Meanings of minor-planet names: 58001–59000

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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.

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.

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Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). [1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. [2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). [3] 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. [4] [5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets , [6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. [7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies. [8]

58001–58100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for...Ref · Catalog
58084 Hiketaon 1197 T-3 Hiketaon, one of the elders of Troy, counselors to Priam; the son of Laomedon, he suggested Helen be returned to Menelaus to avoid the Trojan war JPL  · 58084
58095 Oranienstein 1973 SN Oranienstein, a baroque castle on the Lahn river near Diez, Germany JPL  · 58095
58096 Oineus 1973 SC2 Oeneus, 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 Bellerophon JPL  · 58096
58097 Alimov 1976 UQ1 Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov, Russian founder of the school of functional ecology and president of the Hydrobiological Society JPL  · 58097
58098 Quirrenbach 1977 TC Andreas Quirrenbach, German astronomer, director of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory) since 2006 JPL  · 58098

58101–58200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for...Ref · Catalog
58145 Gus 1986 PT1Augustin J. “Gus” Rudnyk (1927–2011), the discoverer’s father. IAU  · 58145
58152 Natsöderblom 1988 PF2 Nathan Söderblom (Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom), Swedish archbishop, theologian and Peace Nobelist JPL  · 58152
58163 Minnesang 1989 UJ7 Minnesang, German sung poetry of the 12th and 13th centuries JPL  · 58163
58164 Reiwanohoshi 1989 WV3Following the April 2019 abdication of Japan's Heisei Emperor, the new Reiwa Era began. As "Reiwa" means peace and harmony, "Reiwanohoshi" ("the star of Reiwa") is named to symbolize Japan going into a new peaceful era, free of natural disasters. IAU  · 58164
58184 Masayukiyamamoto 1991 RG1Masayuki Yamamoto (born 1971), a Japanese planetary scientist. JPL  · 58184
58185 Rokkosan 1991 RH1 Rokkosan is a 1000-meter-high mountain behind the city of Kobe, Japan JPL  · 58185
58186 Langkavel 1991 RT4Arno Langkavel (born 1938), a former high school teacher and historian of astronomy. JPL  · 58186
58191 Dolomiten 1991 YN1The Dolomites mountains (Dolomiten is the Swiss-German name) JPL  · 58191
58196 Ashleyess 1992 EC1Ashley Caroline Steel, the discoverer's youngest sister JPL  · 58196

58201–58300

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58214 Amorim 1992 RA2Regina Helena Caldas de Amorim, Brazilian neuro-pediatrician at Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) JPL  · 58214
58215 von Klitzing 1992 SY1 Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and Nobelist JPL  · 58215
58217 Peterhebel 1992 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 Boston 1993 BM14 Boston, founded in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England, is the capital and largest city of the American state of Massachusetts. JPL  · 58221
58279 Kamerlingh 1993 TE40 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, 19th–20th-century Dutch physicist, who first liquefied helium JPL  · 58279

58301–58400

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58345 Moomintroll 1995 CZ1 Moomintroll is the central character of the classic 1946 novel Comet in Moominland (Swedish title Kometjakten) by Finnish author Tove Jansson JPL  · 58345
58364 Feierberg 1995 MF7Michael Feierberg, American astronomer, who was involved in the early work connecting C-class minor planets to carbonaceous chondrites JPL  · 58364
58365 Robmedrano 1995 OQTechnical Sergeant Rob Medrano, of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) observatory JPL  · 58365
58373 Albertoalonso 1995 SR Alberto Alonso, the legendary Cuban choreographer and dance visionary JPL  · 58373

58401–58500

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58417 Belzoni 1996 BD2 Giovanni Battista Belzoni, an explorer of Egyptian antiquities. JPL  · 58417
58418 Luguhu 1996 BA4 Luguhu Lake is situated at the junction of southwestern Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan JPL  · 58418
58424 Jamesdunlop 1996 DL1 James Dunlop, Scottish-Australian astronomer JPL  · 58424
58440 Zdeněkstuchlík 1996 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
58441 Thomastestoni 1996 HO1Thomas Testoni (born 1984) is a tourist services technician and a computer store manager. He is the son-in-law of one of the co-discoverers of this minor planet. IAU  · 58441
58460 Le Mouélic 1996 LM1 Stephane Le Mouélic, a research engineer at the University of Nantes. JPL  · 58460
58466 Santoka 1996 OB1 Santoka Taneda, the Japanese "Wandering Haiku Poet" JPL  · 58466
58495 Hajin 1996 US1Ha Jin is the pen name of Xuefei Jin (born 1956), a Chinese-American writer, poet and essayist. His 1999 novel Waiting received the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He currently teaches at Boston University (MA). IAU  · 58495
58498 Octaviopaz 1996 VF Octavio Paz Lozano (1914–1998) was a Mexican poet and essayist, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. JPL  · 58498
58499 Stüber 1996 VY Eberhard Stüber, Austrian director of the natural science museum "Haus der Natur" in Salzburg JPL  · 58499

58501–58600

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for...Ref · Catalog
58534 Logos 1997 CQ29 Logos and Zoe ((58534) Logos I Zoe), a paired emanation of the deity in the Gnostic tradition, and part of its creation myth JPL  · 58534
58535 Pattillo 1997 DP Leonard Pattillo, American founding member and former officer of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club JPL  · 58535
58569 Eboshiyamakouen 1997 QY2Eboshiyama Kouen, the name of the park in the southern part of Nanyo city, Yamagata. JPL  · 58569
58572 Romanella 1997 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 projects JPL  · 58572
58573 Serpieri 1997 RD7 Arrigo Serpieri, Italian agricultural economist JPL  · 58573
58578 Žídek 1997 SP2 Ivo Žídek, Czech opera singer † MPC  · 58578
58579 Ehrenberg 1997 SQ2 Eleonora 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
58580 Elenacuoghi 1997 SW2Elena Cuoghi (born 1990) is a European Languages and Cultures graduate of the University of Modena. She is the daughter-in-law of the discoverer of this minor planet. IAU  · 58580
58595 Joepollock 1997 TX9Joseph T. Pollock (born 1950), a professor of astronomy at the Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. JPL  · 58595
58600 Iwamuroonsen 1997 TC17 Iwamuroonsen is a town of the southwest of Niigata City JPL MPC  · 58600

58601–58700

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58605 Liutungsheng 1997 TA27 Liu Tungsheng, Chinese Earth scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences JPL  · 58605
58607 Wenzel 1997 ULWolfgang Wenzel, German astronomer † MPC  · 58607
58608 Geroldrichter 1997 UY Gerold A. Richter, German astronomer † MPC  · 58608
58622 Setoguchi 1997 VUTakashi Setoguchi (born 1961) is a member of the Oriental Astronomical Association. JPL  · 58622
58627 Rieko 1997 VG5Rieko is married to the discoverer. JPL  · 58627
58664 IYAMMIX 1997 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 Diplodocus 1997 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 Remigio 1997 YT8 Scarfi Remigio, Italian geologist, mathematics teacher, and amateur astronomer JPL  · 58672
58679 Brenig 1998 AH Brenig, a part of Bornheim, is located near the Rhine river between Cologne and Bonn. JPL  · 58679
58682 Alenašolcová 1998 AA11 Alena Šolcová, Czech mathematician and historian of mathematics and astronomy JPL  · 58682
58691 Luigisannino 1998 BG14 Luigi Sannino (born 1981) is an Italian amateur astronomer, studying comets and asteroids. IAU  · 58691

58701–58800

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58702 Tizianabitossi 1998 BX43Tiziana Bitossi (b. 1970) has been an amateur astronomer at the Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo since 2017. 7  · 58702
58707 Kyoshi 1998 CS Kyoshi Takahama, Japanese Haiku poet and novelist JPL  · 58707
58709 Zenocolò 1998 CT2Zeno Colò, 20th-century Italian skier and Olympic gold medalist (Oslo Winter Games, 1952) JPL  · 58709
58714 Boya 1998 DS2Bo Ya, in Chinese, signifies brilliance and magnanimity, and exemplifies the intellectual traditions and spirit of Peking University throughout its 125 years of history. IAU  · 58714

58801–58900

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58896 Schlosser 1998 JE4Wolfhard Schlosser, professor at Bochum University from 1969 until his retirement in 2005 JPL  · 58896

58901–59000

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58931 Palmys 1998 MK47 Palmys, 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
58941 Guishida 1998 QK29Guishida (Guizhou Normal University, GZNU), a university in Guizhou province, China IAU  · 58941
59000 Beiguan 1998 SW26 Beijing Planetarium (Beijing Tianwenguan), on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary year (2007) JPL  · 59000

References

  1. ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN   978-3-540-00238-3 . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC   224288991.
  7. ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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