Meanings of asteroid names (5501-6000)

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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.

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Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
5501-5600
5501 - -
5502 Brashear 1984 EC John Brashear, American astronomer and instrument builder*
5503 - -
5504 Lanzerotti Louis John Lanzerotti, American astronomer*
5505 Rundetaarn The Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark ("the Round Tower") an astronomical observatory built in Copenhagen by King Christian IV [†]
5506 - -
5507 Niijima 1987 UJ *
5508 - 1988 EB -
5509 Rennsteig *
5510 - -
5511 Cloanthus Cloanthus, mythical person related to Trojan War: Cloanthus wins the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5512 - -
5513 Yukio 1988 WB *
5514 - -
5515 - -
5516 Jawilliamson 1989 JK Jack Williamson, American science-fiction author [†]
5517 Johnerogers 1989 LJ John E. Rogers, American amateur astronomer*
5518 Mariobotta 1989 YF Mario Botta, Swiss architect*
5519 Lellouch Emmanuel Lellouch, French astronomer*
5520 Natori 1990 RB Akira Natori, Japanese astronomer [†]
5521 Morpurgo Pieter Anthony Bridge Morpurgo, British producer (1981-1998) of the long-running BBC programme The Sky at Night*
5522 De Rop Willy De Rop, Belgian astronomer [†]
5523 Luminet Jean-Pierre Luminet, French astrophysicist, essayist, novelist, and poet [†] [‡] [‖]
5524 Lecacheux Jean Lecacheux, French astronomer*
5525 - -
5526 Kenzo *
5527 - -
5528 - 1992 AJ -
5529 Perry 2557 P-L Marcus Perry, chief engineer at Spacewatch*
5530 Eisinga 2835 P-L Eise Eisinga, Frisian astronomer who built a planetarium [†]
5531 Carolientje 1051 T-2 Caroline van Houten, granddaughter of the Dutch astronomers (husband and wife) Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten [†]
5532 Ichinohe 1932 CY *
5533 Bagrov 1935 SC Nikolaj Vasil'evich Bagrov, geographer at the Simferopol State University [MPC 34621]
5534 - 1941 UN -
5535 Annefrank 1942 EM Anne Frank (Annelies Frank), German Jewish diarist [†] and [‡]
5536 Honeycutt 1955 QN R. Kent Honeycutt, American astronomer* or Jay Honeycutt, former Director of Kennedy Space Center*
5537 - -
5538 Luichewoo *
5539 Limporyen Lim Por-yen, Hong Kong media tycoon and banker
5540 Smirnova Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova, Russian astronomer
5541 Seimei *
5542 Moffatt Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed [†] [‡]
5543 Sharaf *
5544 Kazakov Matvej Fedorovich Kazakov, Russian architect [MPC 34621]
5545 Makarov *
5546 Salavat 1979 YS *
5547 Acadiau Acadia University, Canada [†]
5548 - 1980 TH -
5549 Bobstefanik Robert Phillip Stefanik, American astronomer*
5550 - -
5551 Glikson 1982 BJ Andrew Yoram Glikson, Australian geologist*
5552 Studnička František Josef Studnička, Czech mathematician [†]
5553 Chodas Paul Winchester Chodas, Canadian astronomer [†]
5554 Keesey Michael Savage West Keesey, American astronomer*
5555 Wimberly Ravenel N. Wimberly (also as Ray or Raymond Wimberly), of the Solar System Dynamics Group at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5556 - 1988 AL -
5557 Chimikeppuko *
5558 - -
5559 - 1990 MV -
5560 Amytis 1990 MX Amytis, daughter of Cyaxares, king of Media, married to Nebuchadnezzar II, who constructed the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for her*
5561 Iguchi 1991 QD *
5562 - 1991 VS -
5563 - -
5564 - -
5565 Ukyounodaibu *
5566 - -
5567 Durisen Richard Henry Durisen, American astronomer
5568 Mufson Stuart Lee Mufson, American astronomer
5569 Colby 1974 FO Michael John Colby, American spacecraft integration manager of NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission [†]
5570 Kirsan *
5571 - 1978 LG -
5572 Bliskunov Aleksandr Ivanovich Bliskunov, Crimean orthopaedic surgeon [MPC 34621]
5573 - 1981 QX -
5574 - 1984 FS -
5575 - -
5576 Albanese Giacomo Albanese, Italian mathematician and physicist [†]* or
Lucia Albanese, Italian soprano who sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera* or ...
5577 Priestley Joseph Priestley, English chemist [†]. Also, the wavelength, in Ångstrom units, of green light in the Aurora borealis, due to atomic oxygen (Priestley was credited as co-discoverer of oxygen)*
5578 Takakura 1987 BC *
5579 Uhlherr 1988 JL Ralph Uhlherr, meteoritics researcher with the United States Geological Survey*
5580 Sharidake *
5581 Mitsuko *
5582 - -
5583 Braunerová Zdenka Braunerová, Czech artist [†]
5584 Izenberg 1989 KK Noam Raphael Izenberg, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
5585 Parks 1990 MJ *
5586 - -
5587 - 1990 SB -
5588 - -
5589 De Meis [[Talk:Meanings of asteroid names#2005 July 21 contents>†]]
5590 - 1990 VA -
5591 Koyo *
5592 Oshima *
5593 Jonsujatha *
5594 Jimmiller Jim Miller, deputy navigation team manager with NEAR at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5595 Roth 1991 PJ Mary Roth, administrative assistant in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University [†]
5596 Morbidelli Alessandro Morbidelli, Italian astronomer [†]
5597 Warren Jeffrey R. Warren, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
5598 Carlmurray Carl Desmond Murray, British astronomer, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary College London
5599 - -
5600 - 1991 UY -
5601-5700
5601 - 1991 VR -
5602 - -
5603 Rausudake 1992 CE *
5604 - 1992 FE -
5605 Kushida 1993 DB *
5606 Muramatsu 1993 EH *
5607 - 1993 EN -
5608 - 1993 EO -
5609 Stroncone 1993 FU Stroncone, hill town in the Terni province of southern Umbria, Italy*
5610 Balster 2041 T-3 Harry Balster, Dutch amateur astronomer and his sister Yvonne [†]
5611 - 1943 DL -
5612 Nevskij *
5613 Donskoj *
5614 Yakovlev 1979 VN Oleg Izosimovich Yakovlev, Russian geochemist and planetary geologist, or Oleg Anatol'evich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, or Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian aircraft designer or Aleksandr Evgen'evich Yakovlev, Russian artist*
5615 Iskander 1983 PZ Central Asian name for Alexander the Great*
5616 Vogtland *
5617 Emelyanenko 1989 EL Vyacheslav V. Emel'yanenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
5618 Saitama 1990 EA *
5619 Shair Frederick Shair, Manager of the Educational Affairs Office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5620 - 1990 OA -
5621 Erb Bryan Erb and Dona Marie Erb, Canadian space scientists [†]
5622 - -
5623 Iwamori 1990 UY *
5624 Shirley Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society [†]
5625 - -
5626 - 1991 FE -
5627 - 1991 MA -
5628 Preussen German name for Prussia
5629 Kuwana *
5630 Billschaefer 1993 FZ *
5631 Sekihokutouge *
5632 Ingelehmann 1993 GG Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist [†]*
5633 - -
5634 - -
5635 Cole *
5636 Jacobson 1985 QN *
5637 Gyas Gyas, mythical person related to Trojan War: he participated in the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5638 Deikoon Deikoon, mythical person related to Trojan War: son of Pergasus, killed by Agamemnon (Iliad, Book V); there is another Deikoon, one of three sons of Herakles by Megara*
5639 - 1989 PE -
5640 Yoshino *
5641 McCleese 1990 DJ Daniel J. McCleese, American planetary scientist*
5642 Bobbywilliams *
5643 Roques *
5644 Maureenbell Maureen Bell, member of the NEAR Shoemaker computer team [†]*
5645 - 1990 SP -
5646 - 1990 TR -
5647 - 1990 TZ -
5648 - -
5649 Donnashirley Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society [†]
5650 Mochihito-o 1990 XK *
5651 Traversa Gilles Traversa, French(?) observatory assistant [†]
5652 Amphimachus Amphimachus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
5653 Camarillo *
5654 Terni 1993 KG The town and province of Terni in Italy
5655 Barney 1159 T-2 *
5656 Oldfield A920 TA Mike Oldfield, English composer and multi-instrumentalist [†]
5657 - -
5658 Clausbaader 1950 DO Claus Baader, German amateur astronomer [†] [‡]
5659 - -
5660 - 1974 MA -
5661 Hildebrand Alan Russell Hildebrand, Canadian geologist [†]
5662 Wendycalvin Wendy Marie Calvin, American planetary geologist
5663 McKeegan Kevin McKeegan, American geochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5664 Eugster Otto Eugster, Swiss meteoriticist [†]
5665 Begemann Friedrich Begemann, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5666 Rabelais François Rabelais, French writer
5667 Nakhimovskaya *
5668 Foucault 1984 FU Léon Foucault, French physicist and astronomer [†]
5669 - -
5670 Rosstaylor Stuart Ross Taylor, New Zealand-born planetary scientist (geochemist, geologist) [†]
5671 Chanal 1985 XR *
5672 Libby Willard Frank Libby, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1990*
5673 McAllister Howard Conlee McAllister, American astronomer*
5674 Wolff *
5675 Evgenilebedev Evgenij Alekseevich Lebedev, Russian actor [MPC 34622]
5676 Voltaire Voltaire, French writer
5677 Aberdonia University of Aberdeen, on the occasion of the quincentenary of its founding [†]
5678 DuBridge 1989 TS Lee Alvin DuBridge, American nuclear physicist, Director of MIT Radiation Laboratory and latterly of CalTech*
5679 Atsukadou 1989 VR *
5680 - -
5681 Bakulev Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bakulev, Soviet surgeon [MPC 34622]
5682 Beresford 1990 TB *
5683 Bifukumonin 1990 UD *
5684 Kogo *
5685 Sanenobufukui 1990 XA *
5686 Chiyonoura 1990 YQ *
5687 Yamamotoshinobu *
5688 Kleewyck Klee Wyck, native name for Canadian artist Emily Carr [†]
5689 Rhön *
5690 - 1992 EU -
5691 Fredwatson 1992 FD Frederick Garnett Watson, British astronomer*
5692 Shirao 1992 FR *
5693 - 1993 EA -
5694 Berényi 3051 P-L Dénes Berényi, Hungarian physicist [†] [‡]
5695 Remillieux 4577 P-L Alban Remillieux, French physicist*
5696 Ibsen 4582 P-L Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright*
5697 Arrhenius 6766 P-L Svante August Arrhenius, Swedish chemist and 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [†]*
5698 Nolde 4121 T-1 Emil Nolde, German Expressionist painter*
5699 Munch 2141 T-3 Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist
5700 Homerus 5166 T-3 Homer, Greek epic poet*
5701-5800
5701 Baltuck 1929 VS Miriam Baltuck, American geologist, NASA's representative in Australia and southeast Asia (1997-2002), director of university advancement at the Australian National University (2005) [†]
5702 Morando 1931 FC Bruno Morando, French astronomer, former Director of the Bureau des Longitudes*
5703 Hevelius 1931 VS Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer [†]
5704 Schumacher 1950 DE Heinrich Christian Schumacher, German astronomer*
5705 Ericsterken 1965 UA *
5706 Finkelstein *
5707 Shevchenko Vasilii G. Shevchenko, Ukrainian astronomer*
5708 Melancholia *
5709 - -
5710 Silentium 1977 UP *
5711 Eneev *
5712 Funke 1979 SR Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer [†]
5713 - -
5714 Krasinsky 1982 PR *
5715 Kramer *
5716 Pickard 1982 UH *
5717 Damir *
5718 - 1983 PB -
5719 Křižík 1983 RX František Křižík, Czech inventor [†]
5720 Halweaver 1984 FN Harold Anthony Weaver, American astronomer [†]
5721 - -
5722 Johnscherrer 1986 JS John Randell Scherrer, American project manager and deputy payload manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission [†]
5723 Hudson Scott Hudson (Raymond Scott Hudson), American electrical engineer and radar astronomer [†]
5724 - 1986 WE -
5725 Nördlingen *
5726 Rubin Vera Rubin, American astronomer*
5727 - -
5728 - -
5729 - -
5730 - -
5731 Zeus Zeus, Greek god
5732 - 1988 WC -
5733 - 1989 AQ -
5734 Noguchi *
5735 Loripaul 1989 LM *
5736 Sanford 1989 LW *
5737 Itoh 1989 SK *
5738 Billpickering *
5739 - -
5740 Toutoumi *
5741 - 1989 XC -
5742 - -
5743 Kato 1990 UW *
5744 Yorimasa 1990 XP *
5745 - 1991 AN -
5746 - 1991 CK -
5747 - -
5748 Davebrin 1991 DX Glen David Brin, American science fiction writer*
5749 - 1991 FV -
5750 Kandatai *
5751 Zao 1992 AC *
5752 - 1992 CJ -
5753 Yoshidatadahiko 1992 EM *
5754 - -
5755 - -
5756 Wassenbergh 6034 P-L Henri Wassenbergh (familiarly known as 'Or' Wassenbergh), former Professor of Air and Space Law at the University of Leiden and founder of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden [†]
5757 Tichá 1967 JN Jana Tichá, Czech astronomer*
5758 - -
5759 Zoshchenko Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian satirist
5760 Mittlefehldt David W. ("Duck") Mittlefehldt, American astronomer and geochemist [†] [‡]
5761 Andreivanov Andrei V. Ivanov, Russian cosmochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5762 Wänke Heinrich Wänke, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5763 - 1982 MA -
5764 - -
5765 Izett 1986 GU *
5766 - -
5767 Moldun *
5768 Pittich Eduard Pittich, Slovak astronomer*
5769 Michard 1987 PL Raymond Michard, French astronomer, or Gilles Michard and Annie Michard, French geochemists*
5770 - 1987 RY -
5771 Somerville Mary Somerville, British mathematician and scientific author*
5772 Johnlambert 1988 LB John Vincent Lambert, American astronomer*
5773 - 1989 NO -
5774 Ratliff 1989 NR Nicholas Paul Ratliff, Amateur American astronomer
5775 Inuyama 1989 SP *
5776 - -
5777 Hanaki 1989 XF *
5778 Jurafrance Jura Mountains, France*
5779 - -
5780 Lafontaine Jean de la Fontaine, French poet [†]
5781 Barkhatova Klavdiia Aleksandrovna Barkhatova, Russian astronomer*
5782 - 1991 AF -
5783 Kumagaya 1991 CO *
5784 - 1991 CY -
5785 Fulton 1991 FU *
5786 Talos 1991 RC Either Talos, the mythological bronze automaton that kept ships away from Crete, or Talos, nephew of Daedalus, who tried to murder him because he was jealous of his inventiveness*
5787 - -
5788 - 1992 NJ -
5789 Sellin 4018 P-L *
5790 Nagasaki 9540 P-L Nagasaki, Japan
5791 Comello 4053 T-2 Georg Comello, Dutch amateur astronomer [†]
5792 Unstrut 1964 BF *
5793 - -
5794 Irmina *
5795 Roshchina *
5796 - -
5797 Bivoj 1980 AA Bivoj, mythological Bohemian hero [†]
5798 Burnett Donald Burnett, American cosmochemist, lead investigator for the Genesis mission [†]
5799 Brewington Howard Brewington, American amateur astronomer*
5800 Pollock Jackson Pollock, American artist [†]
5801-5900
5801 Vasarely 1984 BK Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Gyõzõ), Hungarian-born French artist [†] [‡] [+]
5802 - -
5803 Ötzi 1984 OA Ötzi, the mummified 'iceman' [†]
5804 Bambinidipraga Bambini di Praga, Czech children's choir [†]
5805 Glasgow 1985 YH Glasgow, UK [†]
5806 Archieroy 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 [†]
5807 Mshatka Country estate of Nikolaj Yakovlevich Danilevskij, Russian thinker [MPC 34622]
5808 Babel' *
5809 Kulibin Ivan Petrovich Kulibin, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5810 - 1988 EN -
5811 Keck 1988 KC The Keck telescopes
5812 Jayewinkler *
5813 - 1988 VL -
5814 - -
5815 Shinsengumi 1989 AH The Shinsengumi, Japanese group of samurai warriors [†] [‡]
5816 Potsdam Potsdam Observatory*
5817 Robertfrazer 1989 RZ *
5818 - -
5819 Lauretta Dante Lauretta, American cosmochemist and meteoriticist at the University of Arizona [†]
5820 Babelsberg Babelsberg Observatory*
5821 - 1989 VV -
5822 Masakichi 1989 WL *
5823 Oryo 1989 YH Oryo Narasaki, wife of Japanese samurai hero Ryoma Sakamoto [†] [‡]
5824 Inagaki 1989 YM Minoru Inagaki, Japanese classical guitarist [†] [‡]
5825 Rakuyou *
5826 - 1990 DB -
5827 Letunov *
5828 - 1991 AM -
5829 Ishidagoro *
5830 Simohiro 1991 EG -
5831 Dizzy 1991 JG John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American trumpeter, co-inventor of bebop [†]
5832 Martaprincipe *
5833 Peterson 1991 PQ *
5834 - -
5835 Mainfranken *
5836 - 1993 MF *
5837 Hedin 2548 P-L Sven Anders Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer [†]*
5838 Hamsun 2170 T-2 Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature
5839 GOI S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute (GOI) (Russian Государственный Оптический Институт (ГОИ) имени С. И. Вавилова), Russian producer of large and high-quality lenses and optical equipment for space applications*
5840 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 [†]
5841 Stone 1982 ST Prof. Edward 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.
5842 - -
5843 - 1986 UG -
5844 - 1986 UQ -
5845 - 1988 QP -
5846 Hessen *
5847 Wakiya 1989 YB *
5848 Harutoriko *
5849 - -
5850 Masaharu 1990 XM *
5851 - -
5852 Nanette 1991 HO *
5853 - 1992 QG -
5854 - 1992 UP -
5855 Yukitsuna *
5856 - -
5857 Neglinka *
5858 Borovitskia *
5859 Ostozhenka *
5860 - -
5861 Glynjones 1982 RW Kenneth Glyn Jones, British astronomer and historian [†]*
5862 Sakanoue 1983 AB Tsutomu Sakanoue, Japanese astronomer and meteorologist [†]
5863 Tara 1983 RB *
5864 Montgolfier The Montgolfier brothers, French aeronauts
5865 Qualytemocrina 1984 QQ Scrambled letters of International Comet Quarterly, an astronomical journal [†]
5866 Sachsen *
5867 - 1988 RE -
5868 Ohta 1988 TQ *
5869 Tanith *
5870 Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland, USA
5871 Bobbell *
5872 Sugano 1989 SL *
5873 Archilochos Archilochos, Ancient Greek poet [†]
5874 - 1989 XB -
5875 Kuga 1989 XO *
5876 - -
5877 - 1990 FP -
5878 Charlene Charlene Anderson, Associate Director of the Planetary Society [†]
5879 Almeria *
5880 - 1992 MA -
5881 Akashi *
5882 - -
5883 - -
5884 Dolezal 6045 P-L Erich Dolezal, Austrian writer and popularizer of astronomy and space science, co-founder of the Austrian Society for Space Research [†]
5885 Apeldoorn 3137 T-2 Berend Caspar Jan ("Ben") Apeldoorn, Dutch amateur astronomer and science publicist, on the occasion of his 50th birthday [†] [‡]
5886 Rutger 1975 LR Lyle Lee Rutger, American leader of the Nuclear Launch Approval office of the Department of Energy for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission [†]
5887 Yauza *
5888 - *
5889 Mickiewicz Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright [†]
5890 Carlsberg 1979 KG *
5891 Gehrig 1981 SM Lou Gehrig, American baseball player [†]
5892 Milesdavis Miles Dewey Davis III, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer [†]
5893 Coltrane 1982 EF John William Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer [‡]
5894 Telč Telč, Czech Republic [†]
5895 - -
5896 Narrenschiff Named on the occasion of the quincentenary of the publication of the Narrenschiff, immortal satiric poem by Sebastian Brant, German writer and humanist [†]
5897 Novotná Jarmila Novotná-Daubková, Czech opera singer [†]
5898 - 1985 KE -
5899 Jedicke 1986 AH The Jedicke family (Robert, Peter, and June), Canadian astronomers [†] [‡]
5900 Jensen 1986 TL Poul Jensen, Danish astronomer
5901-6000
5901 - -
5902 Talima Tatiana Alimovna Damir, friend of the discoverer, daughter of Alim Matveevich Damir (5717) and wife of Sergej Petrovich Kapitsa (5094) [†]
5903 - -
5904 Württemberg Württemberg, Germany
5905 Johnson *
5906 - -
5907 - -
5908 Aichi 1989 UF *
5909 Nagoya 1989 UT *
5910 Zátopek Emil Zátopek, Czech Olympic long distance runner [†]
5911 - -
5912 - 1989 YR -
5913 - 1990 BU -
5914 - 1990 WK -
5915 Yoshihiro 1991 EU Yoshihiro Yamada, Japanese astronomy educator [†]
5916 van der Woude Jurrie van der Woude, Dutch-born former Public Affairs Officer and Image Coordinator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [†]
5917 - 1991 NG -
5918 - -
5919 Patrickmartin *
5920 - -
5921 - 1992 UL -
5922 Shouichi 1992 UV *
5923 Liedeke *
5924 Teruo *
5925 - -
5926 Schönfeld 1929 PB Eduard Schönfeld, German astronomer*
5927 - 1938 HA -
5928 Pindarus Pindar, Ancient Greek poet*
5929 - 1974 XT -
5930 Zhiganov *
5931 Zhvanetskij *
5932 Prutkov *
5933 Kemurdzhian 1976 QN *
5934 Mats 1976 SJ Mats Lindgren, Swedish astronomer [†]
5935 Ostankino The Ostankino Tower in Moscow*
5936 Khadzhinov *
5937 Lodén 1979 XQ Kerstin and Lars Olof Lodén, Swedish astronomers [†]
5938 Keller Horst Uwe Keller, German physicist [†]
5939 Toshimayeda Toshiko Mayeda, American meteoriticist [†]
5940 Feliksobolev Feliks Mikhailovich Sobolev, Ukrainian producer [MPC 34622]
5941 Valencia Valencia, Spain [†]
5942 Denzilrobert *
5943 Lovi 1984 EG George Lovi, Hungarian-born writer on astronomy and author*
5944 Utesov Leonid Osipovich Utesov, 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) [†]
5945 Roachapproach Steve Roach, American musician and composer of 'space music' [†]
5946 Hrozný Bedřich Hrozný, Czech archeologist, orientalist and linguist, decipherer of Hittite [†]
5947 Bonnie 1985 FD *
5948 Longo 1985 JL Giuseppe Longo, Italian astronomer [†]
5949 - *
5950 Leukippos Leucippus, Ancient Greek philosopher [†]
5951 Alicemonet Alice Kay Monet (Alice Kay Babcock), American astronomer, wife of David Monet*
5952 Davemonet 1987 EV David Gilbert Monet, American astronomer, husband of Alice Monet*
5953 Shelton 1987 HS Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer [†]
5954 Epikouros Epicurus, Ancient Greek philosopher [†] [‡]
5955 Khromchenko *
5956 d'Alembert Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher and mathematician [†]
5957 Irina 1988 JN *
5958 Barrande Joachim Barrande, French palaeontologist [†]
5959 Shaklan *
5960 Wakkanai 1989 US *
5961 - -
5962 Shikokutenkyo 1990 HK Japanese name for the Astronomical Society of Shikoku Island [†]
5963 - -
5964 - -
5965 - -
5966 Tomeko Tomeko Goto, wife of Seizo Goto, Japanese former president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. [†]
5967 Edithlevy Edith Pailet Levy, American-Canadian geneticist, and mother of the second discoverer [†]
5968 Trauger 1991 FC John Trauger, American physicist, Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5969 Ryuichiro 1991 FT Ryuichiro Goto, Japanese current president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. [†]
5970 Ohdohrikouen *
5971 Tickell Crispin Tickell, British diplomat, 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 U.K. government's Task Force on Near-Earth Objects [†]
5972 Harryatkinson Harry Atkinson, 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 U.K. Task Force on Near-Earth Objects in 2000 [†]
5973 Takimoto 1991 QC *
5974 - -
5975 Otakemayumi 1992 SG *
5976 Kalatajean *
5977 - -
5978 Kaminokuni 1992 WT *
5979 - 1992 XF -
5980 - -
5981 Kresilas 2140 P-L Kresilas, Ancient Greek sculptor
5982 Polykletus 4862 T-1 Polykleitos, the Elder and Polykleitos the Younger, Ancient Greek sculptors*
5983 Praxiteles 2285 T-2 Praxiteles, Ancient Greek sculptor
5984 Lysippus 4045 T-3 Lysippos, Ancient Greek sculptor
5985 - 1942 RJ -
5986 Xenophon 1969 TA Xenophon, Ancient Greek historian
5987 - 1975 LQ -
5988 Gorodnitskij Aleksandr Moiseevich Gorodnitskij, Russian (of Belarusian descent) geophysicist and mineralogist, poet and songwriter [MPC 34622]
5989 Sorin Sergej Ivanovich Sorin, Soviet astronomer [MPC 34622]
5990 Panticapaeon 1977 EO Panticapæon or Panticapaeum, ancient Greek colony, now Kerch, Ukrainian seaport at the eastern extremity of the Crimean peninsula [MPC 34622]
5991 Ivavladis Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ivanov, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5992 Nittler 1981 DZ Larry Nittler, American meteoriticist [†]
5993 Tammydickinson Tamara Dickinson, American meteoriticist [†]
5994 Yakubovich Leonid Arkad'evich Yakubovich, Russian writer [MPC 34622]
5995 Saint-Aignan 1982 DK Charles P. de Saint-Aignan, French astronomer*
5996 Julioangel 1983 NR *
5997 Dirac 1983 TH Paul Dirac, British physicist and Nobelist [†]
5998 Sitenský Ladislav Sitenský, Czech photographer [†]
5999 Plescia 1987 HA *
6000 United Nations 1987 UN The United Nations [†]

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
5501-5600
5501 -		-
5502 Brashear	1984 EC	John Brashear, American astronomer and instrument builder*
5503 -		-
5504 Lanzerotti		Louis John Lanzerotti, American astronomer*
5505 Rundetaarn		The Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark ("the Round Tower") an astronomical observatory built in Copenhagen by King Christian IV [†]
5506 -		-
5507 Niijima	1987 UJ	*
5508 -	1988 EB	-
5509 Rennsteig		*
5510 -		-
5511 Cloanthus		Cloanthus, mythical person related to Trojan War: Cloanthus wins the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5512 -		-
5513 Yukio	1988 WB	*
5514 -		-
5515 -		-
5516 Jawilliamson	1989 JK	Jack Williamson, American science-fiction author [†]
5517 Johnerogers	1989 LJ	John E. Rogers, American amateur astronomer*
5518 Mariobotta	1989 YF	Mario Botta, Swiss architect*
5519 Lellouch		Emmanuel Lellouch, French astronomer*
5520 Natori	1990 RB	Akira Natori, Japanese astronomer [†]
5521 Morpurgo		Pieter Anthony Bridge Morpurgo, British producer (1981-1998) of the long-running BBC programme The Sky at Night*
5522 De Rop		Willy De Rop, Belgian astronomer [†]
5523 Luminet		Jean-Pierre Luminet, French astrophysicist, essayist, novelist, and poet [†] [‡] [‖]
5524 Lecacheux		Jean Lecacheux, French astronomer*
5525 -		-
5526 Kenzo		*
5527 -		-
5528 -	1992 AJ	-
5529 Perry	2557 P-L	Marcus Perry, chief engineer at Spacewatch*
5530 Eisinga	2835 P-L	Eise Eisinga, Frisian astronomer who built a planetarium [†]
5531 Carolientje	1051 T-2	Caroline van Houten, granddaughter of the Dutch astronomers (husband and wife) Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten [†]
5532 Ichinohe	1932 CY	*
5533 Bagrov	1935 SC	Nikolaj Vasil'evich Bagrov, geographer at the Simferopol State University [MPC 34621]
5534 -	1941 UN	-
5535 Annefrank	1942 EM	Anne Frank (Annelies Frank), German Jewish diarist [†] and [‡]
5536 Honeycutt	1955 QN	R. Kent Honeycutt, American astronomer* or Jay Honeycutt, former Director of Kennedy Space Center*
5537 -		-
5538 Luichewoo		*
5539 Limporyen		Lim Por-yen, Hong Kong media tycoon and banker
5540 Smirnova		Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova, Russian astronomer
5541 Seimei		*
5542 Moffatt		Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed [†] [‡]
5543 Sharaf		*
5544 Kazakov		Matvej Fedorovich Kazakov, Russian architect [MPC 34621]
5545 Makarov		*
5546 Salavat	1979 YS	*
5547 Acadiau		Acadia University, Canada [†]
5548 -	1980 TH	-
5549 Bobstefanik		Robert Phillip Stefanik, American astronomer*
5550 -		-
5551 Glikson	1982 BJ	Andrew Yoram Glikson, Australian geologist*
5552 Studnička		František Josef Studnička, Czech mathematician [†]
5553 Chodas		Paul Winchester Chodas, Canadian astronomer [†]
5554 Keesey		Michael Savage West Keesey, American astronomer*
5555 Wimberly		Ravenel N. Wimberly (also as Ray or Raymond Wimberly), of the Solar System Dynamics Group at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5556 -	1988 AL	-
5557 Chimikeppuko		*
5558 -		-
5559 -	1990 MV	-
5560 Amytis	1990 MX	Amytis, daughter of Cyaxares, king of Media, married to Nebuchadnezzar II, who constructed the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for her*
5561 Iguchi	1991 QD	*
5562 -	1991 VS	-
5563 -		-
5564 -		-
5565 Ukyounodaibu		*
5566 -		-
5567 Durisen		Richard Henry Durisen, American astronomer
5568 Mufson		Stuart Lee Mufson, American astronomer
5569 Colby	1974 FO	Michael John Colby, American spacecraft integration manager of NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission [†]
5570 Kirsan		*
5571 -	1978 LG	-
5572 Bliskunov		Aleksandr Ivanovich Bliskunov, Crimean orthopaedic surgeon [MPC 34621]
5573 -	1981 QX	-
5574 -	1984 FS	-
5575 -		-
5576 Albanese		Giacomo Albanese, Italian mathematician and physicist [†]* or Lucia Albanese, Italian soprano who sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera* or ...
5577 Priestley		Joseph Priestley, English chemist [†]. Also, the wavelength, in Ångstrom units, of green light in the Aurora borealis, due to atomic oxygen (Priestley was credited as co-discoverer of oxygen)*
5578 Takakura	1987 BC	*
5579 Uhlherr	1988 JL	Ralph Uhlherr, meteoritics researcher with the United States Geological Survey*
5580 Sharidake		*
5581 Mitsuko		*
5582 -		-
5583 Braunerová		Zdenka Braunerová, Czech artist [†]
5584 Izenberg	1989 KK	Noam Raphael Izenberg, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
5585 Parks	1990 MJ	*
5586 -		-
5587 -	1990 SB	-
5588 -		-
5589 De Meis		[[Talk:Meanings of asteroid names#2005 July 21 contents>†]]
5590 -	1990 VA	-
5591 Koyo		*
5592 Oshima		*
5593 Jonsujatha		*
5594 Jimmiller		Jim Miller, deputy navigation team manager with NEAR at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5595 Roth	1991 PJ	Mary Roth, administrative assistant in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University [†]
5596 Morbidelli		Alessandro Morbidelli, Italian astronomer [†]
5597 Warren		Jeffrey R. Warren, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission [†]
5598 Carlmurray		Carl Desmond Murray, British astronomer, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary College London
5599 -		-
5600 -	1991 UY	-
5601-5700
5601 -	1991 VR	-
5602 -		-
5603 Rausudake	1992 CE	*
5604 -	1992 FE	-
5605 Kushida	1993 DB	*
5606 Muramatsu	1993 EH	*
5607 -	1993 EN	-
5608 -	1993 EO	-
5609 Stroncone	1993 FU	Stroncone, hill town in the Terni province of southern Umbria, Italy*
5610 Balster	2041 T-3	Harry Balster, Dutch amateur astronomer and his sister Yvonne [†]
5611 -	1943 DL	-
5612 Nevskij		*
5613 Donskoj		*
5614 Yakovlev	1979 VN	Oleg Izosimovich Yakovlev, Russian geochemist and planetary geologist, or Oleg Anatol'evich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, or Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian aircraft designer or Aleksandr Evgen'evich Yakovlev, Russian artist*
5615 Iskander	1983 PZ	Central Asian name for Alexander the Great*
5616 Vogtland		*
5617 Emelyanenko	1989 EL	Vyacheslav V. Emel'yanenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
5618 Saitama	1990 EA	*
5619 Shair		Frederick Shair, Manager of the Educational Affairs Office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5620 -	1990 OA	-
5621 Erb		Bryan Erb and Dona Marie Erb, Canadian space scientists [†]
5622 -		-
5623 Iwamori	1990 UY	*
5624 Shirley		Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society [†]
5625 -		-
5626 -	1991 FE	-
5627 -	1991 MA	-
5628 Preussen		German name for Prussia
5629 Kuwana		*
5630 Billschaefer	1993 FZ	*
5631 Sekihokutouge		*
5632 Ingelehmann	1993 GG	Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist [†]*
5633 -		-
5634 -		-
5635 Cole		*
5636 Jacobson	1985 QN	*
5637 Gyas		Gyas, mythical person related to Trojan War: he participated in the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5638 Deikoon		Deikoon, mythical person related to Trojan War: son of Pergasus, killed by Agamemnon (Iliad, Book V); there is another Deikoon, one of three sons of Herakles by Megara*
5639 -	1989 PE	-
5640 Yoshino		*
5641 McCleese	1990 DJ	Daniel J. McCleese, American planetary scientist*
5642 Bobbywilliams		*
5643 Roques		*
5644 Maureenbell		Maureen Bell, member of the NEAR Shoemaker computer team [†]*
5645 -	1990 SP	-
5646 -	1990 TR	-
5647 -	1990 TZ	-
5648 -		-
5649 Donnashirley		Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society [†]
5650 Mochihito-o	1990 XK	*
5651 Traversa		Gilles Traversa, French(?) observatory assistant [†]
5652 Amphimachus		Amphimachus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
5653 Camarillo		*
5654 Terni	1993 KG	The town and province of Terni in Italy
5655 Barney	1159 T-2	*
5656 Oldfield	A920 TA	Mike Oldfield, English composer and multi-instrumentalist [†]
5657 -		-
5658 Clausbaader	1950 DO	Claus Baader, German amateur astronomer [†] [‡]
5659 -		-
5660 -	1974 MA	-
5661 Hildebrand		Alan Russell Hildebrand, Canadian geologist [†]
5662 Wendycalvin		Wendy Marie Calvin, American planetary geologist
5663 McKeegan		Kevin McKeegan, American geochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5664 Eugster		Otto Eugster, Swiss meteoriticist [†]
5665 Begemann		Friedrich Begemann, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5666 Rabelais		François Rabelais, French writer
5667 Nakhimovskaya		*
5668 Foucault	1984 FU	Léon Foucault, French physicist and astronomer [†]
5669 -		-
5670 Rosstaylor		Stuart Ross Taylor, New Zealand-born planetary scientist (geochemist, geologist) [†]
5671 Chanal	1985 XR	*
5672 Libby		Willard Frank Libby, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1990*
5673 McAllister		Howard Conlee McAllister, American astronomer*
5674 Wolff		*
5675 Evgenilebedev		Evgenij Alekseevich Lebedev, Russian actor [MPC 34622]
5676 Voltaire		Voltaire, French writer
5677 Aberdonia		University of Aberdeen, on the occasion of the quincentenary of its founding [†]
5678 DuBridge	1989 TS	Lee Alvin DuBridge, American nuclear physicist, Director of MIT Radiation Laboratory and latterly of CalTech*
5679 Atsukadou	1989 VR	*
5680 -		-
5681 Bakulev		Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bakulev, Soviet surgeon [MPC 34622]
5682 Beresford	1990 TB	*
5683 Bifukumonin	1990 UD	*
5684 Kogo		*
5685 Sanenobufukui	1990 XA	*
5686 Chiyonoura	1990 YQ	*
5687 Yamamotoshinobu		*
5688 Kleewyck		Klee Wyck, native name for Canadian artist Emily Carr [†]
5689 Rhön		*
5690 -	1992 EU	-
5691 Fredwatson	1992 FD	Frederick Garnett Watson, British astronomer*
5692 Shirao	1992 FR	*
5693 -	1993 EA	-
5694 Berényi	3051 P-L	Dénes Berényi, Hungarian physicist [†] [‡]
5695 Remillieux	4577 P-L	Alban Remillieux, French physicist*
5696 Ibsen	4582 P-L	Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright*
5697 Arrhenius	6766 P-L	Svante August Arrhenius, Swedish chemist and 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [†]*
5698 Nolde	4121 T-1	Emil Nolde, German Expressionist painter*
5699 Munch	2141 T-3	Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist
5700 Homerus	5166 T-3	Homer, Greek epic poet*
5701-5800
5701 Baltuck	1929 VS	Miriam Baltuck, American geologist, NASA's representative in Australia and southeast Asia (1997-2002), director of university advancement at the Australian National University (2005) [†]
5702 Morando	1931 FC	Bruno Morando, French astronomer, former Director of the Bureau des Longitudes*
5703 Hevelius	1931 VS	Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer [†]
5704 Schumacher	1950 DE	Heinrich Christian Schumacher, German astronomer*
5705 Ericsterken	1965 UA	*
5706 Finkelstein		*
5707 Shevchenko		Vasilii G. Shevchenko, Ukrainian astronomer*
5708 Melancholia		*
5709 -		-
5710 Silentium	1977 UP	*
5711 Eneev		*
5712 Funke	1979 SR	Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer [†]
5713 -		-
5714 Krasinsky	1982 PR	*
5715 Kramer		*
5716 Pickard	1982 UH	*
5717 Damir		*
5718 -	1983 PB	-
5719 Křižík	1983 RX	František Křižík, Czech inventor [†]
5720 Halweaver	1984 FN	Harold Anthony Weaver, American astronomer [†]
5721 -		-
5722 Johnscherrer	1986 JS	John Randell Scherrer, American project manager and deputy payload manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission [†]
5723 Hudson		Scott Hudson (Raymond Scott Hudson), American electrical engineer and radar astronomer [†]
5724 -	1986 WE	-
5725 Nördlingen		*
5726 Rubin		Vera Rubin, American astronomer*
5727 -		-
5728 -		-
5729 -		-
5730 -		-
5731 Zeus		Zeus, Greek god
5732 -	1988 WC	-
5733 -	1989 AQ	-
5734 Noguchi		*
5735 Loripaul	1989 LM	*
5736 Sanford	1989 LW	*
5737 Itoh	1989 SK	*
5738 Billpickering		*
5739 -		-
5740 Toutoumi		*
5741 -	1989 XC	-
5742 -		-
5743 Kato	1990 UW	*
5744 Yorimasa	1990 XP	*
5745 -	1991 AN	-
5746 -	1991 CK	-
5747 -		-
5748 Davebrin	1991 DX	Glen David Brin, American science fiction writer*
5749 -	1991 FV	-
5750 Kandatai		*
5751 Zao	1992 AC	*
5752 -	1992 CJ	-
5753 Yoshidatadahiko	1992 EM	*
5754 -		-
5755 -		-
5756 Wassenbergh	6034 P-L	Henri Wassenbergh (familiarly known as 'Or' Wassenbergh), former Professor of Air and Space Law at the University of Leiden and founder of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden [†]
5757 Tichá	1967 JN	Jana Tichá, Czech astronomer*
5758 -		-
5759 Zoshchenko		Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian satirist
5760 Mittlefehldt		David W. ("Duck") Mittlefehldt, American astronomer and geochemist [†] [‡]
5761 Andreivanov		Andrei V. Ivanov, Russian cosmochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5762 Wänke		Heinrich Wänke, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist [†]
5763 -	1982 MA	-
5764 -		-
5765 Izett	1986 GU	*
5766 -		-
5767 Moldun		*
5768 Pittich		Eduard Pittich, Slovak astronomer*
5769 Michard	1987 PL	Raymond Michard, French astronomer, or Gilles Michard and Annie Michard, French geochemists*
5770 -	1987 RY	-
5771 Somerville		Mary Somerville, British mathematician and scientific author*
5772 Johnlambert	1988 LB	John Vincent Lambert, American astronomer*
5773 -	1989 NO	-
5774 Ratliff	1989 NR	Nicholas Paul Ratliff, Amateur American astronomer
5775 Inuyama	1989 SP	*
5776 -		-
5777 Hanaki	1989 XF	*
5778 Jurafrance		Jura Mountains, France*
5779 -		-
5780 Lafontaine		Jean de la Fontaine, French poet [†]
5781 Barkhatova		Klavdiia Aleksandrovna Barkhatova, Russian astronomer*
5782 -	1991 AF	-
5783 Kumagaya	1991 CO	*
5784 -	1991 CY	-
5785 Fulton	1991 FU	*
5786 Talos	1991 RC	Either Talos, the mythological bronze automaton that kept ships away from Crete, or Talos, nephew of Daedalus, who tried to murder him because he was jealous of his inventiveness*
5787 -		-
5788 -	1992 NJ	-
5789 Sellin	4018 P-L	*
5790 Nagasaki	9540 P-L	Nagasaki, Japan
5791 Comello	4053 T-2	Georg Comello, Dutch amateur astronomer [†]
5792 Unstrut	1964 BF	*
5793 -		-
5794 Irmina		*
5795 Roshchina		*
5796 -		-
5797 Bivoj	1980 AA	Bivoj, mythological Bohemian hero [†]
5798 Burnett		Donald Burnett, American cosmochemist, lead investigator for the Genesis mission [†]
5799 Brewington		Howard Brewington, American amateur astronomer*
5800 Pollock		Jackson Pollock, American artist [†]
5801-5900
5801 Vasarely	1984 BK	Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Gyõzõ), Hungarian-born French artist [†] [‡] [+]
5802 -		-
5803 Ötzi	1984 OA	Ötzi, the mummified 'iceman' [†]
5804 Bambinidipraga		Bambini di Praga, Czech children's choir [†]
5805 Glasgow	1985 YH	Glasgow, UK [†]
5806 Archieroy		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 [†]
5807 Mshatka		Country estate of Nikolaj Yakovlevich Danilevskij, Russian thinker [MPC 34622]
5808 Babel'		*
5809 Kulibin		Ivan Petrovich Kulibin, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5810 -	1988 EN	-
5811 Keck	1988 KC	The Keck telescopes
5812 Jayewinkler		*
5813 -	1988 VL	-
5814 -		-
5815 Shinsengumi	1989 AH	The Shinsengumi, Japanese group of samurai warriors [†] [‡]
5816 Potsdam		Potsdam Observatory*
5817 Robertfrazer	1989 RZ	*
5818 -		-
5819 Lauretta		Dante Lauretta, American cosmochemist and meteoriticist at the University of Arizona [†]
5820 Babelsberg		Babelsberg Observatory*
5821 -	1989 VV	-
5822 Masakichi	1989 WL	*
5823 Oryo	1989 YH	Oryo Narasaki, wife of Japanese samurai hero Ryoma Sakamoto [†] [‡]
5824 Inagaki	1989 YM	Minoru Inagaki, Japanese classical guitarist [†] [‡]
5825 Rakuyou		*
5826 -	1990 DB	-
5827 Letunov		*
5828 -	1991 AM	-
5829 Ishidagoro		*
5830 Simohiro	1991 EG	-
5831 Dizzy	1991 JG	John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American trumpeter, co-inventor of bebop [†]
5832 Martaprincipe		*
5833 Peterson	1991 PQ	*
5834 -		-
5835 Mainfranken		*
5836 -	1993 MF	*
5837 Hedin	2548 P-L	Sven Anders Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer [†]*
5838 Hamsun	2170 T-2	Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature
5839 GOI		S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute (GOI) (Russian Государственный Оптический Институт (ГОИ) имени С. И. Вавилова), Russian producer of large and high-quality lenses and optical equipment for space applications*
5840 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 [†]
5841 Stone	1982 ST	Prof. Edward 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.
5842 -		-
5843 -	1986 UG	-
5844 -	1986 UQ	-
5845 -	1988 QP	-
5846 Hessen		*
5847 Wakiya	1989 YB	*
5848 Harutoriko		*
5849 -		-
5850 Masaharu	1990 XM	*
5851 -		-
5852 Nanette	1991 HO	*
5853 -	1992 QG	-
5854 -	1992 UP	-
5855 Yukitsuna		*
5856 -		-
5857 Neglinka		*
5858 Borovitskia		*
5859 Ostozhenka		*
5860 -		-
5861 Glynjones	1982 RW	Kenneth Glyn Jones, British astronomer and historian [†]*
5862 Sakanoue	1983 AB	Tsutomu Sakanoue, Japanese astronomer and meteorologist [†]
5863 Tara	1983 RB	*
5864 Montgolfier		The Montgolfier brothers, French aeronauts
5865 Qualytemocrina	1984 QQ	Scrambled letters of International Comet Quarterly, an astronomical journal [†]
5866 Sachsen		*
5867 -	1988 RE	-
5868 Ohta	1988 TQ	*
5869 Tanith		*
5870 Baltimore		Baltimore, Maryland, USA
5871 Bobbell		*
5872 Sugano	1989 SL	*
5873 Archilochos		Archilochos, Ancient Greek poet [†]
5874 -	1989 XB	-
5875 Kuga	1989 XO	*
5876 -		-
5877 -	1990 FP	-
5878 Charlene		Charlene Anderson, Associate Director of the Planetary Society [†]
5879 Almeria		*
5880 -	1992 MA	-
5881 Akashi		*
5882 -		-
5883 -		-
5884 Dolezal	6045 P-L	Erich Dolezal, Austrian writer and popularizer of astronomy and space science, co-founder of the Austrian Society for Space Research [†]
5885 Apeldoorn	3137 T-2	Berend Caspar Jan ("Ben") Apeldoorn, Dutch amateur astronomer and science publicist, on the occasion of his 50th birthday [†] [‡]
5886 Rutger	1975 LR	Lyle Lee Rutger, American leader of the Nuclear Launch Approval office of the Department of Energy for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission [†]
5887 Yauza		*
5888 -		*
5889 Mickiewicz		Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright [†]
5890 Carlsberg	1979 KG	*
5891 Gehrig	1981 SM	Lou Gehrig, American baseball player [†]
5892 Milesdavis		Miles Dewey Davis III, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer [†]
5893 Coltrane	1982 EF	John William Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer [‡]
5894 Telč		Telč, Czech Republic [†]
5895 -		-
5896 Narrenschiff		Named on the occasion of the quincentenary of the publication of the Narrenschiff, immortal satiric poem by Sebastian Brant, German writer and humanist [†]
5897 Novotná		Jarmila Novotná-Daubková, Czech opera singer [†]
5898 -	1985 KE	-
5899 Jedicke	1986 AH	The Jedicke family (Robert, Peter, and June), Canadian astronomers [†] [‡]
5900 Jensen	1986 TL	Poul Jensen, Danish astronomer
5901-6000
5901 -		-
5902 Talima		Tatiana Alimovna Damir, friend of the discoverer, daughter of Alim Matveevich Damir (5717) and wife of Sergej Petrovich Kapitsa (5094) [†]
5903 -		-
5904 Württemberg		Württemberg, Germany
5905 Johnson		*
5906 -		-
5907 -		-
5908 Aichi	1989 UF	*
5909 Nagoya	1989 UT	*
5910 Zátopek		Emil Zátopek, Czech Olympic long distance runner [†]
5911 -		-
5912 -	1989 YR	-
5913 -	1990 BU	-
5914 -	1990 WK	-
5915 Yoshihiro	1991 EU	Yoshihiro Yamada, Japanese astronomy educator [†]
5916 van der Woude		Jurrie van der Woude, Dutch-born former Public Affairs Officer and Image Coordinator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory [†]
5917 -	1991 NG	-
5918 -		-
5919 Patrickmartin		*
5920 -		-
5921 -	1992 UL	-
5922 Shouichi	1992 UV	*
5923 Liedeke		*
5924 Teruo		*
5925 -		-
5926 Schönfeld	1929 PB	Eduard Schönfeld, German astronomer*
5927 -	1938 HA	-
5928 Pindarus		Pindar, Ancient Greek poet*
5929 -	1974 XT	-
5930 Zhiganov		*
5931 Zhvanetskij		*
5932 Prutkov		*
5933 Kemurdzhian	1976 QN	*
5934 Mats	1976 SJ	Mats Lindgren, Swedish astronomer [†]
5935 Ostankino		The Ostankino Tower in Moscow*
5936 Khadzhinov		*
5937 Lodén	1979 XQ	Kerstin and Lars Olof Lodén, Swedish astronomers [†]
5938 Keller		Horst Uwe Keller, German physicist [†]
5939 Toshimayeda		Toshiko Mayeda, American meteoriticist [†]
5940 Feliksobolev		Feliks Mikhailovich Sobolev, Ukrainian producer [MPC 34622]
5941 Valencia		Valencia, Spain [†]
5942 Denzilrobert		*
5943 Lovi	1984 EG	George Lovi, Hungarian-born writer on astronomy and author*
5944 Utesov		Leonid Osipovich Utesov, 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) [†]
5945 Roachapproach		Steve Roach, American musician and composer of 'space music' [†]
5946 Hrozný		Bedřich Hrozný, Czech archeologist, orientalist and linguist, decipherer of Hittite [†]
5947 Bonnie	1985 FD	*
5948 Longo	1985 JL	Giuseppe Longo, Italian astronomer [†]
5949 -		*
5950 Leukippos		Leucippus, Ancient Greek philosopher [†]
5951 Alicemonet		Alice Kay Monet (Alice Kay Babcock), American astronomer, wife of David Monet*
5952 Davemonet	1987 EV	David Gilbert Monet, American astronomer, husband of Alice Monet*
5953 Shelton	1987 HS	Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer [†]
5954 Epikouros		Epicurus, Ancient Greek philosopher [†] [‡]
5955 Khromchenko		*
5956 d'Alembert		Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher and mathematician [†]
5957 Irina	1988 JN	*
5958 Barrande		Joachim Barrande, French palaeontologist [†]
5959 Shaklan		*
5960 Wakkanai	1989 US	*
5961 -		-
5962 Shikokutenkyo	1990 HK	Japanese name for the Astronomical Society of Shikoku Island [†]
5963 -		-
5964 -		-
5965 -		-
5966 Tomeko		Tomeko Goto, wife of Seizo Goto, Japanese former president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. [†]
5967 Edithlevy		Edith Pailet Levy, American-Canadian geneticist, and mother of the second discoverer [†]
5968 Trauger	1991 FC	John Trauger, American physicist, Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5969 Ryuichiro	1991 FT	Ryuichiro Goto, Japanese current president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. [†]
5970 Ohdohrikouen		*
5971 Tickell		Crispin Tickell, British diplomat, 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 U.K. government's Task Force on Near-Earth Objects [†]
5972 Harryatkinson		Harry Atkinson, 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 U.K. Task Force on Near-Earth Objects in 2000 [†]
5973 Takimoto	1991 QC	*
5974 -		-
5975 Otakemayumi	1992 SG	*
5976 Kalatajean		*
5977 -		-
5978 Kaminokuni	1992 WT	*
5979 -	1992 XF	-
5980 -		-
5981 Kresilas	2140 P-L	Kresilas, Ancient Greek sculptor
5982 Polykletus	4862 T-1	Polykleitos, the Elder and Polykleitos the Younger, Ancient Greek sculptors*
5983 Praxiteles	2285 T-2	Praxiteles, Ancient Greek sculptor
5984 Lysippus	4045 T-3	Lysippos, Ancient Greek sculptor
5985 -	1942 RJ	-
5986 Xenophon	1969 TA	Xenophon, Ancient Greek historian
5987 -	1975 LQ	-
5988 Gorodnitskij		Aleksandr Moiseevich Gorodnitskij, Russian (of Belarusian descent) geophysicist and mineralogist, poet and songwriter [MPC 34622]
5989 Sorin		Sergej Ivanovich Sorin, Soviet astronomer [MPC 34622]
5990 Panticapaeon	1977 EO	Panticapæon or Panticapaeum, ancient Greek colony, now Kerch, Ukrainian seaport at the eastern extremity of the Crimean peninsula [MPC 34622]
5991 Ivavladis		Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ivanov, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5992 Nittler	1981 DZ	Larry Nittler, American meteoriticist [†]
5993 Tammydickinson		Tamara Dickinson, American meteoriticist [†]
5994 Yakubovich		Leonid Arkad'evich Yakubovich, Russian writer [MPC 34622]
5995 Saint-Aignan	1982 DK	Charles P. de Saint-Aignan, French astronomer*

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