Meanings of minor planet names: 58001–59000

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

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

58001–58100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58084 Hiketaon1197 T-3Hiketaon, one of the elders of Troy, counselors to Priam; the son of Laomedon, he suggested Helen be returned to Menelaus to avoid the Trojan warJPL · 58084
58095 Oranienstein1973 SNOranienstein, a baroque castle on the Lahn river near Diez, GermanyJPL · 58095
58096 Oineus1973 SC2Oeneus, king of Calydonia, son of Porthaon, who sent Meleager out to find heroes to kill the Calydonian Boar; his grandson Diomedes avoided fighting Glaukos because of the friendship between Oeneus and Glaukos' grandfather BellerophonJPL · 58096
58097 Alimov1976 UQ1Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov, Russian founder of the school of functional ecology and president of the Hydrobiological SocietyJPL · 58097
58098 Quirrenbach1977 TCAndreas Quirrenbach, German astronomer, director of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory) since 2006JPL · 58098

58101–58200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58152 Natsöderblom1988 PF2Nathan Söderblom (Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom), Swedish archbishop, theologian and Peace NobelistJPL · 58152
58163 Minnesang1989 UJ7Minnesang, German sung poetry of the 12th and 13th centuriesJPL · 58163
58184 Masayukiyamamoto1991 RG1Masayuki Yamamoto (born 1971), a Japanese planetary scientist.JPL · 58184
58185 Rokkosan1991 RH1Rokkosan is a 1000-meter-high mountain behind the city of Kobe, JapanJPL · 58185
58186 Langkavel1991 RT4Arno Langkavel (born 1938), a former high school teacher and historian of astronomy.JPL · 58186
58191 Dolomiten1991 YN1The Dolomites mountains (Dolomiten is the Swiss-German name)JPL · 58191
58196 Ashleyess1992 EC1Ashley Caroline Steel, the discoverer's youngest sisterJPL · 58196

58201–58300

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58214 Amorim1992 RA2Regina Helena Caldas de Amorim, Brazilian neuro-pediatrician at Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais)JPL · 58214
58215 von Klitzing1992 SY1Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and NobelistJPL · 58215
58217 Peterhebel1992 SP16Peter Hebel (born 1957) is a most interested amateur astronomer, but as a doctor of medicine his chief occupation is that of an operating surgeon at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, where he has saved and improved the life of many patients.JPL · 58217
58221 Boston1993 BM14Boston, founded in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England, is the capital and largest city of the American state of Massachusetts.JPL · 58221
58279 Kamerlingh1993 TE40Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, 19th–20th-century Dutch physicist, who first liquefied heliumJPL · 58279

58301–58400

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58345 Moomintroll1995 CZ1Moomintroll is the central character of the classic 1946 novel Comet in Moominland (Swedish title Kometjakten) by Finnish author Tove JanssonJPL · 58345
58364 Feierberg1995 MF7Michael Feierberg, American astronomer, who was involved in the early work connecting C-class minor planets to carbonaceous chondritesJPL · 58364
58365 Robmedrano1995 OQTechnical Sergeant Rob Medrano, of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) observatoryJPL · 58365
58373 Albertoalonso1995 SRAlberto Alonso, the legendary Cuban choreographer and dance visionaryJPL · 58373

58401–58500

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58417 Belzoni1996 BD2Giovanni Battista Belzoni, an explorer of Egyptian antiquities.JPL · 58417
58418 Luguhu1996 BA4Luguhu Lake is situated at the junction of southwestern Sichuan and northwestern YunnanJPL · 58418
58424 Jamesdunlop1996 DL1James Dunlop, Scottish-Australian astronomerJPL · 58424
58440 Zdeněkstuchlík1996 HVZdeněk Stuchlík (born 1950) is a Czech theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, fine art photographer and professor at the Silesian University in Opava. His field of research is relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, in particular with focus on compact objects like black holes and neutron stars.JPL · 58440
58460 Le Mouélic1996 LM1Stephane Le Mouélic, a research engineer at the University of Nantes.JPL · 58460
58466 Santoka1996 OB1Santoka Taneda, the Japanese "Wandering Haiku Poet"JPL · 58466
58498 Octaviopaz1996 VFOctavio Paz Lozano (1914–1998) was a Mexican poet and essayist, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.JPL · 58498
58499 Stüber1996 VYEberhard Stüber, Austrian director of the natural science museum "Haus der Natur" in SalzburgJPL · 58499

58501–58600

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58534 Logos1997 CQ29Logos and Zoe ((58534) Logos I Zoe), a paired emanation of the deity in the Gnostic tradition, and part of its creation mythJPL · 58534
58535 Pattillo1997 DPLeonard Pattillo, American founding member and former officer of the Fort Bend Astronomy ClubJPL · 58535
58569 Eboshiyamakouen1997 QY2Eboshiyama Kouen, the name of the park in the southern part of Nanyo city, Yamagata.JPL · 58569
58572 Romanella1997 RV6Russell Romanella (born 1958) is an experienced space engineer involved in human space exploration activities such as the Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Constellation projectsJPL · 58572
58573 Serpieri1997 RD7Arrigo Serpieri, Italian agricultural economistJPL · 58573
58578 Žídek1997 SP2Ivo Žídek, Czech opera singer †MPC · 58578
58579 Ehrenberg1997 SQ2Eleonora Gayerová z Ehrenberku (Eleonora Gayerová of Ehrenberg), Czech soprano opera singer, who lived in Vila Leonora at Ondřejov and was instrumental in the establishment of the Ondřejov Observatory † ‡MPC · 58579
58595 Joepollock1997 TX9Joseph T. Pollock (born 1950), a professor of astronomy at the Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.JPL · 58595
58600 Iwamuroonsen1997 TC17Iwamuroonsen is a town of the southwest of Niigata City JPLMPC · 58600

58601–58700

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58605 Liutungsheng1997 TA27Liu Tungsheng, Chinese Earth scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of SciencesJPL · 58605
58607 Wenzel1997 ULWolfgang Wenzel, German astronomer †MPC · 58607
58608 Geroldrichter1997 UYGerold A. Richter, German astronomer †MPC · 58608
58622 Setoguchi1997 VUTakashi Setoguchi (born 1961) is a member of the Oriental Astronomical Association.JPL · 58622
58627 Rieko1997 VG5Rieko is the wife of the discoverer.JPL · 58627
58664 IYAMMIX1997 YA1The International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) is a global effort initiated by the IAU and UNESCO to stimulate worldwide interest in astronomy under the central theme "The Universe, Yours to Discover"JPL · 58664
58671 Diplodocus1997 YC8one of the largest animals ever to walk on the earth, the Dashing Diplodocus is the premier quarterly publication of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.JPL · 58671
58672 Remigio1997 YT8Scarfi Remigio, Italian geologist, mathematics teacher, and amateur astronomerJPL · 58672
58679 Brenig1998 AHBrenig, a part of Bornheim, is located near the Rhine river between Cologne and Bonn.JPL · 58679
58682 Alenašolcová1998 AA11Alena Šolcová, Czech mathematician and historian of mathematics and astronomyJPL · 58682

58701–58800

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58707 Kyoshi1998 CSKyoshi Takahama, Japanese Haiku poet and novelistJPL · 58707
58709 Zenocolò1998 CT2Zeno Colò, 20th-century Italian skier and Olympic gold medalist (Oslo Winter Games, 1952)JPL · 58709

58801–58900

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58896 Schlosser1998 JE4Wolfhard Schlosser, professor at Bochum University from 1969 until his retirement in 2005JPL · 58896

58901–59000

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
58931 Palmys1998 MK47Palmys, a Trojan fighting for the relief of the city of Troy set off for the centre of the battlefield, with a group of other Trojans from Ascania.JPL · 58931
59000 Beiguan1998 SW26Beijing Planetarium (Beijing Tianwenguan), on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary year (2007)JPL · 59000

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
57,001–58,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 58,001–59,000		 Succeeded by
59,001–60,000
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