Meanings of asteroid names (5001-5500)

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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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 span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Contents: 5001... 5101... 5201... 5301... 5401...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
5001-5100
5001 EMP	1987 SB1	Эфемериды малых планет (Ephemerides Of Minor Planets)*
5002 Marnix	1987 SS3	Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, mayor of Antwerp, believed to have been the composer of the 'Wilhelmus', which became the Dutch national anthem in 1932 † ‡
5003 -	1988 ER2	*
5004 Bruch	1988 RR3	Albert Bruch, German astronomer*
5005 Kegler	1988 UB	*
5006 Teller	1989 GL5	Edward Teller (Ede Teller), Hungarian-born American physicist † ‡
5007 Keay	1990 UH2	Colin S. L. Keay, Australian physicist and astronomer †
5008 Miyazawakenji	1991 DV	Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese poet and children's novelist
5009 Sethos	2562 P-L	*
5010 Amenemhêt	4594 P-L	Name of nine pharaohs of Egypt (1991 BC-~1750 BC)
5011 Ptah	6743 P-L	Ptah, Egyptian god
5012 Eurymedon	9507 P-L	Eurymedon, Athenian general Eurymedon, Agamemnon's charioteer in the Trojan War.[1]
5013 Suzhousanzhong	1964 VT1	Suzhousanzhong ("Suzhou No. 3 Middle School"), Jiangsu province, China, on the occasion (2006) of its one-hundredth anniversary †
5014 Gorchakov	1974 ST	Prince Alexander Gorchakov, chancellor of the Russian Empire*
5015 Litke	1975 VP	Count Fyodor Petrovich Litke, Russian navigator and explorer*
5016 Migirenko	1976 GX3	Georgii Sergeevich Migirenko, Russian physicist (and retired admiral)*
5017 Tenchi	1977 DS2	Emperor Tenji, Japan
5018 Tenmu	1977 DY8	Emperor Temmu, Japan
5019 -	1979 MS6	-
5020 Asimov	1981 EX19	Isaac Asimov, Russian-American science fiction writer †
5021 Krylania	1982 VK12	*
5022 -	1984 HE1	*
5023 Agapenor	1985 TG3	Agapenor, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25443]
5024 Bechmann	1985 VP	*
5025 -	1986 TS6	-
5026 Martes	1987 QL1	Martes martes and Martes foina, the pine and beech marten [MPC 34620] †
5027 Androgeos	1988 BX1	Androgeos, mythical person related to Trojan War
5028 Halaesus	1988 BY1	Halaesus, mythological Greek warrior
5029 Ireland	1988 BL2	Trevor R. Ireland, Australian meteoriticist*
5030 Gyldenkerne	1988 VK4	Kjeld Gyldenkerne, Danish astronomer*
5031 Švejcar	1990 FW1	Josef Švejcar, Czech physician †
5032 Conradhirsh	1990 OO	Conrad Hirsh, teacher and explorer*
5033 Mistral	1990 PF	Frédéric Mistral, Provençal poet †
5034 Joeharrington	1991 PW10	Joseph Harrington, American astronomer †
5035 Swift	1991 UX	Lewis A. Swift, American astronomer †
5036 Tuttle	1991 US2	Horace Parnell Tuttle, American astronomer*
5037 Habing	6552 P-L	Harm Jan Habing, Dutch astronomer †
5038 Overbeek	1948 KF	Daniel Overbeek, South African amateur astronomer and AAVSO member † ‡
5039 Rosenkavalier	1967 GM1	Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), opera by Richard Strauss*
5040 Rabinowitz	1972 RF	David L. Rabinowitz, American astronomer*
5041 Theotes	1973 SW1	Theotes, mythical person related to Trojan War
5042 Colpa	1974 ME	*
5043 Zadornov	1974 SB5	Mikhail Zadornov, Russian comedian †
5044 Shestaka	1977 QH4	*
5045 Hoyin	1978 UL2	Yin Ho, Chinese*
5046 Carletonmoore	1981 DQ	Carleton Bryant Moore of the Center for Meteorite Studies of Arizona State University*
5047 Zanda	1981 EO42	*
5048 Moriarty	1981 GC	Professor Moriarty, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories
5049 Sherlock	1981 VC1	Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective
5050 Doctorwatson	1983 RD2	Dr. Watson, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories
5051 Ralph	1984 SM	*
5052 Nancyruth	1984 UT3	Nancy R. Lebofsky, American educator [MPC 25443]
5053 Chladni	1985 FB2	Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827), German physicist*
5054 Keil	1986 AO2	Klaus Keil of the University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology*
5055 Opekushin	1986 PB5	Alexander Mikhailovich Opekushin (1838-1923), Russian sculptor*
5056 Rahua	1986 RQ5	Rahua, wife of one of the four sons of Pirua Wiracocha, creator god of civilization in Inca mythology †
5057 -	1987 DC6	*
5058 Tarrega	1987 OM	Francisco Tárrega, Spanish classical guitarist-composer †
5059 Saroma	1988 AF	Lake Saroma, Hokkaido, Japan
5060 Yoneta	1988 BO5	Katsuhiko Yoneta*
5061 McIntosh	1988 DJ	Bruce A. McIntosh, Canadian astronomer †
5062 Glennmiller	1989 CZ	Glenn Miller, American jazz musician and bandleader of the swing era †
5063 Monteverdi	1989 CJ5	Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer*
5064 Tanchozuru	1990 FS	Tanchō, Japanese Crane
5065 Johnstone	1990 FP1	*
5066 Garradd	1990 MA	Gordon J. Garradd, Australian astronomer*
5067 Occidental	1990 OX	*
5068 Cragg	1990 TC	*
5069 Tokeidai	1991 QB	Sapporo Tokeidai, Japan
5070 Arai	1991 XT	Arai Ikunosuke, Japanese from Bakumatsu to Meiji
5071 Schoenmaker	3099 T-2	Anton Schoenmaker, Dutch astronomer †
5072 Hioki	1931 TS1	Tsutomu Hioki, Japanese astronomer
5073 Junttura	1943 EN	*
5074 Goetzoertel	1949 QQ1	Goetz Oertel, of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)*
5075 Goryachev	1969 TN4	Mikhail V. Goryachev, Russian radio electronic engineer, specialising in astronomical spectropolarimetry*
5076 Lebedev-Kumach	1973 SG4	Vasilii Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach, Russian poet and songwriter*
5077 Favaloro	1974 MG	René Favaloro, Argentine cardiologist (1923-2000), creator of the bypass coronary surgery.
5078 Solovjev-Sedoj	1974 SW	Vasilii Pavlovich Solov'ev-Sedoi (Vasilii Petrovich Soloviev-Sedoy), Russian composer*
5079 Brubeck	1975 DB	David Warren (Dave) Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer †
5080 Oja	1976 EB	Tarmo Oja, Swedish astronomer †
5081 Sanguin	1976 WC1	*
5082 Nihonsyoki	1977 DN4	Nihon Shoki, the first written history of Japan, compiled in the 8th century
5083 Irinara	1977 EV	*
5084 Gnedin	1977 FN1	Yurij Nikolaevich Gnedin, Russian astrophysicist †
5085 Hippocrene	1977 NN	Hippocrene, mythological Greek fountain [MPC 34620]
5086 Demin	1978 RH1	Vladimir Grigor'evich Demin, Russian astronomer*
5087 Emel'yanov	1978 RM2	Nikolai Vladimirovich Emel'yanov, Russian astronomer*
5088 Tancredi	1979 QZ1	Gonzalo Tancredi, Uruguayan astronomer †
5089 Nádherná	1979 SN	Sidonie Nádherná, Czech-British writer †
5090 Wyeth	1980 CG	*
5091 Isakovskij	1981 SD4	Mikhail Vasil'evich Isakovskii, Russian poet*
5092 Manara	1982 FJ	Alessandro Manara, Italian astronomer*
5093 Svirelia	1982 TG1	*
5094 Seryozha	1982 UT6	*
5095 Escalante	1983 NL	Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-born mathematics teacher [MPC 22830]
5096 Luzin	1983 RC5	Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin, Russian mathematician [MPC 34620]
5097 Axford	1983 TW1	Sir Ian Axford (William Ian Axford), New Zealand-born astrophysicist*
5098 -	1985 CH2	*
5099 -	1985 DY1	*
5100 Pasachoff	1985 GW	Jay Myron Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Williams College (USA) †
5101-5200
5101 Akhmerov	1985 UB5	Vadim Zinov'evich Akhmerov, doctor in the Crimea [MPC 34620]
5102 Benfranklin	1986 RD1	Benjamin Franklin, American scientist, philosopher and statesman [MPC 34621] †
5103 Diviš	1986 RP1	Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech scientist and monk [MPC 34621] † ‡
5104 Skripnichenko	1986 RU5	Vladimir I. Skripnichenko, Russian astronomer*
5105 Westerhout	1986 TM1	Gart Westerhout, Dutch radio astronomer † [MPC 22830]
5106 Mortensen	1987 DJ	*
5107 -	1987 DS6	*
5108 Lübeck	1987 QG2	Vincent Lübeck, German composer †
5109 Robertmiller	1987 RM1	Robert J. Miller, American astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory †
5110 Belgirate	1987 SV	Belgirate, in Piedmont, Italy*
5111 Jacliff	1987 SE4	Cliff and Jackie Holmes, American amateur astronomers [MPC 22830]
5112 Kusaji	1987 SM13	Shigeharu Kusaji, Japanese amateur astronomer
5113 Kohno	1988 BN	Masaru Kohno, Japanese classical guitar maker †
5114 Yezo	1988 CO	Ezo, historical name of Hokkaidō, Japan
5115 Frimout	1988 CD4	Dirk D. Frimout, Belgian astronomer and astronaut †
5116 Korsør	1988 EU	*
5117 Mokotoyama	1988 GH	Mount Mokoto, Japan*
5118 Elnapoul	1988 RB	*
5119 -	1988 RA1
5120 Bitias	1988 TZ1	Bitias, mythical person related to Trojan War*
5121 Numazawa	1989 AX1	Shigemi Numazawa, Japanese amateur astronomer
5122 Mucha	1989 AZ1	Alfons Mucha, Czech artist [MPC 34621] †
5123 -	1989 BL	-
5124 Muraoka	1989 CW	Kenji Muraoka, Japanese amateur astronomer and orbit computer † ‡
5125 Okushiri	1989 CN1	Okushiri Island, Japan
5126 Achaemenides	1989 CH2	Achaemenides, mythological Greek warrior
5127 Bruhns	1989 CO3	Nicolaus Bruhns, German composer †
5128 Wakabayashi	1989 FJ	Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Japan
5129 Groom	1989 GN	*
5130 Ilioneus	1989 SC7	Ilioneus, mythical person related to Trojan War
5131 -	1990 BG	-
5132 Maynard	1990 ME	Owen Eugene Maynard, Canadian aeronautical engineer †
5133 Phillipadams	1990 PA	Phillip Adams? *
5134 Ebilson	1990 SM2	Elisabeth Bilson, administrator in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University †
5135 Nibutani	1990 UE	Nibutani, sacred land for the indigenous Ainu of Hokkaidō, Japan †
5136 Baggaley	1990 UG2	*
5137 Frevert	1990 VC	Friedrich Frevert, German astronomer † ‡
5138 Gyoda	1990 VD2	Gyōda, Saitama, Japan
5139 Rumoi	1990 VH4	Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan
5140 Kida	1990 XH	Kinjirō Kida, Japanese painter
5141 Tachibana	1990 YB	Tachibana, a kendo club † [MPC 22830]
5142 Okutama	1990 YD	Okutama Observatory, Japan
5143 Heracles	1991 VL	Heracles, Greek hero
5144 Achates	1991 XX	Achates, mythical Trojan warrior
5145 Pholus	1992 AD	Pholus, mythological centaur
5146 Moiwa	1992 BP	Mount Moiwa, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
5147 Maruyama	1992 BQ	Maruyama hill, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
5148 Giordano	5557 P-L	Giordano Bruno, Italian Dominican priest †
5149 Leibniz	6582 P-L	Gottfried Leibniz, German scientist †*
5150 Fellini	7571 P-L	Federico Fellini, Italian film director*
5151 Weerstra	2160 T-2	Klaas Weerstra, Dutch comet chaser †
5152 Labs	1931 UD	Dietrich Labs, German astrophysicist and professor at Heidelberg University and Königstuhl Observatory †
5153 -	1940 GO	-
5154 Leonov	1969 TL1	Evgenij Pavlovich Leonov, Soviet artist [MPC 34621]
5155 Denisyuk	1972 HR	Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk, Russian physicist*
5156 Golant	1972 KL	Viktor Evgen'evich Golant, Russian physicist*
5157 Hindemith	1973 UB5	Paul Hindemith, German composer and conductor*
5158 Ogarev	1976 YY	Nikolai Platonovich Ogarev, Russian poet*
5159 Burbine	1977 RG	Thomas Burbine, American planetary scientist at Mount Holyoke College
5160 Camoes	1979 YO	Luís Vaz de Camões (1524–1580) Portuguese poet*
5161 Wightman	1980 TX3	*
5162 Piemonte	1982 BW	Piedmont, Italy*
5163 -	1983 TD2	*
5164 Mullo	1984 WE1	*
5165 Videnom	1985 CG	Videnom, popular weekly Danish television program on natural science †
5166 Olson	1985 FU1	*
5167 Joeharms	1985 GU1	Joe Harms? *
5168 Jenner	1986 EJ	Edward Jenner, English medical doctor, who introduced the smallpox vaccine*
5169 Duffell	1986 RU2	Stephen Duffell, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22830]
5170 Sissons	1987 EH	Anthony Sissons, friend of the discoverer [MPC 22830]
5171 Augustesen	1987 SQ3	Karl Augustesen, Danish astronomer*
5172 Yoshiyuki	1987 UX1	Yoshiyuki Endō, Japanese*
5173 Stjerneborg	1988 EM1	Stjerneborg, pioneering astronomical observatory built by Tycho Brahe †
5174 Okugi	1988 HF	Shin Okugi, Japanese optical engineer
5175 Ables	1988 VS4	Harold Ables, American astronomer*
5176 Yoichi	1989 AU	Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan*
5177 Hugowolf	1989 AY6	Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer*
5178 Pattazhy	1989 CD4	Sainudeen Pattazhy, Indian environmentalist †
5179 Takeshima	1989 EO1	Toshio Takeshima, Japanese Iai master †
5180 Ohno	1989 GF	Keiko or Hiroko Ohno, Japanese optical engineer*
5181 SURF	1989 GO	Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowhip (SURF) of Caltech*
5182 Bray	1989 NE	Robert John Bray, British astronomer*
5183 Robyn	1990 OA1	*
5184 Cavaillé-Coll	1990 QY7	Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, French organist †
5185 Alerossi	1990 RV2	Alessandro Rossi, Italian astronomer
5186 Donalu	1990 SB4	*
5187 Domon	1990 TK1	Ken Domon, Japanese photographer
5188 Paine	1990 TZ2	Thomas O. Paine, American metallurgist, third Administrator of NASA, and advisor to the Planetary Society †
5189 -	1990 UQ	-
5190 -	1990 UR2	-
5191 -	1990 VO3	-
5192 Yabuki	1991 CC	Hiroshi Yabuki, Japanese optical engineer*
5193 Tanakawataru	1992 ET	Wataru Tanaka, Japanese astronomer and professor †
5194 Böttger	4641 P-L	Johann Friedrich Böttger, developed porcelain production methods in Meissen, Germany*
5195 Kaendler	3289 T-1	Johann Joachim Kändler, German sculptor, later founder of the European style of porcelain in Meissen, Germany*
5196 Bustelli	3102 T-2	Franz Anton Bustelli, Swiss artist, involved with the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory*
5197 Rottmann	4265 T-2	Carl Rottmann, German artist*
5198 Fongyunwah	1975 BP1	Yun-Wah Fong, Chinese educator*
5199 Dortmund	1981 RP2	Dortmund, Germany*
5200 Pamal	1983 CM	Patrick Michael Malotki, friend of the discoverer, on the occasion of his 21st birthday (the nickname stands for "pas mal", French for "not bad", a compliment) †
5201-5300
5201 Ferraz-Mello	1983 XF	Sylvio Ferraz-Mello, Brazilian astronomer*
5202 -	1983 XX	*
5203 Pavarotti	1984 SF1	Luciano Pavarotti, Italian opera singer † [MPC 22830]
5204 Herakleitos	1988 CN2	Herakleitos, Ancient Greek philosopher †
5205 -	1988 CU7	*
5206 Kodomonomori	1988 ED	Kodomo no Mori (Children's Forest), Treeplanting program in Japan
5207 Hearnshaw	1988 HE	John Bernard Hearnshaw, New Zealand spectroscopist, who has guided the Mount John University Observatory through major developments over 30 years †
5208 Royer	1989 CH1	Msgr. Ronald E. Royer, American priest and amateur astronomer*
5209 -	1989 CW1	*
5210 Saint-Saëns	1989 EL6	Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer †*
5211 Stevenson	1989 NX	David John Stevenson, New Zealand planetary scientist †
5212 -	1989 SS	*
5213 Takahashi	1990 FU	Kiichiro Takahashi, president of Takahashi Seisakusho
5214 Oozora	1990 VN3	Ōzora, Limited express train at Hokkaidō, Japan*
5215 Tsurui	1991 AE	Tsurui, Hokkaidō, Japan
5216 -	1941 HA	*
5217 Chaozhou	1966 CL	Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China, cradle of the Chaoshan Culture †
5218 Kutsak	1969 TB3	*
5219 Zemka	1976 GU3	*
5220 Vika	1979 SA8	*
5221 Fabribudweis	1980 FB	Wenceslaus Fabri de Budweis, medieval Czech scientist †
5222 Ioffe	1980 TL13	Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, Russian physicist*
5223 McSween	1981 EX6	Harold Y. McSween, planetary geologist and geochemist, meteorite researcher †
5224 Abbe	1982 DX3	Ernst Abbe, German astronomer, optician and educator †*
5225 Loral	1983 TS1	*
5226 Pollack	1983 WL	James Barney Pollack, American planetary scientist*
5227 -	1986 PE	*
5228 Máca	1986 VT	Jan Máca, schoolmate and friend of the discoverer, for his contribution to the protection of nature †
5229 -	1987 DE6	*
5230 Asahina	1988 EF	Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor
5231 Verne	1988 JV	Jules Verne, French novelist and playwright †
5232 Jordaens	1988 PR1	Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter †
5233 -	1988 RL10	-
5234 Sechenov	1989 VP	Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov, Russian physician*
5235 Jean-Loup	1990 SA1	Jean-Loup Chrétien, French astronaut?*
5236 Yoko	1990 TG3	Yoko Huruta, wife of discoverer
5237 Yoshikawa	1990 UF3	Katsunori or Masanori Yoshikawa, Japanese*
5238 Naozane	1990 VE2	Kumagai Naozane, early samurai
5239 Reiki	1990 VC4	Reiki Kushida, Japanese astronomer*
5240 Kwasan	1990 XE	Kwasan Observatory of Kyoto University*
5241 -	1990 YL	*
5242 Kenreimonin	1991 BO	Empress Dowager Kenrei, Japan
5243 Clasien	1246 T-2	Clasien Shane, wife of American astronomer William Whitney Shane at Leiden Observatory †
5244 Amphilochos	1973 SQ1	Amphilochos, mythical person related to Trojan War
5245 Maslyakov	1976 GR2	*
5246 Migliorini	1979 OB	*
5247 Krylov	1982 UP6	Ivan Andreyevich Krylov, Russian fabulist*
5248 Scardia	1983 GQ	Marco Scardia, Italian astronomer*
5249 Giza	1983 HJ	*
5250 Jas	1984 QF	Czech for 'brightness' and the initials of the Jihočeská Astronomická Společnost (South Bohemian Astronomical Society) †
5251 Bradwood	1985 KA	Frank Bradshaw Wood, American astronomer †
5252 Vikrymov	1985 PZ1	*
5253 -	1985 XB	*
5254 Ulysses	1986 VG1	Roman name for Odysseus, mythological Greek king †
5255 Johnsophie	1988 KF	*
5256 Farquhar	1988 NN	*
5257 -	1988 RS10	*
5258 -	1989 AU1	*
5259 Epeigeus	1989 BB1	Epeigeus, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25443]
5260 Philvéron	1989 RH	Philippe Véron, French astronomer †
5261 Eureka	1990 MB	'Eureka!', Greek exclamation of discovery*
5262 Brucegoldberg	1990 XB1	Bruce Arthur Goldberg, American astronomer*
5263 Arrius	1991 GY9	*
5264 Telephus	1991 KC	Telephus, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444]
5265 Schadow	2570 P-L	Johann Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor or his son Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, German painter or Ridolfo Schadow, German sculptor or Felix Schadow, German artist*
5266 Rauch	4047 T-2	Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor*
5267 -	1966 CF	*
5268 -	1971 US1	*
5269 Paustovskij	1978 SL6	Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer*
5270 Kakabadze	1979 KR	Sargis Kakabadze, Georgian historian and philologist or David Kakabadze, Georgian artist*
5271 -	1979 MH7	*
5272 Dickinson	1981 QH2	Terence Dickinson, Canadian astronomy populariser †
5273 Peilisheng	1982 DQ6	Pei Lisheng, 20th-century Chinese satellite scientist and oceanographer †
5274 Degewij	1985 RS	Johan Degewij, Dutch astronomer †
5275 Zdislava	1986 UU	Saint Zdislava (sv. Zdislava), Moravian noblewoman, wife of Markvartic Havel, Duke of Lemberk, known for her generosity to the poor, and an early lay member of the Dominican Order †
5276 Gulkis	1987 GK	Samuel Gulkis, American astronomer*
5277 -	1988 DO	*
5278 Polly	1988 EJ1	Polly Brooks, member of the Planetary Society's New Millennium Committee †
5279 Arthuradel	1988 LA	Arthur Adel, American astrophysicist [MPC 22830]
5280 -	1988 PT	*
5281 Lindstrom	1988 SO1	Marilyn Martin Lindstrom (born Marilyn R. Martin), American planetary geologist [2]
5282 Yamatotakeru	1988 VT	Yamato Takeru, Japanese legendary prince
5283 Pyrrhus	1989 BW	Neoptolemus, son of Achilles
5284 Orsilocus	1989 CK2	Orsilocus, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444]
5285 Krethon	1989 EO11	Krethon, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444]
5286 Haruomukai	1989 VT1	Haruo Mukai, brother of one of the discoverers*
5287 Heishu	1989 WE	Heishu Hosoi, Japanese confucianist
5288 Nankichi	1989 XD	Nankichi Niimi, Japanese author
5289 Niemela	1990 KG2	*
5290 Langevin	1990 OD4	Paul Langevin, French physicist*
5291 Yuuko	1990 YT	Yuuko Matsuyama, wife of discoverer
5292 -	1991 AJ1	*
5293 Bentengahama	1991 BQ2	Benten beach, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan*
5294 Onnetoh	1991 CB	Lake Onnetoh, Hokkaidō, Japan
5295 Masayo	1991 CE	Masayo Mizuno, wife of discoverer
5296 Friedrich	9546 P-L	*
5297 Schinkel	4170 T-2	Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect*
5298 Paraskevopoulos	1966 PK	John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos, Greek astronomer, director of the Athens Observatory and later superintendent of the Boyden Observatory †
5299 Bittesini	1969 LB	Luciano Bittesini, Italian amateur astronomer, of Farra d'Isonzo Observatory*
5300 Sats	1974 SX1	Nataliya Il'inichna Sats, Soviet author [MPC 34621]
5301-5400
5301 Novobranets	1974 SD3	Ivan Novobranets, Ukrainian painter*
5302 Romanoserra	1976 YF5	Romano Serra, Italian physicist †
5303 Parijskij	1978 TT2	Yurij Nikolaevich Parijskij, Russian radio-astronomer †
5304 Bazhenov	1978 TA7	Vasilij Ivanovich Bazhenov, Russian architect [MPC 34621]
5305 -	1978 VS5	*
5306 Fangfen	1980 BB	Fen Fang, Chinese astronomer
5307 Paul-André	1980 YC	*
5308 Hutchison	1981 DC2	Robert Hutchison, British meteoriticist*
5309 MacPherson	1981 ED25	Glenn Joseph MacPherson, American mineralogist/geochemist*
5310 Papike	1981 EP26	*
5311 -	1981 GD1	*
5312 Schott	1981 VP2	Jacques Schott, French geochemist and mineralogist or Jean-Jacques Schott, French geophysicist or Charles Anthony Schott, American astronomer*
5313 Nunes	1982 SC2	*
5314 Wilkickia	1982 SG4	*
5315 Bal'mont	1982 SV5	*
5316 Filatov	1982 UB7	*
5317 Verolacqua	1983 CE	Veronica Lynn Passalacqua*
5318 Dientzenhofer	1985 HG1	Kryštof Dientzenhofer, Czech architect † ‡
5319 Petrovskaya	1985 RK6	Margarita Sergeevna Petrovskaya, Russian astronomer †
5320 Lisbeth	1985 VD	*
5321 Jagras	1985 VN	*
5322 -	1986 QB1	*
5323 Fogh	1986 TL4	*
5324 Lyapunov	1987 SL	Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian mathematician, engineer and physicist †*
5325 Silver	1988 JQ	*
5326 -	1988 RT6	*
5327 -	1989 EX1	*
5328 -	1989 UH1	*
5329 Decaro	1989 YP	Mario De Caro, Italian philosopher †
5330 Senrikyu	1990 BQ1	Sen no Rikyū, Japanese tea master
5331 Erimomisaki	1990 BT1	Cape Erimo, Hokkaidō, Japan
5332 -	1990 DA	*
5333 Kanaya	1990 UH	Kanaya, Shizuoka, Japan
5334 Mishima	1991 CF	Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
5335 Damocles	1991 DA	Damocles, mythological Greek figure
5336 -	1991 JE1	*
5337 Aoki	1991 LD	Masahiro Aoki, Japanese amateur astronomer*
5338 Michelblanc	1991 RJ5	Michel Blanc, French astronomer*
5339 -	1992 CD	*
5340 Burton	4027 P-L	*
5341 Purgathofer	6040 P-L	Alois Purgathofer, Austrian astronomer*
5342 Le Poole	3129 T-2	Rudolf Le Poole, Dutch astronomer at Leiden †
5343 Ryzhov	1977 SG3	*
5344 Ryabov	1978 RN	*
5345 Boynton	1981 EY8	*
5346 -	1981 QE3	*
5347 -	1985 DX2	*
5348 -	1988 BB	*
5349 Paulharris	1988 RA	Paul Harris? *
5350 Epetersen	1989 GL1	Erik V. Petersen, Danish amateur astronomer †
5351 Diderot	1989 SG5	Denis Diderot, French writer †
5352 Fujita	1989 YN	Yoshio Fujita, Japanese astronomer*
5353 -	1989 YT	-
5354 Hisayo	1990 BJ2	Hisayo Kaneda, daughter of one of discoveres*
5355 Akihiro	1991 CA	Akihiro Ueda, Son of one of discoveres*
5356 -	1991 FF1	-
5357 -	1992 EL	-
5358 -	1992 QH	-
5359 Markzakharov	1974 QX1	Mark Anatolievich Zakharov, Russian producer [MPC 34621]
5360 Rozhdestvenskij	1975 VD9	Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow *
5361 Goncharov	1976 YC2	Ivan Goncharov, Russian author*
5362 -	1978 CH	-
5363 Kupka	1979 UQ	František Kupka, Czech artist [MPC 34621] †
5364 -	1980 RC1	-
5365 Fievez	1981 EN1	Charles Fievez, pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy in Belgium*
5366 Rhianjones	1981 EY30	Rhian Howell Jones, British meteoriticist
5367 Sollenberger	1982 TT	Paul Sollenberger, American astronomer*
5368 Vitagliano	1984 SW5	Aldo Vitagliano, Italian astronomer †
5369 Virgiugum	1985 SE1	*
5370 Taranis	1986 RA	Celtic god Taranis
5371 -	1987 VG1	-
5372 Bikki	1987 WS	Bikki Sunazawa, Ainu sculptor
5373 -	1988 VV3	-
5374 Hokutosei	1989 AM1	Hokutosei, Japanese overnight limited express
5375 Siedentopf	1989 AN6	Heinrich Siedentopf, German astronomer*
5376 -	1990 DD	-
5377 Komori	1991 FM	Yukimasa Komori, Japanese amateur astronomer*
5378 Ellyett	1991 GD	Clifford D. Ellyett, Australian physicist (geophysicist), latterly Professor of Physics, Newcastle University, N.S.W*
5379 Abehiroshi	1991 HG	Hiroshi Abe, Japanese amateur astronomer*
5380 Sprigg	1991 JT	*
5381 Sekhmet	1991 JY	Sekhmet, Egyptian goddess
5382 McKay	1991 JR2	Christopher P. McKay, American planetary scientist or David Stewart McKay, American planetary geologist or ...*
5383 Leavitt	4293 T-2	Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer †*
5384 -	1957 VA	-
5385 Kamenka	1975 TS3	*
5386 Bajaja	1975 TH6	Esteban Bajaja, Argentine radio-astronomer †
5387 Casleo	1980 NB	CASLEO, the Complejo Astronómico Leoncito, San Juan, Argentina, the discovery site †
5388 Mottola	1981 ED1	Stefano Mottola, German astronomer*
5389 Choikaiyau	1981 UB10	Kai-Yau Choi, Chinese educator*
5390 Huichiming	1981 YO1	Chi-Ming Hui, Chinese*
5391 Emmons	1985 RE2	Richard H. Emmons, American physicist and astronomy educator †
5392 Parker	1986 AK	Donald C. Parker, American amateur astronomer †
5393 Goldstein	1986 ET	Richard M. Goldstein, radar astronomer [MPC 22830]
5394 Jurgens	1986 EZ1	Raymond Francis Jurgens, American astronomer*
5395 Shosasaki	1988 RK11	Shō Sasaki, Japanese planetary scientist
5396 -	1988 SH1	-
5397 Vojislava	1988 VB5	Vojislava Protić–Benišek, Serb astronomer †
5398 -	1989 AK1	-
5399 Awa	1989 BT	Awa Province, ancient name of Tokushima prefecture, Japan
5400 -	1989 CM	-
5401-5500
5401 Minamioda	1989 EV	Minamioda, Kamikawa, Hyōgo, Japan
5402 Kejosmith	1989 UK2	*
5403 Takachiho	1990 DM	Takachiho, Miyazaki, Japan
5404 Uemura	1991 EE1	Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer
5405 Neverland	1991 GY	Neverland, fictional land created by J. M. Barrie*
5406 Jonjoseph	1991 PH11	Jonathan Joseph, programmer analyst at the Department of Astronomy of Cornell University †
5407 -	1992 AX	-
5408 Thé	1232 T-1	Pik Sin Thé, former director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang, Indonesia †
5409 Saale	1962 SR	*
5410 Spivakov	1967 DA	Vladimir Spivakov, Russian conductor and violinist*
5411 Liia	1973 AT3	*
5412 Rou	1973 SR3	Aleksandr Arturovich Rou, Russian actor [MPC 34621]
5413 Smyslov	1977 EC2	Vasily Smyslov, chess world champion 1957-1958*
5414 Sokolov	1977 RW6	Viktor Georgievich Sokolov, Russian astronomer †
5415 Lyanzuridi	1978 TB2	*
5416 Estremadoyro	1978 VE5	Víctor Antolí Estremadoyro Robles, Peruvian astronomer, founder of the Peruvian Association of Astronomy and the Iberoamerican League of Astronomy †
5417 Solovaya	1981 QT	Nina A. Solovaya, Russian astronomer † ‡
5418 Joyce	1981 QG1	James Joyce, Irish writer [MPC 34621] †
5419 Benua	1981 SW7	Nikolaj Leont'evich Benua, Russian architect, and his sons Leontij Nikolaevich, Russian architect, and Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Russian painter [MPC 34621]
5420 Jancis	1982 JR1	Jancis Robinson, British Master of Wine, editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine, weekly contributor to the Financial Times †
5421 Ulanova	1982 TD2	Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina †
5422 Hodgkin	1982 YL1	Dorothy C. Hodgkin, British chemist and Nobel Prize winner†*
5423 -	1983 DC	-
5424 Covington	1983 TN1	Arthur Edwin Covington, first Canadian radio-astronomer †
5425 Vojtěch	1984 SA1	Václav Vojtěch, Czech Antarctic explorer [MPC 34621] † ‡
5426 Sharp	1985 DD	*
5427 Jensmartin	1986 JQ	Jens Martin Knudsen, Danish astrophysicist †
5428 -	1987 RA1	-
5429 -	1988 BZ1	-
5430 Luu	1988 JA1	Jane Luu, Vietnamese-American astronomer*
5431 Maxinehelin	1988 MB	Maxine Helin? *
5432 Imakiire	1988 VN	Kyōko Imakiire, Japanese yachtswoman
5433 Kairen	1988 VZ2	Imakiire's Yacht
5434 -	1989 ES	-
5435 Kameoka	1990 BS1	Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan
5436 Eumelos	1990 DK	Eumelos, mythical person related to Trojan War [MPC 25444]
5437 -	1990 DU3	-
5438 Lorre	1990 QJ	Jean J. Lorre, American astronomer*
5439 Couturier	1990 RW	Pierre Couturier, French astronomer*
5440 Terao	1991 HD	Hisashi Terao Japanese astronomer
5441 -	1991 JZ1	-
5442 Drossart	1991 NH1	Pierre Drossart, French astronomer*
5443 Encrenaz	1991 NX1	Thérèse Encrenaz, French astronomer, Director of Research at CNRS and Director of the Space Research Department at Paris Observatory, or Pierre Encrenaz, French astronomer, Mission Scientist, Herschel Science Centre, at Paris Observatory*
5444 Gautier	1991 PM8	Daniel Gautier, French astronomer or Thomas Nicholas Gautier, American astronomer or Swiss astronomers Raoul Gautier and Émile Gautier (Étienne Alfred Émile Gautier)*
5445 Williwaw	1991 PA12	*
5446 Heyler	1991 PB13	Gene A. Heyler, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
5447 Lallement	1991 PO14	Rosine Lallement, French astronomer*
5448 Siebold	1992 SP	Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician who worked at the Dutch Trading Post on Dejima Island in Nagasaki from 1823 onwards [3] and †
5449 -	1992 US5	-
5450 Sokrates	2780 P-L	Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher
5451 Plato	4598 P-L	Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher
5452 -	1937 NN	-
5453 Zakharchenya	1975 VS5	*
5454 Kojiki	1977 EW5	Kojiki, the first written mythorogy of Japan
5455 Surkov	1978 RV5	Yurii Aleksandrovich Surkov, Russian planetary scientist*
5456 Merman	1979 HH3	*
5457 Queen's	1980 TW5	Queen's University, Kingston, Canada †
5458 Aizman	1980 TB12	*
5459 Saraburger	1981 QP3	Sara Burger, who helped Dutch Jews in World War II †
5460 Tsénaat'a'í	1983 AW	Navajo for "Flying Rock" (1996 Flagstaff Festival of Science asteroid naming contest winner) †
5461 Autumn	1983 HB1	*
5462 -	1984 SX5	-
5463 Danwelcher	1985 TO	Dan Welcher, American composer and conductor*
5464 Weller	1985 VC1	*
5465 Chumakov	1986 RF13	*
5466 Makibi	1986 WP8	Kibi Makibi, Japanese scholar and noble
5467 -	1988 AG	-
5468 Hamatonbetsu	1988 BK	Hamatonbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
5469 -	1988 BK4	-
5470 Kurtlindstrom	1988 BK5	Kurt Leighton Lindstrom, American program executive for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission †
5471 Tunguska	1988 PK1	Tunguska, site of a presumed asteroidal impact †
5472 -	1988 RR	-
5473 Yamanashi	1988 VR	Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
5474 Gingasen	1988 XE1	Furusato Ginga Line of Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway, Japan (Abolished in 2006)
5475 -	1989 QO	-
5476 -	1989 TO11	-
5477 -	1989 UH2	-
5478 Wartburg	1989 UE4	*
5479 Grahamryder	1989 UT5	Graham Ryder, British lunar geologist*
5480 -	1989 YK8	-
5481 Kiuchi	1990 CH	Tsuruhiko Kiuchi, Japanese amateur astronomer
5482 -	1990 DX	-
5483 Cherkashin	1990 UQ11	*
5484 Inoda	1990 VH1	Shigeru Inoda, Japanese amateur astronomer
5485 Kaula	1991 RQ21	William M. Kaula, Australian-American geophysicist †
5486 -	1991 UT2	-
5487 -	1991 UM4	-
5488 Kiyosato	1991 VK5	Kiyosato, a town of Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan
5489 Oberkochen	1993 BF2	*
5490 Burbidge	2019 P-L	Margaret Burbidge, British astrophysicist*
5491 Kaulbach	3128 T-1	*
5492 Thoma	3227 T-1	*
5493 Spitzweg	1617 T-2	*
5494 Johanmohr	1933 UM1	Johan Maurits Mohr, 18th-century German-Dutch astronomer and meteorologist †
5495 Rumyantsev	1972 RY3	Vasilii Rumyantsev, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
5496 -	1973 NA	-
5497 Sararussell	1975 SS	Sara Russell, British meteoriticist at the Natural History Museum*
5498 Gustafsson	1980 FT3	Bengt Gustafsson, Swedish astronomer † [MPC 22830]
5499 -	1981 SU2	*
5500 Twilley	1981 WR	*

Preceded by 4501–5000

Meanings of asteroid names List of asteroids (5001-5500)

Succeeded by 5501–6000