Meanings of asteroid names (52001-53000)
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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
: 52001... 52101... 52201... 52301... 52401... 52501... 52601... 52701... 52801... 52901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 52001-52100 | ||
| 52005 Maik | Maik Meyer, German amateur astronomer [†] [‡] | |
| 52201-52300 | ||
| 52228 Protos | 1977 RN | |
| 52271 Lecorbusier | Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), Swiss-French architect and city planner | |
| 52291 Mott | John R. Mott, American organizer of the modern ecumenical movement and Peace Prize Nobelist | |
| 52293 Mommsen | Theodor Mommsen, German classical historian, epigraphist, and Nobelist | |
| 52301-52400 | ||
| 52301 Qumran | Qumran, Palestine, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found | |
| 52309 Philnicolai | Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor and poet, author of the hymns Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Wake, awake! for night is flying) and Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How brightly beams the morning star!) | |
| 52334 Oberammergau | Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany, festival place of a famous Passion Play | |
| 52337 Compton | 1992 RS | Arthur Holly Compton, American physicist and Nobelist |
| 52401-52500 | ||
| 52421 Daihoji | 1994 LA | Kumakōgen, Japan, 44th destination of the Shikoku Pilgrimage |
| 52455 Masamika | ||
| 52501-52600 | ||
| 52589 Montviloff | ||
| 52601-52700 | ||
| 52601 Iwayaji | Kumakōgen, Japan, 45th destination of the Shikoku Pilgrimage | |
| 52604 Thomayer | ||
| 52649 Chrismith | ||
| 52801-52900 | ||
| 52872 Okyrhoe | ||
| 52901-53000 | ||
| 52975 Cyllarus | ||
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