC · 53335334 Mishima 1991 CF
Mishima， Shizuoka， Japan
MPC · 53345335 Damocles 1991 DA
Damocles， mythological Greek figure
MPC · 53355337 Aoki 1991 LD
Masahiro Aoki (1920–1984)， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 53375338 Michelblanc 1991 RJ5
Michel Blanc (born 1949)， French planetary scientist and director of the Pic du Midi Observatory
JPL · 5338 5340 Burton 4027 P-L
William Butler Burton (born 1940)， American professor of astronomy at the University of Leiden
MPC · 5340 5341 Purgathofer 6040 P-L
Alois Purgathofer (1925–1983)， Austrian astronomer
MPC · 5341
5342 Le Poole
3129 T-2
Rudolf Le Poole (born 1942)， Dutch astronomer at Leiden
MPC · 53425343 Ryzhov 1977 SG3
Yurij Aleksandrovich Ryzhov (born 1930)， a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
MPC · 53435344 Ryabov 1978 RN
Yurij Aleksandrovich Ryabov (born 1923)， professor at the Moscow Road-Transport Institute
MPC · 53445345 Boynton 1981 EY8
William Boynton (born 1944)， professor of cosmochemistry and geochemistry at the University of Arizona， has measured elemental abundances in meteorites as a means of probing the early history of the solar system. He is the team leader for the gamma-ray spectrometer on the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft
JPL · 53455346 Benedetti 1981 QEe
Mario Benedetti (1920–2009)， an internationally-renowned Uruguayan writer and member of the so-called 45 Generation of writers， essayists and poets. He received several national and international awards， including the VII Premio Reina Sofia de Poesia Iberoamericana in 1999.
IAU · 53465347 Orestelesca 1985 DX2
Oreste Lesca， amateur astronomer.
JPL · 53475348 Kennoguchi 1988 BB
Ken Noguchi (b.~1973) is a Japanese alpinist and environmental activist. In 1999 he reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the youngest person in the world (at that time) to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents
JPL · 53485349 Paulharris 1988 RA
Paul P. Harris (1868–1947)， founder of Rotary International in 1905
MPC · 53495350 Epetersen 1989 GL1
Erik V. Petersen (born 1911)， Danish amateur astronomer
MPC · 53505351 Diderot 1989 SG5
Denis Diderot， French writer
MPC · 53515352 Fujita 1989 YN
Yoshio Fujita， Japanese astrophysicist and professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo
MPC · 53525354 Hisayo 1990 BJ2
Hisayo Kaneda， daughter of second discoverer.
JPL · 53545355 Akihiro 1991 CA
Akihiro Ueda， son of first discoverer.
JPL · 53555356 Neagari 1991 FF1
Neagari， the name of an old town in Nomi District， Ishikawa Prefecture， Japan.
JPL · 53565357 Sekiguchi 1992 EL
Tomohiko Sekiguchi (born 1970)， an associate professor at Hokkaido University of Education since 2008.
JPL · 53575358 Meineko 1992 QH
Meineko is the pen name of Kiyota Seiichiro (born 1962)， who has been observing variable stars since 1975. As Meineko， he has written a monthly guide on variable stars in the Japanese astronomy magazine Gekkan Tenmon and on CCD observation methods in textbooks.
IAU · 53585359 Markzakharov 1974 QX1
Mark Anatolievich Zakharov (born 1933)， Russian producer
MPC · 53595360 Rozhdestvenskij 1975 VD9
Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvenskij (1932–1994)， Russian poet， journalist and popular songwriter
MPC · 53605361 Goncharov 1976 YC2
Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891) is known for his four novels Oblomov， Obryv (“”Precipice””)， Obyknovennaya istoriya (“”Unusual event””) and Fregat “”Pallada”” (“”Frigate Pallada””).
JPL · 53615362 Johnyoung 1978 CH
John W. Young (1930–2018) was a United States naval aviator and test pilot and NASA astronaut. He flew on Gemini 3， Gemini 10， Apollo 10， Apollo 16 (becoming the ninth person to walk on the Moon)， and commanded two Space Shuttle missions (STS-1 and STS-9).
JPL · 53625363 Kupka 1979 UQ
František Kupka (1871–1957)， Czech painter and graphic artist
MPC · 53635365 Fievez 1981 EN1
Charles Fiévez (1844–1890)， pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy in Belgium †
MPC · 53655366 Rhianjones 1981 EY30
Rhian Jones (born 1960)， an experimental and sample petrologist at the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico.
JPL · 53665367 Sollenberger 1982 TT
Paul Sollenberger (1891–1995)， American astronomer and first civilian director of Time Service at the United States Naval Observatory
MPC · 53675368 Vitagliano 1984 SW5
Aldo Vitagliano (born 1948)， Italian astronomer
JPL · 53685369 Virgiugum 1985 SE1
Jungfraujoch (latinized)， a site in the Swiss Alps and location of the Sphinx Observatory
MPC · 53695370 Taranis 1986 RA
Celtic god Taranis
MPC · 53705372 Bikki 1987 WS
Bikki Sunazawa， Ainu sculptor
MPC · 53725374 Hokutosei 1989 AM1
Hokutosei， Japanese overnight limited express
MPC · 53745375 Siedentopf 1989 AN6
Heinrich Siedentopf (1906–1963)， a German astronomer and director of the Jena Observatory and Sternwarte Tübingen.
MPC · 53755377 Komori 1991 FM
Yukimasa Komori (1900–)， Japanese owner of Astro-Dome. He was also a member of the committee at Gotoh Planetarium
MPC · 53775378 Ellyett 1991 GD
Clifton Darfield Ellyett (born 1915)， pioneer of radar meteor research in New Zealand
MPC · 53785379 Abehiroshi 1991 HG
Hiroshi Abe (born 1958)， a discoverer of numerous minor planets at Yatsuka Observatory since 1993.
JPL · 53795380 Sprigg 1991 JT
Reg Sprigg (1919–1994)， an Australian exploration geologist， oceanographer， biologist， author and conservationist.
JPL · 53805381 Sekhmet 1991 JY
Sekhmet， Egyptian goddess
MPC · 53815382 McKay 1991 JR2
Christopher P. McKay， (born 1954)， space scientist and exobiologist at NASA-Ames Research Center.
JPL · 5382 5383 Leavitt 4293 T-2
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921)， American astronomer and discoverer of the luminosity–period relation for Cepheids
MPC · 53835384 Changjiangcun 1957 VA
Changjiangcun， Jiangsu province， China， “”the famous flower of Yangtze River””， Chinese homonym of the Yangtze River
JPL · 53845385 Kamenka 1975 TS3
Kamenka (Kamianka)， a town in central Ukraine
JPL · 53855386 Bajaja 1975 TH6
Esteban Bajaja (born 1931)， Argentine radio-astronomer
JPL · 53865387 Casleo 1980 NB
The Leoncito Astronomical Complex (CASLEO) in Argentina
JPL · 53875388 Mottola 1981 ED1
Stefano Mottola， Italian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets
MPC · 53885389 Choikaiyau 1981 UB10
Kai-Yau Choi， Chinese director of the Zhongshan Scientific Center and chairman of the Choi Educational Foundation
MPC · 53895390 Huichiming 1981 YO1
For his help in alleviating poverty， Hui Chi Ming (born 1964) received the China Glory Facilitative Poverty Aid Award and the United Nations Humanity and Peace Promotion Award.
JPL · 53905391 Emmons 1985 RE2
Richard H. Emmons (1919–2005)， American physicist and astronomy educator
MPC · 53915392 Parker 1986 AK
Donald C. Parker (1939–2015)， American amateur astronomer
MPC · 53925393 Goldstein 1986 ET
Richard M. Goldstein (born 1927)， radar astronomer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 53935394 Jurgens 1986 EZ1
Raymond Francis Jurgens (born 1937)， American radar astronomer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 53945395 Shosasaki 1988 RK11
Sho Sasaki (born 1960)， a professor at the University of Tokyo.
JPL · 53955397 Vojislava 1988 VB5
Vojislava Protić–Benišek (born 1946)， daughter of Serbian astronomer Milorad B. Protić
JPL · 53975399 Awa 1989 BT
Awa Province， ancient name of Tokushima prefecture， Japan
MPC · 5399

5401–5500
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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5401 Minamioda 1989 EV
Minamioda， Kamikawa， Hyōgo， Japan
MPC · 54015402 Kejosmith 1989 UK2
Keith C. Smith and his wife Joan Furlong， stellar and laboratory spectroscopists University College， London， respectively
MPC · 54025403 Takachiho 1990 DM
Takachiho， Miyazaki， Japan
MPC · 54035404 Uemura 1991 EE1
Naomi Uemura， Japanese adventurer
MPC · 54045405 Neverland 1991 GY
Neverland， fictional land where Peter Pan， Tinker Bell and other mythical creatures and beings live
MPC · 54055406 Jonjoseph 1991 PH11
Jonathan Joseph， programmer analyst at the Department of Astronomy of Cornell University Src
MPC · 5406
5408 Thé
1232 T-1
Pik-Sin Thé (born 1927)， an Indonesian astronomer， who was a member of the IAU and director of Bosscha Observatory †
MPC · 54085409 Saale 1962 SR
Saale， German river
MPC · 54095410 Spivakov 1967 DA
Vladimir Spivakov (born 1944 )， Russian conductor and violinist
MPC · 54105411 Liia 1973 AT3
Liia Forrer-Tsiganovskaja， wife of a friend of Russian discoverer Nikolai Chernykh
MPC · 54115412 Rou 1973 SR3
Aleksandr Arturovich Rou (1906–1973)， Russian actor and film producer
MPC · 54125413 Smyslov 1977 EC2
Vasily Smyslov (1921–2010)， Russian chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958
MPC · 54135414 Sokolov 1977 RW6
Viktor Georgievich Sokolov (born 1946)， Russian astronomer and staff member at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA)
MPC · 54145415 Lyanzuridi 1978 TB2
Konstantin Petrovich Lyanzuridi (born 1934)， engineer in vacuum technology and optics who has worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
JPL · 54155416 Estremadoyro 1978 VE5
Víctor Antolí Estremadoyro Robles (1913–2003)， Peruvian astronomer， founder of the Peruvian Association of Astronomy and the Iberoamerican League of Astronomy
JPL · 54165417 Solovaya 1981 QT
Nina A. Solovaya (born 1940)， Russian astronomer and a celestial mechanic at Sternberg Astronomical Institute
MPC · 54175418 Joyce 1981 QG1
James Joyce， Irish writer
MPC · 54185419 Benua 1981 SW7
Nicholas Benois (Benua)， Russian architect， and his sons Leon Benois， Russian architect， and Alexandre Benois， Russian painter
MPC · 54195420 Jancis 1982 JR1
Jancis Robinson， British Master of Wine， editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine， weekly contributor to the Financial Times
JPL · 54205421 Ulanova 1982 TD2
Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova， Russian ballerina
MPC · 54215422 Hodgkin 1982 YL1
Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994)， British biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate
MPC · 5422
5423 Horahořejš 1983 DC Petr Hora Hořejš (born 1938)， a Czech journalist， screenwriter and novelist.
JPL · 54235424 Covington 1983 TN1
Arthur Edwin Covington， first Canadian radio-astronomer
MPC · 5424
5425 Vojtěch 1984 SA1 Václav Vojtěch (1901–1932)， Czech Antarctic explorer
MPC · 54255426 Sharp 1985 DD
Robert P. Sharp (1911–2004)， American professor of geology at Caltech. Expert on glaciers， the movement of sand dunes and the geology of Mars.
MPC · 54265427 Jensmartin 1986 JQ
Jens Martin Knudsen， Danish astrophysicist
MPC · 54275430 Luu 1988 JA1
Jane Luu (born 1963)， Vietnamese-American astronomer and co-discoverer of the first classical Kuiper belt object， (15760) 1992 QB1
MPC · 54305431 Maxinehelin 1988 MB
Maxine Anne Helin， mother-in-law of American discoverer Eleanor F. Helin
MPC · 54315432 Imakiire 1988 VN
Kyōko Imakiire (born 1965)， Japanese yachtswoman
MPC · 54325433 Kairen 1988 VZ2
Imakiire’s Yacht
MPC · 54335434 Tomwhitney 1989 ES
Thomas (Tom) D. Whitney (born 1941)， longtime president of the Amherst Area Amateur Astronomers Association
JPL · 54345435 Kameoka 1990 BS1
Kameoka， Kyoto， Japan
MPC · 54355436 Eumelos 1990 DK
Eumelos， mythical person related to Trojan War
MPC · 54365438 Lorre 1990 QJ
Jean Lorre， an American scientist at JPL’s Image Processing Laboratory
MPC · 54385439 Couturier 1990 RW
Pierre Couturier (born 1942)， French physicist and director of the Paris Observatory from 1999 to 2003
MPC · 54395440 Terao 1991 HD
Hisashi Terao (1855–1923)， first Japanese professor of astronomy at University of Tokyo
MPC · 54405441 Andymurray 1991 JZ1
Andy Murray (born 1987)， Scottish professional tennis player.
JPL · 54415442 Drossart 1991 NH1
Pierre Drossart (born 1956)， researcher of the CNRS at Paris Observatory
MPC · 54425443 Encrenaz 1991 NX1
Thérèse Encrenaz (born 1946)， French astronomer， Director of Research at CNRS and Director of the Space Research Department at Paris Observatory
MPC · 54435444 Gautier 1991 PM8
Daniel Gautier (born 1936)， French astronomer at Paris Observatory
MPC · 54445445 Williwaw 1991 PA12
Williwaw， a dramatic mountain on the skyline of Anchorage.
JPL · 54455446 Heyler 1991 PB13
Gene A. Heyler (born 1956)， of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
MPC · 54465447 Lallement 1991 PO14
Rosine Lallement (born 1951)， French astrophysicist
MPC · 54475448 Siebold 1992 SP
Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866)， German physician， botanist and traveler， who stayed in Japan for six years
MPC · 5448 5450 Sokrates 2780 P-L
Socrates， Ancient Greek philosopher
MPC · 5450 5451 Plato 4598 P-L
Plato， Ancient Greek philosopher
MPC · 54515453 Zakharchenya 1975 VS5
Boris Petrovich Zakharchenya (born 1928)， Russian scientist at Ioffe Institute in Saint Petersburg
JPL · 54535454 Kojiki 1977 EW5
Kojiki， the first written mythology of Japan
MPC · 54545455 Surkov 1978 RV5
Vladimir Vasil’evich Surkov (born 1945)， Russian database expert and staff member of the Moscow Aviation Institute
MPC · 54555456 Merman 1979 HH3
Grigorij (Hirsh) Aronovich Merman (born 1921)， staff member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in Saint Petersburg
MPC · 5456
5457 Queen’s 1980 TW5 Queen’s University， Kingston， Canada
MPC · 54575458 Aizman 1980 TB12
Mikhail Iosifovich Aizman (born 1947)， Russian telecommunications specialist and president of MTU-INFORM， a large telephone communication and data transfer system in Russia
MPC · 54585459 Saraburger 1981 QP3
Sara Schöffer-Burger (born 1894)， who helped Dutch Jews in World War II
MPC · 5459
5460 Tsénaat’a’í 1983 AW Navajo for “”flying rock”” (1996 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner)
MPC · 54605461 Autumn 1983 HB1
Autumn Dongxia Thomas (born 2002)， is the granddaughter of Norman G. Thomas who discovered this minor planet.
JPL · 54615463 Danwelcher 1985 TO
Dan Welcher (born 1948)， American composer and conductor
MPC · 54635464 Weller 1985 VC1
Harold Weller (born 1941)， American conductor
MPC · 54645465 Chumakov 1986 RF13
Mikhail Chumakov (1909–1993)， Russian microbiologist and virologist
MPC · 54655466 Makibi 1986 WP8
Kibi Makibi， Japanese scholar and noble
MPC · 54665468 Hamatonbetsu 1988 BK
Hamatonbetsu， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 54685470 Kurtlindstrom 1988 BK5
Kurt Leighton Lindstrom (born 1955)， American program executive for NASA’s New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission
JPL · 54705471 Tunguska 1988 PK1
Tunguska， site of a presumed asteroidal impact
MPC · 54715473 Yamanashi 1988 VR
Yamanashi Prefecture， Japan
MPC · 54735474 Gingasen 1988 XE1
Furusato Ginga Line of Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway， Japan (Abolished in 2006)
MPC · 54745475 Hanskennedy 1989 QO
Hans D. Kennedy (born 1924) is a Dutch-Australian astronomer
JPL · 54755476 Mulius 1989 TO11
Mulius， a Trojan warrior in Greek mythology. He was killed during the Trojan War by Achilles， who drove his javelin through one ear and out the other of Mulius’ head.
IAU · 54765477 Holmes 1989 UH2
Robert E. Holmes Jr. (b.~1956)， amateur astronomer， who directs the Astronomical Research Observatory in Westfield， Illinois
JPL · 54775478 Wartburg 1989 UE4
The Wartburg Castle， in central Germany
MPC · 54785479 Grahamryder 1989 UT5
Graham Ryder (1949–2002)， British lunar geologist
MPC · 54795481 Kiuchi 1990 CH
Tsuruhiko Kiuchi (born 1954)， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 54815482 Korankei 1990 DX
Kōrankei， a Japanese town located in the middle of Aichi prefecture
JPL · 54825483 Cherkashin 1990 UQ11
Andrej Andreevich Cherkashin (1920–1993)， a Russian literary scholar and historian， researcher of A. S. Pushkin’s genealogy and author of The Millennial Family Tree of Pushkin
JPL · 54835484 Inoda 1990 VH1
Shigeru Inoda， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 54845485 Kaula 1991 RQ21
William M. Kaula， Australian-American geophysicist Src
MPC · 54855488 Kiyosato 1991 VK5
Kiyosato， a town of Hokuto， Yamanashi， Japan
MPC · 54885489 Oberkochen 1993 BF2
Oberkochen， town in southern Germany
MPC · 5489 5490 Burbidge 2019 P-L
Margaret Burbidge (1919–2020)， British astrophysicist
MPC · 5490 5491 Kaulbach 3128 T-1
Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805–1874)， a German painter
MPC · 5491 5492 Thoma 3227 T-1
Hans Thoma (1839–1924)， German painter
MPC · 5492 5493 Spitzweg 1617 T-2
Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885)， German painter
MPC · 54935494 Johanmohr 1933 UM1
Johan Maurits Mohr (1716–1775)， Dutch-German pastor， astronomer and meteorologist
JPL · 54945495 Rumyantsev 1972 RY3
Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754–1826)， Foreign Minister and Chancellor of the Russian Empire
MPC · 54955497 Sararussell 1975 SS
Sara Russell (born 1966)， British meteoriticist at the Natural History Museum
MPC · 54975498 Gustafsson 1980 FT3
Bengt Gustafsson (born 1943)， Swedish astronomer
MPC · 54985500 Twilley 1981 WR
Royston C. Twilley， British teacher of the discoverer Edward L. G. Bowell
MPC · 5500

5501–5600
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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5502 Brashear 1984 EC
John Brashear (1840–1920)， American astronomer and instrument builder
MPC · 55025504 Lanzerotti 1985 FC2
Louis J. Lanzerotti (born 1938)， an American space physicist
MPC · 55045505 Rundetaarn 1986 VD1
The “”Rundetaarn””， or Round Tower， is the astronomical observatory built in the heart of Copenhagen from 1637 to 1642 by king Christian IV. Its unique interior spiral staircase makes it possible to stroll all the way to the top.
JPL · 55055506 Artiglio 1987 SV11
The Artiglio， an Italian steamship used as a salvage ship in the early 20th century.
JPL · 55065507 Niijima 1987 UJ
Tsuneo Niijima， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 55075508 Gomyou 1988 EB
Gomyou， north of Kakegawa， Japan. Location of the discovering Oohira Station.
MPC · 55085509 Rennsteig 1988 RD3
The Rennsteig， a long ridge walk in the Thuringian Forest， Germany
MPC · 55095511 Cloanthus 1988 TH1
Cloanthus， mythical person related to Trojan War: Cloanthus wins the ship race held as part of Anchises’ funeral games (Aeneid， Book V)
MPC · 55115513 Yukio 1988 WB
Yukio Hasegawa (born 1950)， Japanese amateur astronomer and telescope maker
MPC · 5513
5514 Karelraška 1989 BN1 Karel Raška (1909–1987)， a Czech physician and epidemiologist， known as “”the father of the conception of epidemiologic surveillance””.
JPL · 55145515 Naderi 1989 EL1
Firouz Naderi (born 1946) is a scientist， engineer and manager who has led major programs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL · 55155516 Jawilliamson 1989 JK
Jack Williamson， American science-fiction author
MPC · 55165517 Johnerogers 1989 LJ
John E. Rogers， American amateur astronomer known for his computer software and for his computation of orbits
MPC · 55175518 Mariobotta 1989 YF
Mario Botta (born 1943)， a Swiss architect
MPC · 55185519 Lellouch 1990 QB4
Emmanuel Lellouch (born 1963)， planetary scientist at Observatoire de Paris.
JPL · 55195520 Natori 1990 RB
Akira Natori (born 1956)， Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets
MPC · 55205521 Morpurgo 1991 PM1
Pieter Morpurgo， British producer of the long-running BBC programme The Sky at Night
MPC · 5521
5522 De Rop 1991 PJ5 Willy De Rop (born 1933)， Belgian astronomer at Uccle Observatory
MPC · 55225523 Luminet 1991 PH8
Jean-Pierre Luminet (born 1951)， French researcher at the Paris Observatory.
JPL · 55235524 Lecacheux 1991 RA30
Jean Lecacheux， a French planetary scientist at Paris Observatory
MPC · 55245526 Kenzo 1991 UP1
Kenzo Suzuki， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 5526 5529 Perry 2557 P-L
Marcus Perry， an American chief engineer with the Spacewatch program
MPC · 5529 5530 Eisinga 2835 P-L
Eise Eisinga， Frisian astronomer who built a planetarium
MPC · 5530 5531 Carolientje 1051 T-2
Caroline van Houten， granddaughter of the Dutch astronomers (husband and wife) Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten
MPC · 55315532 Ichinohe 1932 CY
Naozō Ichinohe (1872–1920)， Japanese astronomer and science writer
MPC · 55325533 Bagrov 1935 SC
Nikolaj Vasil’evich Bagrov (born 1937)， Russian geographer at the Simferopol State University
MPC · 55335535 Annefrank 1942 EM
Anne Frank (Annelies Frank)， German Jewish diarist
MPC · 55355536 Honeycutt 1955 QN
Kent Honeycutt (born 1940)， on the faculty of Indiana University， has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the structure of accretion disks， cataclysmic variables and cool stars， as well as to the design and construction of innovative instrumentation， including spectrographs and robotic observatories.
JPL · 55365537 Sanya 1964 TA2
Sanya， located on the southern tip of Hainan Island， is the only tropical seaside tourist city in China.
JPL · 55375538 Luichewoo 1964 TU2
Lui Che-woo， Chinese mineralogist
MPC · 55385539 Limporyen 1965 UA1
Lim Por-yen (born 1914)， a prestigious philanthropist who helped launch many schools and a first-class Limporyen library in China.
JPL · 55395540 Smirnova 1971 QR1
Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova， Russian astronomer
MPC · 55405541 Seimei 1976 UH16
Abe no Seimei， Onmyōji
MPC · 55415542 Moffatt 1978 PT4
Ethelwin Moffatt (born 1926)， a benefactor of the discovering Perth Observatory and direct descendant of the first Astronomer Royal， John Flamsteed.
JPL · 55425543 Sharaf 1978 TW2
Shafika Gil’mievna Sharaf (born 1915)， a celestial mechanic and staff member at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in Saint Petersburg， Russia
MPC · 55435544 Kazakov 1978 TH6
Matvej Fedorovich Kazakov (1738–1812)， Russian architect
MPC · 55445545 Makarov 1978 VY14
Askol’d Anatol’evich Makarov (born 1925)， Russian choreographer and professor of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire
MPC · 55455546 Salavat 1979 YS
Salavat， an industrial city in the Republic of Bashkortostan， Russia
MPC · 55465547 Acadiau 1980 LE1
Acadia University， Canada Src
MPC · 55475548 Thosharriot 1980 TH
Thomas Harriot (1560–1621)， English mathematician， inventor of the < and > symbols， and who drew the Moon from Syon House， near London， on 1609 July 26 (O.S.)， several months before Galileo.
JPL · 55485549 Bobstefanik 1981 GM1
Robert Phillip Stefanik (born 1938)， American astronomer and director of the discovering Oak Ridge Observatory
MPC · 55495551 Glikson 1982 BJ
Andrew Y. Glikson， was a senior research scientist with the Australian Geological Survey
MPC · 5551
5552 Studnička 1982 SJ1 František Josef Studnička， Czech mathematician
MPC · 55525553 Chodas 1984 CM1
Paul Winchester Chodas (born 1952)， Canadian astronomer and member of the Solar System Dynamics Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 55535554 Keesey 1985 TW1
Michael S. W. Keesey (born 1937)， a member of the Solar System Dynamics Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL · 55545555 Wimberly 1986 VF5
Ravenel N. Wimberly (born 1946)， a member of the Solar System Dynamics Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL · 55555557 Chimikeppuko 1989 CM1
Lake Chimikeppu， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 55575558 Johnnapier 1989 WL2
John Napier of Merchiston (1550–1617)， a Scottish mathematician and inventor.
JPL · 55585559 Beategordon 1990 MV
Beate Sirota Gordon (1923–2012)， Austrian-born American performing arts presenter and women’s rights advocate
JPL · 55595560 Amytis 1990 MX
Amytis Barrett (1909–2000)， an American contributor to the Caltech community. This minor planet was named on the occasion of her 85th birthday.
MPC · 55605561 Iguchi 1991 QD
Masatoshi Iguchi， president of the Photovoltaic Popularization Associaction in Japan
MPC · 55615562 Sumi 1991 VS
Sumi Kaneda (born 2006)， a granddaughter of Japanese astronomer Hiroshi Kaneda， who co-discovered this minor planet
IAU · 55625563 Yuuri 1991 VZ1
Yuuri Ueda (born 2005)， a granddaughter of Japanese astronomer Seiji Ueda， who co-discovered this minor planet
IAU · 55635564 Hikari 1991 VH2
Hikari Ueda (born 2010)， a granddaughter of Japanese astronomer Seiji Ueda， who co-discovered this minor planet
IAU · 55645565 Ukyounodaibu 1991 VN2
Kenreimon-In Ukyō no Daibu， Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting attended to Taira no Tokuko
MPC · 55655567 Durisen 1953 FK1
Richard H. Durisen (born 1946)， on the faculty of Indiana University， has applied dynamical simulations to star and planet formation， the structure and stability of astrophysical disks and planetary ring systems， and he has used numerical hydrodynamics techniques to study gravitational instabilities in disks around young stars.
JPL · 55675568 Mufson 1953 TS2
Stuart Mufson (born 1946)， on the faculty of Indiana University， has built pioneering instrumentation for investigations in high-energy astrophysics， including cosmic-ray physics and the search for dark matter. He has also contributed to the understanding of the interstellar medium and of regions of star formation.
JPL · 55685569 Colby 1974 FO
Michael John Colby (born 1952)， American spacecraft integration manager of NASA’s New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission.
JPL · 55695570 Kirsan 1976 GM7
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (born 1962)， Russian chess grandmaster and president of the International Chess Federation
MPC · 55705571 Lesliegreen 1978 LG
Leslie Green， British treasurer of the Junior Astronomical Society (now the Society for Popular Astronomy)， 1967–2007.
JPL · 55715572 Bliskunov 1978 SS2
Aleksandr Ivanovich Bliskunov (1938–1996)， orthopaedic surgeon from the Crimean Peninsula
MPC · 55725573 Hilarydownes 1981 QX
Hilary Downes (born 1954) is a planetary petrologist at Birkbeck College London. She is a terrestrial mantle expert， and her planetary science research seeks to understand the geological evolution of the ureilite meteorite parent body.
JPL · 55735574 Seagrave 1984 FS
Frank Evans Seagrave (1860–1934)， an American amateur astronomer.
JPL · 55745575 Ryanpark 1985 RP2
Sang H. (“”Ryan””) Park (born 1978)， a member of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Solar System Dynamics Group.
JPL · 55755576 Albanese 1986 UM1
Dominique Albanese， photographer and observer at the Schmidt telescope of the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur.
MPC · 55765577 Priestley 1986 WQ2
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)， an English clergyman.
JPL · 55775578 Takakura 1987 BC
Emperor Takakura (1161–1181)， the 80th emperor of Japan， succeeded to the throne in 1168. He was the seventh son of emperor Goshirakawa and an expert at playing the Japanese flute.
JPL · 55785579 Uhlherr 1988 JL
H. Ralph Uhlherr， an Australian engineer， researcher with the USGS and collector of tektites.
MPC · 55795580 Sharidake 1988 RP1
Mount Shari， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 55805581 Mitsuko 1989 CY1
Mitsuko Iwamoto， wife of one of discovers
MPC · 5581
5583 Braunerová 1989 EY1 Zdenka Braunerová， Czech artist
MPC · 55835584 Izenberg 1989 KK
Noam Raphael Izenberg (born 1967)， of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission Src
MPC · 55845585 Parks 1990 MJ
Robert J. Parks (1922–2011)， a US aerospace engineer and deputy director at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 55855588 Jennabelle 1990 SW2
Jenna Belle Weathers Roman， grandmother of the discoverer
JPL · 5588
5589 De Meis 1990 SD14 Salvatore De Meis (1930–2016)， of Milan， is engaged in the application of astronomical calculations to the dating of historical events， particularly of Babylonian astronomy.
JPL · 55895591 Koyo 1990 VF2
Koyo Kawanishi， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 55915592 Oshima 1990 VB4
Yoshiaki Oshima， Japanese amateur astronomer
MPC · 55925593 Jonsujatha 1991 JN1
Jonathan Brian Marsden and Sujatha Nagarajan， friends and neighbors of American discoverer Eleanor F. Helin
MPC · 55935594 Jimmiller 1991 NK1
James K. Miller (born 1939)， celestial mechanics and orbital dynamics expert at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL · 55945595 Roth 1991 PJ
Mary Roth， administrative assistant in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University Src
MPC · 55955596 Morbidelli 1991 PQ10
Alessandro Morbidelli (born 1966)， Italian astronomer
MPC · 55965597 Warren 1991 PC13
Jeffrey R. Warren (born 1960)， of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission
MPC · 55975598 Carlmurray 1991 PN18
Carl Desmond Murray (born 1955)， British astronomer， Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary College London
MPC · 5598

5601–5700
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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5603 Rausudake 1992 CE
Mount Rausu， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 56035605 Kushida 1993 DB
Yoshio Kushida (born 1957)， Japanese seismologist
JPL · 56055606 Muramatsu 1993 EH
Osamu Muramatsu (born 1949)， who works at the planetarium in Sibuya and who has discovered numerous minor planets and comets since 1986.
JPL · 56065608 Olmos 1993 EO
Edward James Olmos (born 1947)， American actor
JPL · 56085609 Stroncone 1993 FU
Stroncone， village in central Italy and location of the Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory
MPC · 5609 5610 Balster 2041 T-3
Harry H. M. Balster (born 1946)， Dutch amateur astronomer and his sister Yvonne
MPC · 56105612 Nevskij 1975 TX2
Alexander Nevsky (1221–1263)， a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church and legendary for his military victories over German and Swedish invaders
MPC · 56125613 Donskoj 1976 YP1
Dmitrij Donskoj (1350–1389)， grand prince of Moscow and Vladimir principalities， and great-grandson of Alexander Nevsky (also see #612)
MPC · 56135614 Yakovlev 1979 VN
Konstantin Karol’evich Yakovlev (born 1955)， director of the scientific-production firm “”Blok”” in Saint Petersburg， Russia.
MPC · 56145615 Iskander 1983 PZ
Fazil Iskander (1929–2016)， a Soviet and Russian writer and poet
MPC · 56155616 Vogtland 1987 ST10
Vogtlandkreis (or simply: Vogtland)， region in Saxony， Germany
MPC · 56165617 Emelyanenko 1989 EL
Vyacheslav Emelyanenko (born 1952)， head of the department of theoretical mechanics at South Ural University.
JPL · 56175618 Saitama 1990 EA
Saitama Prefecture， Japan
JPL · 56185619 Shair 1990 HC1
Fredrick H. Shair， Manager of the Educational Affairs Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 56195620 Jasonwheeler 1990 OA
Jason Wheeler Roman (born 1995)， youngest son of the first discoverer
JPL · 56205621 Erb 1990 SG4
Bryan Erb (born 1931) and Dona Marie Erb (née German)， Canadian space scientists Src
MPC · 56215622 Percyjulian 1990 TL4
Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975) was an African American chemist. His groundbreaking work into synthesizing medical drugs from plants paved the way for medications that hundreds of millions of people use today. In his lifetime he received over one hundred medical patents.
JPL · 56225623 Iwamori 1990 UY
Yasuke Iwamori， late principal of Kyoto city Rakuyou technical high school who taught physics and astronomy there. Name proposed by the discoverer following a suggestion by S. Sakabe.
JPL · 56235624 Shirley 1991 AY1
William J. and Christine Shirley， American philanthropists who have supported Caltech and Mt. Wilson Observatory and have preserved and restored the Hale Solar Laboratory in San Marino
MPC · 56245625 Jamesferguson 1991 AO2
James Ferguson (1710–1776)， a Scottish astronomer.
JPL · 56255626 Melissabrucker 1991 FE
Melissa J. Brucker (born 1977) researches small bodies in the solar system. As Deputy Principal Investigator for the Spacewatch Project， she organizes and makes observations of high priority Earth-approaching asteroids.
JPL · 56265627 Short 1991 MA
James Short (1710–1768) was a Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments， known for his high quality telescopes used by the Royal Society for the 1761 and 1769 transits of Venus.
IAU · 56275628 Preussen 1991 RP7
Prussia (German: Preussen)， former kingdom and German state
MPC · 56285629 Kuwana 1993 DA1
Kuwana， Mie， Japanese city located in Mie Prefecture
MPC · 56295630 Billschaefer 1993 FZ
William Schaefer， American amateur astronomer and telescope maker
MPC · 56305631 Sekihokutouge 1993 FE1
Sekihoku Pass， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 56315632 Ingelehmann 1993 GG
Inge Lehmann (1888–1993)， Danish seismologist
MPC · 56325634 Victorborge 1978 VT6
Victor Borge (1909–2000)， born Borge Rosenbaum， was a Danish musician and comedian， who started his career as a classical pianist.
JPL · 56345635 Cole 1981 ER5
Joshua Cole， fictional character in Arthur Preston Hankins’ novel Cole of Spyglass Mountain
MPC · 56355636 Jacobson 1985 QN
Robert A. Jacobson (born 1944)， an authority on spacecraft navigation techniques， and a developer of ephemerides for natural satellites at JPL
JPL · 56365637 Gyas 1988 RF1
Gyas， a companion of Trojan hero Aeneas from classical mythology. He participated in the ship race held as part of Anchises’ funeral games (Aeneid， Book V)
MPC · 56375638 Deikoon 1988 TA3
Deicoon， mythical person related to Trojan War: son of Pergasus， killed by Agamemnon (Iliad， Book V) (not to be confused with Deicoon， one of three sons of Herakles by Megara)
MPC · 5638
5639 Ćuk 1989 PE Matija Ćuk (born 1978)， astronomer， a discoverer of the BYORP mechanism and winner of the Harold C. Urey Prize in 2014
MPC · 56395640 Yoshino 1989 UR3
The Japanese town of Yoshino (part of Kagoshima city) in southern Japan. It is the home town of the first discoverer， Masaru Mukai
JPL · 56405641 McCleese 1990 DJ
Daniel J. McCleese， American planetary scientist and manager at JPL
MPC · 56415642 Bobbywilliams 1990 OK1
Bobby G. Williams (born 1951)， celestial mechanics and spacecraft navigation expert at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL · 56425643 Roques 1990 QC2
Françoise Roques (born 1956)， French astronomer
MPC · 56435644 Maureenbell 1990 QG2
Maureen E. Ockert-Bell (born 1961)， member of the NEAR Shoemaker computer team
MPC · 56445647 Sarojininaidu 1990 TZ
Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) was an Indian poet. She advocated for non-violence as a means for social change and was responsible for much of the strategic planning that eventually led to Indian independence. She is well known for writing The Golden Threshold， a collection of poems.
JPL · 56475648 Axius 1990 VU1
Axius is a river god who was the grandfather of the Trojan ally Asteropaios and father of Pelegon who he conceived with the mortal woman Periboea.
IAU · 56485649 Donnashirley 1990 WZ2
Donna Shirley (born 1941)， American engineer and author， formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory， member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society
MPC · 5649
5650 Mochihito-o 1990 XK Prince Mochihito (died 1180)， the third son of emperor Goshirakawa. He was a fount of knowledge， known for his poetry and for playing the Japanese flute. With Minamoto Yorimasa， he fought against the Heike without success.
JPL · 56505651 Traversa 1991 CA2
Gilles Traversa， technical night-assistant at the Haute-Provence Observatory in France
MPC · 56515652 Amphimachus 1992 HS3
Amphimachus from Greek mythology. Amphimachus was the son of Cteatus， a leader of the Epeians at the Trojan War and was killed by Hector.
MPC · 56525653 Camarillo 1992 WD5
The private Camarillo Observatory (670) in Camarillo， California， on the El Camino Real， where John Rogers secured follow-up observations of this minor planet. The town was named by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901 in tribute to Adolfo Camarillo (1864–1958)， a prominent local rancher. The first discoverer is a former town resident.
JPL · 56535654 Terni 1993 KG
The town and province of Terni in Italy
MPC · 5654 5655 Barney 1159 T-2
American astronomer Ida Barney (1886–1982)， who worked at the Yale University Observatory and supervised the Yale Observatory Zone Catalog program
MPC · 56555656 Oldfield A920 TA
Mike Oldfield (born 1953)， English composer and multi-instrumentalist
MPC · 56565657 Groombridge 1936 QE1
Stephen Groombridge (1755–1832)， British merchant and astronomer who compiled the Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars
MPC · 56575658 Clausbaader 1950 DO
Claus Baader (1924–1995)， German manufacturer of planetaria， domes and telescopes， and mentor of amateur astronomers in the German-speaking countries
MPC · 56585659 Vergara 1968 OA1
Gladys Vergara (1928–2016)， Uruguayan astronomer and a director of the Astronomical Observatory of Montevideo
JPL · 56595661 Hildebrand 1977 PO1
Alan Russell Hildebrand (born 1955)， Canadian geologist
MPC · 56615662 Wendycalvin 1981 EL4
Wendy Marie Calvin (born 1961) has made many important contributions to the field of planetary spectroscopy. Her work has included spectral studies of the martian surface and polar caps， Charon， Callisto and Ganymede. She has also helped pioneer the concept of using aircraft in the exploration of Mars.
JPL · 56625663 McKeegan 1981 EQ12
Kevin McKeegan (born 1958)， a professor of geochemistry at the University of California in Los Angeles.
JPL · 56635664 Eugster 1981 EX43
Otto Eugster (born 1938)， professor at the University of Bern.
JPL · 56645665 Begemann 1982 BD13
Friedrich Begemann (1927–)， German pioneering cosmochemist and meteoriticist who determined the first cosmic-ray-exposure age of a meteorite. He later investigated isotopic anomalies in meteorites and established the physical conditions that produced these anomalies.
JPL · 56655666 Rabelais 1982 TP1
François Rabelais (c. 1494–1553)， French Renaissance writer， physician and humanist
MPC · 56665667 Nakhimovskaya 1983 QH1
Nakhimov Nautical College in Saint Petersburg and Russian admiral Pavel Nakhimov (1802–1855)
MPC · 56675668 Foucault 1984 FU
Léon Foucault (1819–1868)， French physicist and astronomer known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum in Paris in 1851， a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth’s rotation.
MPC · 56685670 Rosstaylor 1985 VF2
Stuart Ross Taylor (1925–2021)， New Zealand-born geochemist and planetary scientist known for his studies of the geology of the Moon through lunar samples
MPC · 56705671 Chanal 1985 XR
Roger Chanal， French amateur astronomer
MPC · 56715672 Libby 1986 EE2
Willard Libby (1908–1980)， American physical chemist noted and Nobel Prize awardee in 1960[dubious – discuss]
MPC · 56725673 McAllister 1986 RT2
Frances McAllister， American humanitarian， philanthropist and founder of “”The Arboretum”” at Flagstaff， Arizona
MPC · 56735674 Wolff 1986 RW2
John M. Wolff， trustee of the Wolff Foundation
MPC · 56745675 Evgenilebedev 1986 RY5
Evgeny Lebedev (1917–1997)， Russian actor
MPC · 56755676 Voltaire 1986 RH12
Voltaire (1694–1778)， French writer
MPC · 56765677 Aberdonia 1987 SQ1
University of Aberdeen， on the occasion of the quincentenary of its founding
MPC · 56775678 DuBridge 1989 TS
Lee Alvin DuBridge (1901–1994)， American nuclear physicist， Director of MIT Radiation Laboratory and latterly of Caltech
MPC · 56785679 Akkado 1989 VR
Akka cave， Iwate， Japan
MPC · 56795680 Nasmyth 1989 YZ1
James Hall Nasmyth (1808–1890)， a Scottish engineer and astronomer.
JPL · 56805681 Bakulev 1990 RS17
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bakulev (1890–1967)， a pioneering Soviet neurosurgeon
MPC · 56815682 Beresford 1990 TB
Anthony Charles Beresford (born 1942)， prominent Australian amateur astronomer. Amongst his wide-ranging astronomical interests he is an active artificial satellite observer， having been part of Operation Moonwatch from 1960 to 1975. He plays an important role in the dissemination of astronomical information and discoveries in South Australia. Always knowledgeable about current events， Tony Beresford has been of considerable help to the discoverer on many occasions. Name suggested and citation endorsed by Duncan I. Steel.
JPL · 56825683 Bifukumonin 1990 UD
Bifukumon-In， Empress of Emperor Toba， Japan.
JPL · 56835684 Kogo 1990 UB2
Kogō no Tsubone， consort of Emperor Takakura， Japan.
JPL · 56845685 Sanenobufukui 1990 XA
Sanenobu Fukui (born 1916)， a well-known observer of Mars for more than 60 years.
JPL · 56855686 Chiyonoura 1990 YQ
Chiyo’s Beach， Kushiro， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 56865687 Yamamotoshinobu 1991 AB1
Shinobu Yamamoto (1911–)， director of the planetarium in Japan
MPC · 56875688 Kleewyck 1991 AD2
Canadian artist Emily Carr (1871–1945)， who was given the name “”Klee Wyck”” by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
MPC · 5688
5689 Rhön 1991 RZ2 Rhön Mountains， a range of volcanic mountains in Germany
MPC · 56895691 Fredwatson 1992 FD
Frederick Garnett Watson (born 1944) specializes in astronomical instrumentation and helped pioneer the use of fiber-optic spectroscopy. He was astronomer-in-charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory and is currently Australia’s Astronomer at Large. Through his frequent radio appearances and magazine columns， he has become a well-known public figure.
JPL · 56915692 Shirao 1992 FR
Motomaro Shirao， Japanese photographer and amateur astronomer
MPC · 5692
5694 Berényi
3051 P-L
Dénes Berényi (1928–2012)， Hungarian nuclear physicist and director of the Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Debrecen
MPC · 5694 5695 Remillieux 4577 P-L
Joseph Remillieux (born 1940)， French physicist
MPC · 5695 5696 Ibsen 4582 P-L
Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)， Norwegian playwright
MPC · 5696 5697 Arrhenius 6766 P-L
Svante August Arrhenius (1859–1927)， Swedish chemist and Nobel Laureat
MPC · 5697 5698 Nolde 4121 T-1
Emil Nolde (1867–1956)， German Expressionist painter
MPC · 5698 5699 Munch 2141 T-3
Edvard Munch (1863–1944)， Norwegian artist
MPC · 5699 5700 Homerus 5166 T-3
Homer， Greek epic poet and author of the Iliad from which many minor-planet names are sourced
MPC · 5700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5701 Baltuck 1929 VS
Miriam Baltuck (born 1954)， American geologist， NASA’s representative in Australia and southeast Asia， director of university advancement at the Australian National University
JPL · 57015702 Morando 1931 FC
Bruno Morando (born 1931)， a French astronomer and director of the Bureau des Longitudes
MPC · 57025703 Hevelius 1931 VS
Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687)， a Polish astronomer
MPC · 57035704 Schumacher 1950 DE
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850)， a German-Danish astronomer
MPC · 57045705 Ericsterken 1965 UA
Eric Sterken (1948–1998)， professional gardener and landscaper who took care of the gardens of the Brussels Planetarium.
JPL · 57055706 Finkelstein 1971 SS1
Andrej Mikhajlovich Finkelstein (born 1942)， founder and director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Applied Astronomy in St. Petersburg， and expert in relativistic celestial mechanics and radioastrometry
MPC · 57065707 Shevchenko 1976 GY3
Vladislav Vladimirovich Shevchenko (born 1940)， head of the Russian Lunar and Planetary Research Department of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute， Moscow， and member of IAU’s Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
MPC · 57075708 Melancholia 1977 TC1
Melancholia， one of the four humours
MPC · 57085709 Tamyeunleung 1977 TS3
Fong Tamyeunleung (born 1924)， a Chinese charity worker
JPL · 57095710 Silentium 1977 UP
Silentium (Latin for silence)， by far the shortest official naming citation ever published
MPC · 57105711 Eneev 1978 SO4
Timur Magometovich Eneev (born 1924)， applied mathematician and celestial mechanician at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics.
JPL · 57115712 Funke 1979 SR
Jaromír Funke (1896–1945)， a Czech photographer
MPC · 57125714 Krasinsky 1982 PR
Georgij Al’bertovich Krasinskij (born 1939)， a staff-member of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) in Saint Petersburg
MPC · 57145715 Kramer 1982 SE1
Kathryn Xymena Kramer， Development Director at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff， Arizona， United States
MPC · 57155716 Pickard 1982 UH
Elizabeth D. Pickard， philanthropist and long-time supporter of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff， Arizona， United States
MPC · 57165717 Damir 1982 UM6
Alim Matveevich Damir (1894–1982)， a physician and professor at the First and Second Medical Institutes in Moscow
MPC · 5717
5719 Křižík 1983 RX František Křižík (1847–1941)， a Czech inventor
MPC · 57195720 Halweaver 1984 FN
Harold Anthony Weaver (born 1953)， an American astronomer †
MPC · 57205722 Johnscherrer 1986 JS
John Randell Scherrer (born 1960)， American project manager and deputy payload manager on NASA’s New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission
JPL · 57225723 Hudson 1986 RR2
Scott Hudson (born 1959)， an American electrical engineer and radar astronomer
MPC · 5723
5725 Nördlingen 1988 BK2 Nördlingen， a medieval town in southern Germany
MPC · 57255726 Rubin 1988 BN2
Vera Rubin (1928–2016)， an American astronomer best known for her research on galaxy rotation rates
MPC · 57265730 Yonosuke 1988 TP1
Yonosuke Nakano (1887–1974)， a Japanese astronomer， educator， and co-founder of the Gekko Observatory
JPL · 57305731 Zeus 1988 VP4
Zeus， Greek god
MPC · 57315734 Noguchi 1989 AL1
Soichi Noguchi (born 1965)， a Japanese astronaut
MPC · 57345735 Loripaul 1989 LM
Lori L. Paul， environmentalist and assistant director of Telescopes in Education (TIE) at the Mount Wilson Institute and JPL
MPC · 57355736 Sanford 1989 LW
John Sanford， former president of the Orange County Astronomers and recipient of the Bruce Blair Award
MPC · 57365737 Itoh 1989 SK
Kazuyuki Itoh， Japanese amateur astronomer.
JPL · 57375738 Billpickering 1989 UY3
Bill Pickering (1910–2004)， former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 57385739 Robertburns 1989 WK2
Robert Burns (1759–1796)， a Scottish poet and lyricist.
JPL · 57395740 Toutoumi 1989 WM3
Tōtōmi Province， ancient name of western part of Shizuoka Prefecture， Japan.
JPL · 57405741 Akanemaruta 1989 XC
Akane Maruta (1988–1998)， a Japanese girl after whom the Akane Astronomical Observatory is also named
JPL · 57415743 Kato 1990 UW
Yasuo Katō (1949–1982)， a Japanese mountain climber
MPC · 57435744 Yorimasa 1990 XP
Minamoto no Yorimasa， early samurai
MPC · 57445747 Williamina 1991 CO3
Williamina Fleming (1857–1911)， a Scottish-American astronomer at Harvard College Observatory， instrumental for the creation of a stellar designation system and classifying most stars listed in the Henry Draper Catalogue. She also discovered hundreds of variable stars and dozens of nebulae， such as the Horsehead Nebula in 1888.
IAU · 57475748 Davebrin 1991 DX
Glen David Brin (born 1950)， American astrophysicist and science fiction writer
MPC · 57485749 Urduja 1991 FV
Urduja， legendary warrior princess from the Philippines
MPC · 57495750 Kandatai 1991 GG1
Tai Kanda (born 1938)， Japanese astronomer and staff member of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
MPC · 57505751 Zao 1992 AC
Mount Zaō， Tōhoku region， Japan
MPC · 57515753 Yoshidatadahiko 1992 EM
Tadahiko Yoshida， vice president of AES (Advanced Engineering Services)， Japanese aerospace company
MPC · 5753 5756 Wassenbergh 6034 P-L
Henri Wassenbergh (1924–2014)， was a Dutch Professor of Air and Space Law at Leiden University and founder of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden
MPC · 5756
5757 Tichá 1967 JN Jana Tichá (born 1965)， a Czech astronomer， director of the Kleť Observatory， and discoverer of minor planets
MPC · 57575758 Brunini 1976 QZ1
Adrián Brunini (born 1959)， Argentine astronomer. He is the head of the celestial mechanics group at La Plata Observatory and known for his research on the formation and evolution of the Solar System.
JPL · 57585759 Zoshchenko 1980 BJ4
Mikhail Zoshchenko， Russian satirist
MPC · 57595760 Mittlefehldt 1981 EX13
David Wayne Mittlefehldt (born 1951)， an American astronomer and geochemist Src
MPC · 57605761 Andreivanov 1981 ED21
Andrei V. Ivanov (born 1937)， a Russian cosmochemist and meteoriticist
MPC · 5761
5762 Wänke 1981 EG28 Heinrich Wänke (1928–2015)， an Austrian cosmochemist and meteoriticist at Max Planck Society
MPC · 57625765 Izett 1986 GU
Glen A. Izett， an American geologist
MPC · 57655766 Carmelofalco 1986 QR3
Carmelo Falco (born 1978) is an enthusiastic amateur astronomer with great scientific and technological skills. He is president of the Ettore Majorana amateur astronomers association and scientific director of the Lematre Observatory in Racalmuto (Sicily).
IAU · 57665767 Moldun 1986 RV2
Meudon (Moldun in old Gaelic)， suburb of Paris， France， and location of the Astrophysics Section of the Paris Observatory
MPC · 57675768 Pittich 1986 TN1
Eduard M. Pittich (born 1940)， a Slovak astronomer
MPC · 57685769 Michard 1987 PL
Raymond Michard (born 1925)， administrator of the Côte d’Azur Observatory in France
MPC · 57695770 Aricam 1987 RY
Arianna Laurenti (born 2017) and Camilla Laurenti (born 2017)， twin granddaughters of Italian astronomer Mario Di Martino at the Turin Observatory， who was a friend of the discoverer Henri Debehogne (1928–2007).
IAU · 57705771 Somerville 1987 ST1
Mary Somerville (1780–1872)， British mathematician and scientific author
MPC · 57715772 Johnlambert 1988 LB
John V. Lambert (born 1945) has developed techniques for determining the sizes and shapes of minor planets from occultation and lightcurve observations. He is now involved in the U.S. Air Force Space Command and the Phillips Laboratory programs for the study of near-earth objects.
JPL · 57725773 Hopper 1989 NO
Grace Hopper (December 9， 1906 – January 1， 1992) an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral
JPL · 57735774 Ratliff 1989 NR
Nicholas Paul Ratliff (1982–2002)， of Oklahoma City who died at the age of 20. He was a keen baseballer and interested in astronomy， ever since he was given a telescope at the age of five.
JPL · 57745775 Inuyama 1989 SP
Inuyama， a city in the northern part of Aichi Prefecture.
JPL · 57755777 Hanaki 1989 XF
Many years ago， Yoichi Hanaki (born 1937) used to make astronomical observations， notably of Jupiter， with the second discoverer. Later he established the vocational training facility Hoshi-no-mura that endeavors to help mentally handicapped people.
JPL · 57775778 Jurafrance 1989 YF5
The French Jura， a department in eastern France.
JPL · 57785779 Schupmann 1990 BC1
Ludwig Schupmann， German 19th–20th-century optician， who described in Die Medial-Fernrohre a reflecting-refracting telescope with Mangin mirrors that eliminates chromatic aberrations while using common optical glasses
JPL · 57795780 Lafontaine 1990 EJ2
Jean de la Fontaine， French poet
MPC · 57805781 Barkhatova 1990 SM28
Klavdiia Aleksandrovna Barkhatova (Claudia Barkhatova; 1917–1990)， a Russian astronomer and founder of the Kourovka Observatory
MPC · 57815782 Akirafujiwara 1991 AF
Akira Fujiwara， Japanese project scientist for the Hayabusa mission to the near-Earth object 25143 Itokawa
JPL · 57825783 Kumagaya 1991 CO
Kumagaya， Saitama， Japan
MPC · 57835784 Yoron 1991 CY
Yoronjima (Yoron island)， north of Okinawa prefecture， Japan
MPC · 57845785 Fulton 1991 FU
Joseph A. Fulton， hardware engineer and involved in the Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
MPC · 57855786 Talos 1991 RC
Talos， from Greek mythology， was the nephew of Daedalus， who tried to murder him because he was jealous of his inventiveness
MPC · 5786 5789 Sellin 4018 P-L
Ivan A. Sellin (born 1939)， professor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville
MPC · 5789 5790 Nagasaki 9540 P-L
Nagasaki， Japan
MPC · 5790 5791 Comello 4053 T-2
Georg Comello (born 1942)， Dutch amateur astronomer
MPC · 57915792 Unstrut 1964 BF
The Unstrut， a river in eastern Germany
MPC · 57925793 Ringuelet 1975 TK6
Adela Ringuelet， Argentine astronomer， co-founder of the Argentinian Astronomical Association (Asociación Argentina de Astronomía)
JPL · 57935794 Irmina 1976 SW3
Mikhailovna Golodyaevskaya (1931–1956)， a Russian student of the Moscow Conservatory
MPC · 57945795 Roshchina 1978 SH1
Elena Olegovna Roshchina (1966–1994)， a Russian journalist
MPC · 57955796 Klemm 1978 VK5
Per Klemm (1949–2011)， a Danish professor of microbiology.
JPL · 57965797 Bivoj 1980 AA
Bivoj， mythological Bohemian hero
MPC · 57975798 Burnett 1980 RL7
Donald Burnett (born 1937)， American cosmochemist， lead investigator for the Genesis mission
MPC · 57985799 Brewington 1980 TG4
Howard J. Brewington (born 1952)， American amateur astronomer and discoverer of comets
MPC · 57995800 Pollock 1982 UV1
Jackson Pollock， American artist
MPC · 5800

5801–5900
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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5801 Vasarely 1984 BK
Victor Vasarely (1908–1997)， a Hungarian painter， sculptor， and graphic artist.
JPL · 58015802 Casteldelpiano 1984 HL1
Castel del Piano， an ancient castle near Carrara， Tuscany， Italy， that has been recently restored by two great lovers of astronomy and friends of the discoverer， Sabina Ruffaldi and Andrea Ghigliazza.
JPL · 5802
5803 Ötzi 1984 OA Ötzi the Iceman， the mummified “”iceman””
MPC · 58035804 Bambinidipraga 1985 RL1
Bambini di Praga， a Czech children’s choir
MPC · 58045805 Glasgow 1985 YH
Glasgow， UK and The Astronomical Society of Glasgow
MPC · 58055806 Archieroy 1986 AG1
Archie Roy (Archibald Edmiston Roy)， astronomer， Professor Emeritus of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow， Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh， The Royal Astronomical Society
MPC · 58065807 Mshatka 1986 QA4
Country estate of Nikolaj Yakovlevich Danilevskij， Russian thinker
MPC · 5807
5808 Babel’ 1987 QV10 Isaac Babel (1894–1940)， Russian writer and dramatist. Named on the commemoration of his 100th anniversary of his birth
MPC · 58085809 Kulibin 1987 RG6
Ivan Petrovich Kulibin， Russian engineer
MPC · 58095811 Keck 1988 KC
Howard B. Keck， chairman and president emeritus of the W. M. Keck Foundation. Under Howard Keck’s leadership， the Foundation provided the grants to build the giant twin telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory. This minor planet is being named on the occasion of the dedication of the second Keck Telescope on 1996 May 8.
MPC · 58115812 Jayewinkler 1988 PJ1
Jaye Scott Winkler， a friend of American discoverer Andrew J. Noymer
MPC · 58125813 Eizaburo 1988 VL
Eizaburo Nishibori， Japanese scientist， alpinist and technologist.
JPL · 58135815 Shinsengumi 1989 AH
The Shinsengumi， Japanese group of samurai warriors
MPC · 58155816 Potsdam 1989 AO6
Potsdam， largest city and capital of the German state of Brandenburg， where the Potsdam Observatory is located
MPC · 58165817 Robertfrazer 1989 RZ
Robert E. Frazer (born 1918)， longtime friend and colleague of the discoverer.
JPL · 58175819 Lauretta 1989 UZ4
Dante Lauretta， American cosmochemist and meteoriticist at the University of Arizona
MPC · 58195820 Babelsberg 1989 UF7
Babelsberg， the largest district of the city of Potsdam in Germany， where the Babelsberg Observatory is located
MPC · 58205821 Yukiomaeda 1989 VV
Yukio Maeda (born 1948)， well-known Japanese amateur astronomer and space engineer at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
MPC · 58215822 Masakichi 1989 WL
Masakichi Hioki (born 1929)， father of Japanese co-discover Tsutomu Hioki
JPL · 58225823 Oryo 1989 YH
Oryo Narasaki (1842–1913)， wife of Japanese samurai hero Sakamoto Ryōma
MPC · 58235824 Inagaki 1989 YM
Minoru Inagaki (born 1958)， Japanese classical guitarist
MPC · 58245825 Rakuyou 1990 BR1
Named for the Kyoto city Rakuyou technical high school， originally established in 1894 as Kyoto city dyeing and weaving school.
JPL · 58255826 Bradstreet 1990 DB
David Bradstreet (born 1954)， Chair of the Astronomy Department at Eastern University (St. Davids， PA).
JPL · 58265827 Letunov 1990 VB15
Yurij Aleksandrovich Letunov (1926–1984)， a Russian journalist and radio commentator.
JPL · 58275829 Ishidagoro 1991 CT1
Gorō Ishida (1924–1992)， Japanese astronomer
MPC · 58295830 Simohiro 1991 EG
Hirofumi or Hiroshi Shimoda， Japanese amateur astronomer
JPL · 58305831 Dizzy 1991 JG
John Birks “”Dizzy”” Gillespie， American trumpeter， co-inventor of bebop
JPL · 58315832 Martaprincipe 1991 LE1
Marta Carusi and Raffaele “”Principe”” Ranucci were married in Nov. 2000. The name was suggested by A. Carusi.
JPL · 58325833 Peterson 1991 PQ
Colin A. Peterson (born 1977)， a research support specialist at Cornell University.
JPL · 58335834 Kasai 1992 SZ14
Kiyoshi Kasai (born 1947) was principal flutist with the Symphony Orchestra Basel (Switzerland). He is also an amateur astronomer and has discovered more than 80 new variable stars.
IAU · 58345835 Mainfranken 1992 SP24
Lower Franconia， district of Franconia in northern Bavaria， Germany. It is often called “”Mainfranken”” as the Main River runs through it.
MPC · 5835 5837 Hedin 2548 P-L
Sven Anders Hedin (1865–1952)， Swedish geographer and explorer
MPC · 5837 5838 Hamsun 2170 T-2
Knut Hamsun (1859–1952)， Norwegian author， winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature
MPC · 58385839 GOI 1974 SJ3
The Vavilov State Optical Institute (formerly “”Gosudarstvennyj Opticheskij Institut”” or GOI)， founded in 1918 on the initiative of its first director and physicist-optician Dmitrij Sergeevich Rozhdestvenskij (1876–1940) †
JPL · 58395840 Raybrown 1978 ON
Raymond Matthews (“”Ray””) Brown， American jazz bassist， who played in Dizzy Gillespie’s band and later with the Oscar Peterson Trio， husband and musical director of Ella Fitzgerald
JPL · 58405841 Stone 1982 ST
Prof. Ed Stone is the former Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1991–2001) and the project scientist for the Voyager Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1972.
MPC · 58415842 Cancelli 1986 CV1
Ferdinando Cancelli (born 1969) is a doctor whose speciality is palliative medicine. He is deeply involved in ethical issues concerning the end of life and in the care of terminally ill persons.
JPL · 58425845 Davidbrewster 1988 QP
David Brewster (1781–1868)， a Scottish scientist， a populariser of science and a founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
JPL · 58455846 Hessen 1989 AW6
Hesse， a German federal state
MPC · 58465847 Wakiya 1989 YB
Nanayo Wakiya， member of Japan Planetarium Laboratory
MPC · 58475848 Harutoriko 1990 BZ1
Lake Harutori， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 58485849 Bhanji 1990 HF1
Alaudin Bhanji (born 1951) is a JPL engineer and Project Manager for NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN). He has ensured that the DSN’s capabilities continue to enable communications with spacecraft throughout the solar system as well as providing radar characterizations of solar system bodies， including numerous asteroids.
JPL · 58495850 Masaharu 1990 XM
Masaharu Suzuki， member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
MPC · 58505851 Inagawa 1991 DM1
Inagawa， a Japanese town in the Hyōgo Prefecture
MPC · 58515852 Nanette 1991 HO
Nanette and Mark Vigil， daughter and son-in-law of Canadian co-discoverer David H. Levy
MPC · 58525855 Yukitsuna 1992 UO2
Minamoto no Yukitsuna， Japanese general in the late Heian period， who occupied the provinces of Settsu and Kawachi
MPC · 58555856 Peluk 1994 AL2
Peter-Lukas Graf (born 1929) is a Swiss musician， flutist and conductor， mainly distinguished as soloist， teacher and author.
IAU · 58565857 Neglinka 1975 TM2
The Neglinnaya River (“”Neglinka””)， a tributary of the Moskva River in Moscow， Russia
MPC · 58575858 Borovitskia 1978 SU5
Kremlin Hill (formerly “”Borovitsky Hill””)， one of the seven hills of Moscow， where the first buildings of the ancient settlement were erected， and now the location of the Red Square
MPC · 58585859 Ostozhenka 1979 FD2
Ostozhenka Street in the Khamovniki District of the Russian city of Moscow， built on a former hayfield and now part of The Golden Mile
MPC · 58595860 Deankoontz 1981 QE1
Dean Ray Koontz (born 1945) is a contemporary American author.
JPL · 58605861 Glynjones 1982 RW
Kenneth Glyn Jones (1915–1995)， British astronomer and historian
MPC · 58615862 Sakanoue 1983 AB
Tsutomu Sakanoue (born 1921)， a Japanese meteorologist and amateur astronomer
MPC · 58625863 Tara 1983 RB
Tara， goddess in Hinduism
MPC · 58635864 Montgolfier 1983 RC4
The Montgolfier brothers， French aeronauts
MPC · 58645865 Qualytemocrina 1984 QQ
The International Comet Quarterly， an astronomical journal and international archive of photometric data on comets
MPC · 58655866 Sachsen 1988 PM2
Saxony (German: Sachsen)， a state in Germany
MPC · 58665868 Ohta 1988 TQ
Kentarō Ohta， member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
MPC · 58685869 Tanith 1988 VN4
Tanit， chief deity of Carthage
MPC · 58695870 Baltimore 1989 CC1
Baltimore， Maryland， USA
MPC · 58705871 Bobbell 1989 CE2
Robert L. Bell， friend and associate of the discoverer’s husband.
JPL · 58715872 Sugano 1989 SL
Matsuo Sugano (born 1939)， the first discoverer of comet C/1983 J1
JPL · 58725873 Archilochos 1989 SB3
Archilochos， Ancient Greek poet
MPC · 58735875 Kuga 1989 XO
Naoto or Naohito (or Tadahito) Kuga， member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
MPC · 58755877 Toshimaihara 1990 FP
Toshinori Maihara (born 1942)， a professor at Kyoto University and leading infrared astronomer in Japan
MPC · 58775878 Charlene 1991 CC1
Charlene Marie Anderson， Associate Director of the Planetary Society
MPC · 58785879 Almeria 1992 CH1
Almeria， the Spanish city and province where the Calar Alto Observatory of the German–Spanish Astronomical Centre is located
JPL · 58795881 Akashi 1992 SR12
Akashi， Hyōgo， a city facing the Setouchi Inland Sea， Japan.
JPL · 58815883 Josephblack 1993 VM5
Joseph Black (1728–1799)， a Scottish scientist.
JPL · 5883 5884 Dolezal 6045 P-L
Erich Dolezal (1902–1990)， Austrian writer and popularizer of astronomy and space science， co-founder of the “”Austrian Society for Space Research””
MPC · 5884 5885 Apeldoorn 3137 T-2
Ben Apeldoorn (born 1944)， Dutch amateur astronomer and science publicist， on the occasion of his 50th birthday
MPC · 58855886 Rutger 1975 LR
Lyle Lee Rutger (born 1949)， American leader of the Nuclear Launch Approval office of the Department of Energy for NASA’s New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission
JPL · 58865887 Yauza 1976 SG2
The Yauza River， a tributary of the Moskva River in Moscow
MPC · 58875888 Ruders 1978 VU7
Poul Ruders (born 1949)， a Danish composer
JPL · 58885889 Mickiewicz 1979 FA3
Adam Mickiewicz， poet and playwright
MPC · 58895890 Carlsberg 1979 KG
The Carlsberg Foundation， established by philanthropist J. C. Jacobsen in 1876， who was also the founder of the first Carlsberg Brewery
MPC · 58905891 Gehrig 1981 SM
Lou Gehrig， American baseball player
MPC · 58915892 Milesdavis 1981 YS1
Miles Dewey Davis III， American jazz trumpeter， bandleader and composer
JPL · 58925893 Coltrane 1982 EF
John William Coltrane， American jazz saxophonist and composer
JPL · 5893
5894 Telč 1982 RM1 Telč， Czech Republic
MPC · 5894
5895 Žbirka 1982 UF2 Miroslav Žbirka (born 1952) is a Slovak singer and songwriter. Before going solo， he played in the bands Modus and Limit. His songs in Slovak， Czech and English have greatly enriched the Czech and Slovak pop music scene. He is a lifelong fan of the Beatles. The name was suggested by S. Kürti.
JPL · 58955896 Narrenschiff 1982 VV10
Named on the occasion of the quincentenary of the publication of the Narrenschiff， immortal satiric poem by Sebastian Brant， German writer and humanist
MPC · 5896
5897 Novotná 1984 SZ1 Jarmila Novotná-Daubková (1907–1994)， Czech opera singer
MPC · 58975899 Jedicke 1986 AH
The Jedicke family: Peter Jedicke (born 1955)， Robert Jedicke (born 1963)， and June Jedicke-Zehr (born 1966)， Canadian astronomers Src
MPC · 58995900 Jensen 1986 TL
Poul Jensen， Danish astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He served in the Meridian Circle Department at the Brorfelde Observatory for 35 years， and his wife， Bodil Jensen. During the past ten years Poul also took part in the minor planet program carried out with the Schmidt telescope. Name proposed by K. Augustesen and H. J. Fogh Olsen.
MPC · 5900

5901–6000
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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for… Ref · Catalog5902 Talima 1987 QY10
Tatiana Alimovna Damir， friend of the discoverer， daughter of Alim Matveevich Damir (5717) and wife of Sergej Petrovich Kapitsa (5094)
MPC · 5902
5904 Württemberg 1989 AE7 Württemberg， Germany
MPC · 59045905 Johnson 1989 CJ1
Lindley N. Johnson， American astronomer and instrumental for the NEAT program
MPC · 59055907 Rhigmus 1989 TU5
Rhigmus， son of Peires from Thracea and a Trojan warrior in Greek mythology. Rhigmus was speared by Achilles while riding in his chariot.
IAU · 59075908 Aichi 1989 UF
Aichi Prefecture， Japan.
JPL · 59085909 Nagoya 1989 UT
Nagoya， Aichi， Japan.
JPL · 5909
5910 Zátopek 1989 WH4 Emil Zátopek， Czech Olympic long-distance runner
MPC · 59105912 Oyatoshiyuki 1989 YR
Toshiyuki Oya， Japanese amateur astronomer
JPL · 59125914 Kathywhaler 1990 WK
Kathryn Anne Whaler (born 1956)， Scottish professor of geophysics， Royal Astronomical Society president 2004–2006
JPL · 59145915 Yoshihiro 1991 EU
Yoshihiro Yamada (born 1946)， Japanese astronomy educator
MPC · 5915
5916 van der Woude 1991 JD1 Jurrie van der Woude， Dutch-born former Public Affairs Officer and Image Coordinator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 59165917 Chibasai 1991 NG
The Chiba Science Association， a non-profit astronomy organization in Chiba， Japan
MPC · 59175919 Patrickmartin 1991 PW12
Patrick Martin (born 1967)， a research associate at Cornell University.
JPL · 59195922 Shouichi 1992 UV
Shouichi Satō， Japanese electric engineer.
MPC · 59225923 Liedeke 1992 WC8
Liedeke Gehrels-de Stoppelaar， wife of astronomer Tom Gehrels †
MPC · 59235924 Teruo 1994 CH1
Teruo Saegusa， Japanese mountain climber
MPC · 5924
5926 Schönfeld 1929 PB Eduard Schönfeld (1828–1891)， a German astronomer and director at the Mannheim and Bonn observatories who participated in the Bonner Durchmusterung
MPC · 59265927 Krogh 1938 HA
Fred T. Krogh (born 1937)， an American mathematician.
JPL · 59275928 Pindarus 1973 SK1
Pindar (c. 518–438 BC)， Greek lyric poet
MPC · 59285929 Manzano 1974 XT
José Roberto Manzano (1928–1999)， Argentine astronomer and physicist
JPL · 59295930 Zhiganov 1975 VW2
Näcip Cihanov (Nazib Gayazovich Zhiganov; 1911–1988)， a Soviet Tartar composer and founder of the Tatarian professional musical school
MPC · 59305931 Zhvanetskij 1976 GK3
Mikhail Zhvanetsky (born 1934)， Russian writer， satirist and performer
MPC · 59315932 Prutkov 1976 GO3
Kozma Prutkov， a fictional author and the collective pen-name of several satirical Russian poets during the Russian Empire in the 1850s and 1860s
MPC · 59325933 Kemurdzhian 1976 QN
Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921–2003)， Soviet designer of Lunokhod moon rover
MPC · 59335934 Mats 1976 SJ
Mats Lindgren， Swedish astronomer at Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
MPC · 59345935 Ostankino 1977 EF1
Ostankino， district of the city of Moscow in Russia
MPC · 59355936 Khadzhinov 1979 FQ2
Leonid Petrovich Khadzhinov (born 1927)， a Ukrainian electrical engineer
MPC · 5936
5937 Lodén 1979 XQ Kerstin Lodén and Lars Olof Lodén， Swedish astronomers at Stockholm Observatory
MPC · 59375938 Keller 1980 FH2
Horst Uwe Keller， German physicist at the Max Planck Institute in Lindau
MPC · 59385939 Toshimayeda 1981 EU8
Toshiko Mayeda， Japanese meteoriticist
MPC · 59395940 Feliksobolev 1981 TJ4
Feliks Mikhailovich Sobolev (1931–1984)， Ukrainian film producer
MPC · 59405941 Valencia 1982 UQ6
Valencia， Spain
MPC · 59415942 Denzilrobert 1983 AN2
Denzil Marley (born 1918) and Robert Behymer (born 1926)， fathers of the discoverers.
JPL · 59425943 Lovi 1984 EG
George Lovi (1939–1993)， Hungarian-born astronomical writer and cartographer
MPC · 59435944 Utesov 1984 JA2
Leonid Utyosov， Russian singer， musician， actor， founder and artistic leader of the first Russian theatricalized jazz band (on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary his birth)
MPC · 59445945 Roachapproach 1984 SQ3
Steve Roach (born 1955)， American musician and composer of ‘space music’ Src
MPC · 5945
5946 Hrozný 1984 UC1 Bedřich Hrozný， Czech archeologist， orientalist and linguist， decipherer of Hittite
MPC · 59465947 Bonnie 1985 FD
Bonnie Gail Farquhar (1936–1993)， late wife of American engineer Robert W. Farquhar， a spaceflight mission director at NASA
MPC · 59475948 Longo 1985 JL
Giuseppe Longo (born 1920)， Italian astronomer and physicist at the University of Bologna
MPC · 59485950 Leukippos 1986 PS4
Leucippus， Ancient Greek philosopher
MPC · 59505951 Alicemonet 1986 TZ1
Alice Kay Monet (Alice Kay Babcock; born 1954)， American astronomer at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. She is married to David Monet (see below)
MPC · 59515952 Davemonet 1987 EV
David Gilbert Monet (born 1951)， American astronomer at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station and husband of Alice Monet (see above)
MPC · 59525953 Shelton 1987 HS
Ian Shelton (born 1957)， Canadian astronomer known for the discovery of the bright supernova SN 1987A
JPL · 59535954 Epikouros 1987 QS1
Epicurus， Ancient Greek philosopher
MPC · 59545955 Khromchenko 1987 RT3
Vladimir Anatolievich Khromchenko， a music teacher at Yalta and a talented designer who constructed the first home-built organ in Ukraine.
JPL · 5955
5956 d’Alembert 1988 CF5 Jean Le Rond d’Alembert， French philosopher and mathematician
MPC · 59565957 Irina 1988 JN
Victorovna Farquhar， wife of American engineer Robert W. Farquhar， a spaceflight mission director at NASA
MPC · 59575958 Barrande 1989 BS1
Joachim Barrande， French palaeontologist
MPC · 59585959 Shaklan 1989 NB1
Stuart B. Shaklan， an optical engineer and instrumental for the NEAT program
MPC · 59595960 Wakkanai 1989 US
Wakkanai， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 59605961 Watt 1989 YH1
James Watt (1736–1819)， a Scottish engineer whose improvements to the steam engine led to the rapid advances of the industrial revolution.
JPL · 59615962 Shikokutenkyo 1990 HK
Shikoku Ten-mon Kyōkai， Japanese name for the Astronomical Society of Shikoku Island
MPC · 59625966 Tomeko 1990 VS6
Tomeko Goto (1899–?)， wife of Seizo Goto， Japanese former president of Goto Optical Laboratory (see #969)
MPC · 59665967 Edithlevy 1991 CM5
Edith Pailet Levy (born 1918)， American-Canadian geneticist， and mother of astronomer David H. Levy
MPC · 59675968 Trauger 1991 FC
John T. Trauger， American physicist， Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory， who was the principal investigator for the Wide Field/Planetary Camera II on the Hubble Space Telescope
MPC · 59685969 Ryuichiro 1991 FT
Ryuichiro Goto (born 1938)， Japanese current president of Goto Optical Laboratory
MPC · 59695970 Ohdohrikouen 1991 JS1
Odori Park， Sapporo， Japan
MPC · 59705971 Tickell 1991 NT2
Crispin Tickell (born 1930)， British diplomat， who chaired the board of the Climate Institute of Washington (1990–2002) and the Government Panel on Sustainable Development (1994–2000)， and who also served on the UK government’s Task Force on Near-Earth Objects
JPL · 59715972 Harryatkinson 1991 PS12
Harry Atkinson (1929–2018)， New Zealand-born British physicist， head of astronomy and space for the Science Research Council (1972–1978)， chair of the European Space Agency Council (1984–1987)， and chair of the UK Task Force on Near-Earth Objects in 2000
JPL · 59725973 Takimoto 1991 QC
Daisuke Takimoto， Japanese activist in the nuclear-power phase-out movement.
JPL · 59735975 Otakemayumi 1992 SG
Mayumi Ōtake， music composer of Japanese planetarium
MPC · 59755976 Kalatajean 1992 SR2
Jean Marie Kalata， an American social science analyst at the Smithsonian Institution. Named on the occasion of the institution’s sesquicentennial.
MPC · 59765978 Kaminokuni 1992 WT
Kaminokuni， Hokkaidō， Japan
MPC · 5978 5981 Kresilas 2140 P-L
Kresilas， Ancient Greek sculptor
MPC · 5981 5982 Polykletus 4862 T-1
Polykleitos (c. 480–423 BC)， ancient Greek sculptor in bronze
MPC · 5982 5983 Praxiteles 2285 T-2
Praxiteles， Ancient Greek sculptor
MPC · 5983 5984 Lysippus 4045 T-3
Lysippos， Ancient Greek sculptor
MPC · 59845986 Xenophon 1969 TA
Xenophon， the Athenian nobleman， pupil and interpreter of Socrates， historian， agriculturist， and military officer who lived from about 440 to 354 B.C.
JPL · 59865987 Liviogratton 1975 LQ
Livio Gratton (1910–1991)， Italo-Argentine astrophysicist， director of Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba and the first director of the Institute of Mathematics， Astronomy and Physics of the Córdoba National University
JPL · 59875988 Gorodnitskij 1976 GN2
Aleksandr Moiseevich Gorodnitskij (born 1933)， Soviet geophysicist， oceanologist， and mineralogist， poet and songwriter
MPC · 59885989 Sorin 1976 QC1
Sergej Ivanovich Sorin (1916–1995)， Soviet astronomer
MPC · 59895990 Panticapaeon 1977 EO
Panticapæon or Panticapaeum， ancient Greek colony， now Kerch， Ukrainian seaport at the eastern extremity of the Crimean Peninsula
MPC · 59905991 Ivavladis 1979 HE3
Vladislav Ivanov (born 1936)， Russian engineer
MPC · 59915992 Nittler 1981 DZ
Larry Nittler (born 1969)， American meteoriticist
MPC · 59925993 Tammydickinson 1981 EU22
Tamara Dickinson (born 1959)， American meteoriticist
MPC · 59935994 Yakubovich 1981 SZ7
Leonid Yakubovich (born 1945)， Russian writer and television host
MPC · 5994
5995 Saint-Aignan 1982 DK Charles P. de Saint-Aignan (born 1977)， American astronomer and software engineer who has discovered several minor planets
MPC · 59955996 Julioangel 1983 NR
Julio Ángel Fernández (born 1946)， Uruguayan astronomer
MPC · 59965997 Dirac 1983 TH
Paul Dirac (1902–1984)， British physicist and Nobelist
MPC · 5997
5998 Sitenský 1986 RK1 Ladislav Sitenský (1919–2009)， Czech landscape photographer
MPC · 59985999 Plescia 1987 HA
Jeffrey B. Plescia， American geophysicist and planetary geologist， researcher of terrestrial impact craters at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MPC · 5999
6000 United Nations 1987 UN The United Nations. The Asteroid was named by vote of IAU Commission 20 at its 1994 meeting in The Hague on the recommendation of the Minor Planet Names Committee.
MPC · 6000

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