Meanings of asteroid names (58001-59000)

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This is a list of the sources of asteroid names. Those meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names to ensure that the identification is correct. Names established from other sources should quote the reference.

Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 58001... 58101... 58201... 58301... 58401... 58501... 58601... 58701... 58801... 58901...

Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
58001-58100
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
58095 Oranienstein 1973 SN Oranienstein, a baroque castle on the Lahn river near Diez, Germany
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
58097 Alimov 1976 UQ1 Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov, Russian founder of the school of functional ecology and president of the Hydrobiological Society
58098 Quirrenbach 1977 TC Andreas Quirrenbach, German astronomer, director of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory) since 2006
58101-58200
58152 Natsöderblom 1988 PF2 Nathan Söderblom (Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom), Swedish archbishop, theologian and Peace Nobelist
58163 Minnesang 1989 UJ7 Minnesang, German sung poetry of the 12th and 13th centuries
58191 Dolomiten 1991 YN1 The Dolomites mountains (Dolomiten is the Swiss-German name)
58201-58300
58215 von Klitzing 1992 SY1 Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and Nobelist
58301-58400
58365 Robmedrano 1995 OQ Technical Sergeant Rob Medrano, of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) observatory
58401-58500
58424 Jamesdunlop 1996 DL1 James Dunlop, Scottish-Australian astronomer
58466 Santoka 1996 OB1 Santoka Taneda, the Japanese "Wandering Haiku Poet"
58501-58600
58534 Logos 1997 CQ29 Logos and Zoe (this object's natural satellite, (58534) Logos I Zoe), a paired emanation of the deity in the Gnostic tradition, and part of its creation myth
58535 Pattillo 1997 DP Leonard Pattillo, American founding member and former officer of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club
58573 Serpieri 1997 RD7 Arrigo Serpieri, Italian agricultural economist
58578 Žídek 1997 SP2 Ivo Žídek, Czech opera singer
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
58601-58700
58607 Wenzel 1997 UL Wolfgang Wenzel, German astronomer
58608 Geroldrichter 1997 UY Gerold A. Richter, German astronomer
58672 Remigio 1997 YT8 Scarfi Remigio, Italian geologist, mathematics teacher, and amateur astronomer
58701-58800
58707 Kyoshi 1998 CS Kyoshi Takahama, Japanese Haiku poet and novelist
Preceded by:
57001–58000
Meanings of asteroid names
List of asteroids (58001-59000)
Succeeded by:
59001–60000