Meanings of asteroid names (59001-60000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Contents: 59001... 59101... 59201... 59301... 59401... 59501... 59601... 59701... 59801... 59901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 59001-59100 | ||
| 59001 Senftenberg | 1998 SZ35 | 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 | 1998 VT33 | Tommaso Maccacaro, Italian astrophysicist and x-ray astronomer † |
| 59201-59300 | ||
| 59239 Alhazen | 1999 CR2 | Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, medieval Arab astronomer, mathematician, doctor, philosopher and physicist † ‡ |
| 59301-59400 | ||
| 59388 Monod | 1999 FU19 | Jacques Lucien Monod, French molecular biologist and Nobelist † |
| 59390 Habermas | 1999 FR21 | Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher, political scientist and sociologist, member of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research † |
| 59401-59500 | ||
| 59417 Giocasilli | 1999 GD1 | Giovanni Casilli, Italian astronomer-technician † |
| 59419 Prešov | 1999 GE2 | Prešov, eastern Slovakia † |
| 59701-59800 | ||
| 59793 Clapiès | 1999 OD | Jean de Clapiès (also written Clapiez), French mathematician, engineer, hydrographer, and astronomer † |
| 59800 Astropis | 1999 PV4 | Astropis, Czech astronomy magazine † |
| 59801-59900 | ||
| 59804 Dickjoyce | 1999 RJ1 | Richard "Dick" R. Joyce, American astronomer † |
| 59830 Reynek | 1999 RE33 | Bohuslav Reynek, Bohemian (Czech) poet and graphic artist † ‡ |
| 59833 Danimatter | 1999 RZ36 | Daniel Matter, French amateur astronomer, friend of the discoverer † ‡ |
| 59901-60000 | ||
| 60000 Miminko | 1999 TZ3 | "Miminko", a Czech word that expresses the innocence of the very beginning of human life † |
| Preceded by 58001–59000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (59001-60000) |
Succeeded by 60001–61000 |
