MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (55001-56000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
55001-55100
55082 Xlendi Xlendi, Gozo, Malta †
55101-55200
55108 Beamueller Beatrice E. A. Mueller, American astronomer
55112 Mariangela Maria Angels Gassol i Avante, wife of the discoverer
55201-55300
55221 Nancynoblitt Nancy Noblitt, a friend and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Oakley Observatory (the discovery site)
55276 Kenlarner Ken Larner, American exploration geophysicist †
55301-55400
55331 Putzi Antonie ("Putzi") T. Schwartz, American mother, artist and holistic health practitioner
55401-55500
55428 Cappellaro Enrico Cappellaro, Italian chief astronomer of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (National Institute for Astrophysics) and director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Padua Astronomical Observatory)
55477 Soroban Soroban, the Japanese abacus †
55501-55600
55543 Nemeghaire Jean Nemeghaire, Belgian assistant at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, the discoverer's physics teacher
55555 DNA DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
55561 Madenberg Janet A. Stevens, née Madenberg, American amateur astronomer †
55576 Amycus The 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 Ucalegon, one of the Elders of 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 Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Erdmannsdorff, German architect
55772 Loder Justus Christian Loder, German anatomist
55801-55900
55844 BiÄák Jirí Bicák, Czech professor of theoretical physics at Charles University in Prague
55873 Shiomidake Shiomidake mountain, in northern Shizuoka, Japan
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 †
55892 Fuzhougezhi Fuzhou Gezhi High School, China, founded in 1846
55901-56000
56000 Mesopotamia Mesopotamia, cradle of human civilization


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