MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (52001-53000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
52001-52100
52005 Maik Maik Meyer, German amateur astronomer † ‡
52228 Protos 1977 RN Greek word for "first", the discoverer's first minor planet detection
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 DaihÅji, north of KumakÅgen, Japan, 44th destination of the Shikoku Pilgrimage
52455 Masamika Masa-aki Takanashi and his wife Mika, Japanese amateur astronomers
52500 Kanata KANATA, Japanese for "Far Away", name of the new 1.5-m telescope of Hiroshima University
52501-52600
52589 Montviloff Nicolas Montviloff, French co-founder of the Observatoire des Pises, and current president of the Société astronomique de Montpellier
52601-52700
52601 Iwayaji Iwayaji, east of KumakÅgen, Japan, 45th destination of the Shikoku Pilgrimage
52604 Thomayer Josef Thomayer, Czech professor of internal medicine at the Charles University of Prague
52649 Chrismith Christine Elizabeth Smith, American elementary school teacher
52872 Okyrhoe Okyrhoe, mythological daughter of Chiron and Chariklo
52901-53000
52975 Cyllarus Cyllarus, mythological centaur


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