Meanings of asteroid names (55001-56000)
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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.
: 55001... 55101... 55201... 55301... 55401... 55501... 55601... 55701... 55801... 55901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 55001-55100 | ||
| 55082 Xlendi | Xlendi, Gozo, Malta [†] | |
| 55101-55200 | ||
| 55108 Beamueller | ||
| 55112 Mariangela | ||
| 55201-55300 | ||
| 55221 Nancynoblitt | ||
| 55276 Kenlarner | Ken Larner, American exploration geophysicist [†] | |
| 55301-55400 | ||
| 55331 Putzi | ||
| 55401-55500 | ||
| 55477 Soroban | †] | |
| 55501-55600 | ||
| 55543 Nemeghaire | ||
| 55555 DNA | DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid | |
| 55561 Madenberg | Janet A. Stevens, née Madenberg, American amateur astronomer [†] | |
| 55576 Amycus | centaur Amycus, son of Ophion, who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, and was killed by Pelates of Pella | |
| 55601-55700 | ||
| 55676 Klythios | 3034 T-1 | Klythios (Clytius), one of the Elders of Troy (Iliad, Book III) |
| 55678 Lampos | 3291 T-1 | Lampos or Lampus, son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, father of Dolops |
| 55701-55800 | ||
| 55701 Ukalegon | 1193 T-3 | Troy, whose house was set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked the city |
| 55702 Thymoitos | 1302 T-3 | Thymoetes (Thymoitos), son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, and the first to urge that the Trojan Horse be brought into the city |
| 55733 Lepsius | Karl Richard Lepsius, German egyptologist | |
| 55735 Magdeburg | 1987 QV | Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
| 55749 Eulenspiegel | Till Eulenspiegel, 14th-century character of Middle Low German oral tradition | |
| 55753 Raman | Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist | |
| 55755 Blythe | Blythe Andra Lowe, Canadian geologist and the discoverer's wife [†] | |
| 55759 Erdmannsdorff | ||
| 55772 Loder | ||
| 55801-55900 | ||
| 55873 Shiomidake | ||
| 55874 Brlka | Petr Brlka, Czech amateur astronomer [†] | |
| 55875 Hirohatagaoka | 1997 VH | Hirohatagaoka, a hill on which is located Hadano High School, from which the discoverer graduated [†] |
| 55901-56000 | ||
| 56000 Mesopotamia | Mesopotamia, cradle of human civilization | |
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