MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (59001-60000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
59001-59100
59001 Senftenberg Senftenberg (now Žamberk), eastern Bohemia, where two comets were discovered by Theodor Brorsen in 1851, and the birthplace of Czech theologian and natural scientist Prokop Diviš, astronomer August Seydler and surgeon Eduard Albert †
59087 Maccacaro Tommaso Maccacaro, Italian astrophysicist and x-ray astronomer
59239 Alhazen Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, medieval Arab astronomer, mathematician, doctor, philosopher and physicist †
59301-59400
59388 Monod Jacques Lucien Monod, French molecular biologist and Nobelist
59390 Habermas Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher, political scientist and sociologist, member of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research
59401-59500
59417 Giocasilli Giovanni Casilli, Italian astronomer-technician
59419 Prešov Prešov, eastern Slovakia †
59793 Clapiès 1999 OD Jean de Clapiès (also written Clapiez), French mathematician, engineer, hydrographer, and astronomer
59800 Astropis ''Astropis'', Czech astronomy magazine †
59801-59900
59804 Dickjoyce Richard "Dick" R. Joyce, American astronomer
59830 Reynek Bohuslav Reynek, Bohemian (Czech) poet and graphic artist †
59833 Danimatter Daniel Matter, French amateur astronomer, friend of the discoverer †
59901-60000
60000 Miminko "Miminko", a Czech word that expresses the innocence of the very beginning of human life


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