Meanings of minor planet names: 5501–6000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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:
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
5501–5600
5501 - 1982 FF2 -
5502 Brashear 1984 EC John Brashear, American astronomer and instrument builder*
5503 - 1985 CE2 -
5504 Lanzerotti 1985 FC2 Louis John Lanzerotti, American astronomer*
5505 Rundetaarn 1986 VD1 The Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark ("the Round Tower") an astronomical observatory built in Copenhagen by King Christian IV †
5506 - 1987 SV11 -
5507 Niijima 1987 UJ Tsuneo Niijima, Japanese amateur astronomer
5508 - 1988 EB -
5509 Rennsteig 1988 RD3 *
5510 - 1988 RF7 -
5511 Cloanthus 1988 TH1 Cloanthus, mythical person related to Trojan War: Cloanthus wins the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5512 - 1988 VD7 -
5513 Yukio 1988 WB Yukio Hasegawa, Japanese amateur astronomer
5514 - 1989 BN1 -
5515 - 1989 EL1 -
5516 Jawilliamson 1989 JK Jack Williamson, American science-fiction author †
5517 Johnerogers 1989 LJ John E. Rogers, American amateur astronomer*
5518 Mariobotta 1989 YF Mario Botta, Swiss architect*
5519 Lellouch 1990 QB4 Emmanuel Lellouch, French astronomer*
5520 Natori 1990 RB Akira Natori, Japanese astronomer †
5521 Morpurgo 1991 PM1 Pieter Anthony Bridge Morpurgo, British producer (1981-1998) of the long-running BBC programme The Sky at Night*
5522 De Rop 1991 PJ5 Willy De Rop, Belgian astronomer †
5523 Luminet 1991 PH8 Jean-Pierre Luminet, French astrophysicist, essayist, novelist, and poet † ‡ ‖
5524 Lecacheux 1991 RA30 Jean Lecacheux, French astronomer*
5525 - 1991 TS4 -
5526 Kenzo 1991 UP1 Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese amateur astronomer
5527 - 1991 UQ3 -
5528 - 1992 AJ -
5529 Perry 2557 P-L Marcus Perry, chief engineer at Spacewatch*
5530 Eisinga 2835 P-L Eise Eisinga, Frisian astronomer who built a planetarium †
5531 Carolientje 1051 T-2 Caroline van Houten, granddaughter of the Dutch astronomers (husband and wife) Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten †
5532 Ichinohe 1932 CY Naozō Ichinohe, Japanese astronomer and science writer
5533 Bagrov 1935 SC Nikolaj Vasil'evich Bagrov, geographer at the Simferopol State University [MPC 34621]
5534 - 1941 UN -
5535 Annefrank 1942 EM Anne Frank (Annelies Frank), German Jewish diarist † and ‡
5536 Honeycutt 1955 QN R. Kent Honeycutt, American astronomer* or Jay Honeycutt, former Director of Kennedy Space Center*
5537 - 1964 TA2 -
5538 Luichewoo 1964 TU2 Lui Che-woo, Chinese mineralogist
5539 Limporyen 1965 UA1 Lim Por-yen, Hong Kong media tycoon and banker
5540 Smirnova 1971 QR1 Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova, Russian astronomer
5541 Seimei 1976 UH16 Abe no Seimei, Onmyōji
5542 Moffatt 1978 PT4 Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed† ‡
5543 Sharaf 1978 TW2 *
5544 Kazakov 1978 TH6 Matvej Fedorovich Kazakov, Russian architect [MPC 34621]
5545 Makarov 1978 VY14 *
5546 Salavat 1979 YS *
5547 Acadiau 1980 LE1 Acadia University, Canada †
5548 Thosharriot 1980 TH Thomas Harriot, 16th-17th-century English mathematician, inventor of the < and > symbols, and who drew the Moon from Syon House, near London, on 1609 July 26 (O.S.), several months before Galileo †
5549 Bobstefanik 1981 GM1 Robert Phillip Stefanik, American astronomer*
5550 - 1981 UB1 -
5551 Glikson 1982 BJ Andrew Yoram Glikson, Australian geologist*
5552 Studnička 1982 SJ1 František Josef Studnička, Czech mathematician †
5553 Chodas 1984 CM1 Paul Winchester Chodas, Canadian astronomer †
5554 Keesey 1985 TW1 Michael Savage West Keesey, American astronomer*
5555 Wimberly 1986 VF5 Ravenel N. Wimberly (also as Ray or Raymond Wimberly), of the Solar System Dynamics Group at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5556 - 1988 AL -
5557 Chimikeppuko 1989 CM1 Lake Chimikeppu, Hokkaidō, Japan
5558 - 1989 WL2 -
5559 - 1990 MV -
5560 Amytis 1990 MX Amytis, daughter of Cyaxares, king of Media, married to Nebuchadnezzar II, who constructed the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for her*
5561 Iguchi 1991 QD Masatoshi Iguchi, president of the Photovoltaic Popularization Associaction in Japan
5562 - 1991 VS -
5563 - 1991 VZ1 -
5564 - 1991 VH2 -
5565 Ukyounodaibu 1991 VN2 Kenreimon-In Ukyō no Daibu, Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting attended to Taira no Tokuko
5566 - 1991 VY3 -
5567 Durisen 1953 FK1 Richard Henry Durisen, American astronomer
5568 Mufson 1953 TS2 Stuart Lee Mufson, American astronomer
5569 Colby 1974 FO Michael John Colby, American spacecraft integration manager of NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission †
5570 Kirsan 1976 GM7 *
5571 Lesliegreen 1978 LG Leslie Green, British treasurer of the Junior Astronomical Society (now the Society for Popular Astronomy), 1967–2007 †
5572 Bliskunov 1978 SS2 Aleksandr Ivanovich Bliskunov, Crimean orthopaedic surgeon [MPC 34621]
5573 - 1981 QX -
5574 - 1984 FS -
5575 - 1985 RP2 -
5576 Albanese 1986 UM1 Giacomo Albanese, Italian mathematician and physicist †* or
Lucia Albanese, Italian soprano who sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera* or ...
5577 Priestley 1986 WQ2 Joseph Priestley, English chemist †. Also, the wavelength, in Ångstrom units, of green light in the Aurora borealis, due to atomic oxygen (Priestley was credited as co-discoverer of oxygen) *
5578 Takakura 1987 BC Emperor Takakura, Japan
5579 Uhlherr 1988 JL Ralph Uhlherr, meteoritics researcher with the United States Geological Survey*
5580 Sharidake 1988 RP1 Mount Shari, Hokkaidō, Japan
5581 Mitsuko 1989 CY1 Mitsuko Iwamoto, wife of one of discovers
5582 - 1989 CU8 -
5583 Braunerová 1989 EY1 Zdenka Braunerová, Czech artist †
5584 Izenberg 1989 KK Noam Raphael Izenberg, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
5585 Parks 1990 MJ *
5586 - 1990 RE6 -
5587 - 1990 SB -
5588 Jennabelle 1990 SW2 Jenna Belle Weathers Roman, grandmother of the discoverer †
5589 De Meis 1990 SD14 Salvatore De Meis, Italian astronomer and historian †
5590 - 1990 VA -
5591 Koyo 1990 VF2 Koyo Kawanishi, Japanese amateur astronomer
5592 Oshima 1990 VB4 Yoshiaki Oshima, Japanese amateur astronomer
5593 Jonsujatha 1991 JN1 *
5594 Jimmiller 1991 NK1 Jim Miller, deputy navigation team manager with NEAR at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5595 Roth 1991 PJ Mary Roth, administrative assistant in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University †
5596 Morbidelli 1991 PQ10 Alessandro Morbidelli, Italian astronomer †
5597 Warren 1991 PC13 Jeffrey R. Warren, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
5598 Carlmurray 1991 PN18 Carl Desmond Murray, British astronomer, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary College London
5599 - 1991 SG1 -
5600 - 1991 UY -
5601–5700
5601 - 1991 VR -
5602 - 1991 VM1 -
5603 Rausudake 1992 CE Mount Rausu, Hokkaidō, Japan
5604 - 1992 FE -
5605 Kushida 1993 DB Yoshio Kushida, Japanese amateur astronomer
5606 Muramatsu 1993 EH Osamu Muramatsu, Japanese amateur astronomer
5607 - 1993 EN -
5608 Olmos 1993 EO Edward James Olmos, American actor †
5609 Stroncone 1993 FU Stroncone, hill town in the Terni province of southern Umbria, Italy*
5610 Balster 2041 T-3 Harry Balster, Dutch amateur astronomer and his sister Yvonne †
5611 - 1943 DL -
5612 Nevskij 1975 TX2 *
5613 Donskoj 1976 YP1 *
5614 Yakovlev 1979 VN Oleg Izosimovich Yakovlev, Russian geochemist and planetary geologist, or Oleg Anatol'evich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, or Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian aircraft designer or Aleksandr Evgen'evich Yakovlev, Russian artist*
5615 Iskander 1983 PZ Central Asian name for Alexander the Great*
5616 Vogtland 1987 ST10 *
5617 Emelyanenko 1989 EL Vyacheslav V. Emel'yanenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
5618 Saitama 1990 EA Saitama Prefecture, Japan
5619 Shair 1990 HC1 Frederick Shair, Manager of the Educational Affairs Office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5620 Jasonwheeler 1990 OA Jason Wheeler Roman, youngest son of the first discoverer †
5621 Erb 1990 SG4 Bryan Erb and Dona Marie Erb, Canadian space scientists †
5622 - 1990 TL4 -
5623 Iwamori 1990 UY Yasuke Iwamori, Japanese astronomy teacher and principal of highschool
5624 Shirley 1991 AY1 Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society †
5625 - 1991 AO2 -
5626 - 1991 FE -
5627 - 1991 MA -
5628 Preussen 1991 RP7 German name for Prussia
5629 Kuwana 1993 DA1 Kuwana, Mie, Japan
5630 Billschaefer 1993 FZ *
5631 Sekihokutouge 1993 FE1 Sekihoku Pass, Hokkaidō, Japan
5632 Ingelehmann 1993 GG Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist †*
5633 - 1978 UL7 -
5634 - 1978 VT6 -
5635 Cole 1981 ER5 *
5636 Jacobson 1985 QN *
5637 Gyas 1988 RF1 Gyas, mythical person related to Trojan War: he participated in the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5638 Deikoon 1988 TA3 Deikoon, mythical person related to Trojan War: son of Pergasus, killed by Agamemnon (Iliad, Book V); there is another Deikoon, one of three sons of Herakles by Megara*
5639 - 1989 PE -
5640 Yoshino 1989 UR3 Yoshino, a town of Kagoshima, Japan
5641 McCleese 1990 DJ Daniel J. McCleese, American planetary scientist*
5642 Bobbywilliams 1990 OK1 *
5643 Roques 1990 QC2 *
5644 Maureenbell 1990 QG2 Maureen Bell, member of the NEAR Shoemaker computer team †*
5645 - 1990 SP -
5646 - 1990 TR -
5647 - 1990 TZ -
5648 - 1990 VU1 -
5649 Donnashirley 1990 WZ2 Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society †
5650 Mochihito-o 1990 XK Prince Mochihito, Japan
5651 Traversa 1991 CA2 Gilles Traversa, French(?) observatory assistant †
5652 Amphimachus 1992 HS3 Amphimachus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
5653 Camarillo 1992 WD5 *
5654 Terni 1993 KG The town and province of Terni in Italy
5655 Barney 1159 T-2 *
5656 Oldfield A920 TA Mike Oldfield, English composer and multi-instrumentalist †
5657 - 1936 QE1 -
5658 Clausbaader 1950 DO Claus Baader, German amateur astronomer † ‡
5659 - 1968 OA1 -
5660 - 1974 MA -
5661 Hildebrand 1977 PO1 Alan Russell Hildebrand, Canadian geologist †
5662 Wendycalvin 1981 EL4 Wendy Marie Calvin, American planetary geologist
5663 McKeegan 1981 EQ12 Kevin McKeegan, American geochemist and meteoriticist †
5664 Eugster 1981 EX43 Otto Eugster, Swiss meteoriticist †
5665 Begemann 1982 BD13 Friedrich Begemann, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
5666 Rabelais 1982 TP1 François Rabelais, French writer
5667 Nakhimovskaya 1983 QH1 *
5668 Foucault 1984 FU Léon Foucault, French physicist and astronomer †
5669 - 1985 CC2 -
5670 Rosstaylor 1985 VF2 Stuart Ross Taylor, New Zealand-born planetary scientist (geochemist, geologist) †
5671 Chanal 1985 XR *
5672 Libby 1986 EE2 Willard Frank Libby, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1990*
5673 McAllister 1986 RT2 Howard Conlee McAllister, American astronomer*
5674 Wolff 1986 RW2 *
5675 Evgenilebedev 1986 RY5 Evgenij Alekseevich Lebedev, Russian actor [MPC 34622]
5676 Voltaire 1986 RH12 Voltaire, French writer
5677 Aberdonia 1987 SQ1 University of Aberdeen, on the occasion of the quincentenary of its founding †
5678 DuBridge 1989 TS Lee Alvin DuBridge, American nuclear physicist, Director of MIT Radiation Laboratory and latterly of CalTech*
5679 Atsukadou 1989 VR Akka cave, Iwate, Japan
5680 - 1989 YZ1 -
5681 Bakulev 1990 RS17 Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bakulev, Soviet surgeon [MPC 34622]
5682 Beresford 1990 TB *
5683 Bifukumonin 1990 UD Bifukumon-In, Empress of Emperor Toba, Japan
5684 Kogo 1990 UB2 Kogō no Tsubone, consort of Emperor Takakura, Japan
5685 Sanenobufukui 1990 XA Sanenobu Fukui, Japanese amateur astronomer
5686 Chiyonoura 1990 YQ Chiyo's Beach, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
5687 Yamamotoshinobu 1991 AB1 Shinobu Yamamoto, director of the planetarium in Japan
5688 Kleewyck 1991 AD2 Klee Wyck, native name for Canadian artist Emily Carr †
5689 Rhön 1991 RZ2 *
5690 - 1992 EU -
5691 Fredwatson 1992 FD Frederick Garnett Watson, British astronomer*
5692 Shirao 1992 FR Motomaro Shirao, Japanese photographer and amateur astronomer
5693 - 1993 EA -
5694 Berényi 3051 P-L Dénes Berényi, Hungarian physicist † ‡
5695 Remillieux 4577 P-L Alban Remillieux, French physicist*
5696 Ibsen 4582 P-L Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright*
5697 Arrhenius 6766 P-L Svante August Arrhenius, Swedish chemist and 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry †*
5698 Nolde 4121 T-1 Emil Nolde, German Expressionist painter*
5699 Munch 2141 T-3 Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist
5700 Homerus 5166 T-3 Homer, Greek epic poet*
5701–5800
5701 Baltuck 1929 VS Miriam Baltuck, American geologist, NASA's representative in Australia and southeast Asia (1997-2002), director of university advancement at the Australian National University (2005) †
5702 Morando 1931 FC Bruno Morando, French astronomer, former Director of the Bureau des Longitudes*
5703 Hevelius 1931 VS Johannes Hevelius, astronomer
5704 Schumacher 1950 DE Heinrich Christian Schumacher, German astronomer*
5705 Ericsterken 1965 UA *
5706 Finkelstein 1971 SS1 *
5707 Shevchenko 1976 GY3 Vasilii G. Shevchenko, Ukrainian astronomer*
5708 Melancholia 1977 TC1 *
5709 Tamyeunleung 1977 TS3 Fong Tamyeunleung, Chinese charity worker †
5710 Silentium 1977 UP *
5711 Eneev 1978 SO4 *
5712 Funke 1979 SR Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer †
5713 - 1982 FF3 -
5714 Krasinsky 1982 PR *
5715 Kramer 1982 SE1 *
5716 Pickard 1982 UH *
5717 Damir 1982 UM6 Alim Matveevich Damir 1894-1982, professor of physics*
5718 - 1983 PB -
5719 Křižík 1983 RX František Křižík, Czech inventor †
5720 Halweaver 1984 FN Harold Anthony Weaver, American astronomer †
5721 - 1984 SO5 -
5722 Johnscherrer 1986 JS John Randell Scherrer, American project manager and deputy payload manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission †
5723 Hudson 1986 RR2 Scott Hudson (Raymond Scott Hudson), American electrical engineer and radar astronomer †
5724 - 1986 WE -
5725 Nördlingen 1988 BK2 *
5726 Rubin 1988 BN2 Vera Rubin, American astronomer*
5727 - 1988 BB4 -
5728 - 1988 BJ4 -
5729 - 1988 TA1 -
5730 Yonosuke 1988 TP1 Yonosuke Nakano, 19th-20th century Japanese astronomer and educator, one of the founders of the Gekko Observatory †
5731 Zeus 1988 VP4 Zeus, Greek god
5732 - 1988 WC -
5733 - 1989 AQ -
5734 Noguchi 1989 AL1 Soichi Noguchi, Japanese astronaut
5735 Loripaul 1989 LM *
5736 Sanford 1989 LW *
5737 Itoh 1989 SK Kazuyuki Itoh, Japanese amateur astronomer
5738 Billpickering 1989 UY3 *
5739 - 1989 WK2 -
5740 Toutoumi 1989 WM3 Tōtōmi Province, ancient name of western part of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
5741 - 1989 XC -
5742 - 1990 TN4 -
5743 Kato 1990 UW Yasuo Katō, Japanese mountain climber
5744 Yorimasa 1990 XP Minamoto no Yorimasa, early samurai
5745 - 1991 AN -
5746 - 1991 CK -
5747 - 1991 CO3 -
5748 Davebrin 1991 DX Glen David Brin, American science fiction writer*
5749 - 1991 FV -
5750 Kandatai 1991 GG1 Tai Kanda, Japanese astronomer
5751 Zao 1992 AC Mount Zaō, Tōhoku region, Japan
5752 - 1992 CJ -
5753 Yoshidatadahiko 1992 EM Tadahiko Yoshida, vice president of AES (Advanced Engineering Services), Japanese aerospace company
5754 - 1992 FR2 -
5755 - 1992 OP7 -
5756 Wassenbergh 6034 P-L Henri Wassenbergh (familiarly known as 'Or' Wassenbergh), former Professor of Air and Space Law at the University of Leiden and founder of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden †
5757 Tichá 1967 JN Jana Tichá, Czech astronomer*
5758 Brunini 1976 QZ1 Adrián Brunini, Argentine astronomer †
5759 Zoshchenko 1980 BJ4 Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian satirist
5760 Mittlefehldt 1981 EX13 David W. ("Duck") Mittlefehldt, American astronomer and geochemist † ‡
5761 Andreivanov 1981 ED21 Andrei V. Ivanov, Russian cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
5762 Wänke 1981 EG28 Heinrich Wänke, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
5763 - 1982 MA -
5764 - 1985 CS1 -
5765 Izett 1986 GU *
5766 - 1986 QR3 -
5767 Moldun 1986 RV2 *
5768 Pittich 1986 TN1 Eduard Pittich, Slovak astronomer*
5769 Michard 1987 PL Raymond Michard, French astronomer, or Gilles Michard and Annie Michard, French geochemists*
5770 - 1987 RY -
5771 Somerville 1987 ST1 Mary Somerville, British mathematician and scientific author*
5772 Johnlambert 1988 LB John Vincent Lambert, American astronomer*
5773 - 1989 NO -
5774 Ratliff 1989 NR Nicholas Paul Ratliff, Amateur American astronomer
5775 Inuyama 1989 SP Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
5776 - 1989 UT2 -
5777 Hanaki 1989 XF Yōichi Hanaki, Japanese amateur astronomer
5778 Jurafrance 1989 YF5 Jura Mountains, France*
5779 Schupmann 1990 BC1 Ludwig Schupmann, German 19th-20th-century optician, who described in Die Medial-Fernrohre a reflecting-refracting telescope with Mangin mirrors that eliminates chromatic aberrations while using common optical glasses †
5780 Lafontaine 1990 EJ2 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet †
5781 Barkhatova 1990 SM28 Klavdiia Aleksandrovna Barkhatova, Russian astronomer*
5782 Akirafujiwara 1991 AF Akira Fujiwara, Japanese project scientist for the Hayabusa mission to the near-Earth object 25143 Itokawa †
5783 Kumagaya 1991 CO Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan
5784 - 1991 CY -
5785 Fulton 1991 FU *
5786 Talos 1991 RC Either Talos, the mythological bronze automaton that kept ships away from Crete, or Talos, nephew of Daedalus, who tried to murder him because he was jealous of his inventiveness*
5787 - 1992 FA1 -
5788 - 1992 NJ -
5789 Sellin 4018 P-L *
5790 Nagasaki 9540 P-L Nagasaki, Japan
5791 Comello 4053 T-2 Georg Comello, Dutch amateur astronomer †
5792 Unstrut 1964 BF *
5793 Ringuelet 1975 TK6 Adela Ringuelet, Argentine astronomer, co-founder of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía (Argentinian Astronomical Association) †
5794 Irmina 1976 SW3 *
5795 Roshchina 1978 SH1 *
5796 - 1978 VK5 -
5797 Bivoj 1980 AA Bivoj, mythological Bohemian hero †
5798 Burnett 1980 RL7 Donald Burnett, American cosmochemist, lead investigator for the Genesis mission †
5799 Brewington 1980 TG4 Howard Brewington, American amateur astronomer*
5800 Pollock 1982 UV1 Jackson Pollock, American artist †
5801–5900
5801 Vasarely 1984 BK Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Gyõzõ), Hungarian-born French artist † ‡ +
5802 - 1984 HL1 -
5803 Ötzi 1984 OA Ötzi, the mummified 'iceman' †
5804 Bambinidipraga 1985 RL1 Bambini di Praga, Czech children's choir †
5805 Glasgow 1985 YH Glasgow, UK and The Astronomical Society of Glasgow †
5806 Archieroy 1986 AG1 Archie Roy (Archibald Edmiston Roy), astronomer, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, The Royal Astronomical Society †
5807 Mshatka 1986 QA4 Country estate of Nikolaj Yakovlevich Danilevskij, Russian thinker [MPC 34622]
5808 Babel' 1987 QV10 *
5809 Kulibin 1987 RG6 Ivan Petrovich Kulibin, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5810 - 1988 EN -
5811 Keck 1988 KC The Keck telescopes
5812 Jayewinkler 1988 PJ1 *
5813 - 1988 VL -
5814 - 1988 XW1 -
5815 Shinsengumi 1989 AH The Shinsengumi, Japanese group of samurai warriors † ‡
5816 Potsdam 1989 AO6 Potsdam Observatory*
5817 Robertfrazer 1989 RZ *
5818 - 1989 RC1 -
5819 Lauretta 1989 UZ4 Dante Lauretta, American cosmochemist and meteoriticist at the University of Arizona †
5820 Babelsberg 1989 UF7 Babelsberg Observatory*
5821 - 1989 VV -
5822 Masakichi 1989 WL Masakichi Hioki, father of one of discover
5823 Oryo 1989 YH Oryo Narasaki, wife of Japanese samurai hero Ryoma Sakamoto † ‡
5824 Inagaki 1989 YM Minoru Inagaki, Japanese classical guitarist † ‡
5825 Rakuyou 1990 BR1 Rakuyō Industrial Highschool, Kyoto, Japan
5826 - 1990 DB -
5827 Letunov 1990 VB15 *
5828 - 1991 AM -
5829 Ishidagoro 1991 CT1 Gorō Ishida, Japanese astronomer
5830 Simohiro 1991 EG Hirofumi or Hiroshi Shimoda, Japanese amateur astronomer
5831 Dizzy 1991 JG John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American trumpeter, co-inventor of bebop †
5832 Martaprincipe 1991 LE1 *
5833 Peterson 1991 PQ *
5834 - 1992 SZ14 -
5835 Mainfranken 1992 SP24 *
5836 - 1993 MF *
5837 Hedin 2548 P-L Sven Anders Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer †*
5838 Hamsun 2170 T-2 Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature
5839 GOI 1974 SJ3 S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute (GOI) (Russian Государственный Оптический Институт (ГОИ) имени С. И. Вавилова), Russian producer of large and high-quality lenses and optical equipment for space applications*
5840 Raybrown 1978 ON Raymond Matthews ("Ray") Brown, American jazz bassist, who played in Dizzy Gillespie's band and later with the Oscar Peterson Trio, husband and musical director of Ella Fitzgerald †
5841 Stone 1982 ST Prof. Ed Stone is the former Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1991-2001) and the project scientist for the Voyager Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1972.
5842 - 1986 CV1 -
5843 - 1986 UG -
5844 - 1986 UQ -
5845 - 1988 QP -
5846 Hessen 1989 AW6 *
5847 Wakiya 1989 YB Nanayo Wakiya, member of Japan Planetarium Laboratory
5848 Harutoriko 1990 BZ1 Lake Harutori, Hokkaidō, Japan
5849 - 1990 HF1 -
5850 Masaharu 1990 XM Masaharu Suzuki, member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
5851 - 1991 DM1 -
5852 Nanette 1991 HO *
5853 - 1992 QG -
5854 - 1992 UP -
5855 Yukitsuna 1992 UO2 Tada Yukitsuna, early samurai
5856 - 1994 AL2 -
5857 Neglinka 1975 TM2 *
5858 Borovitskia 1978 SU5 *
5859 Ostozhenka 1979 FD2 *
5860 - 1981 QE1 -
5861 Glynjones 1982 RW Kenneth Glyn Jones, British astronomer and historian †*
5862 Sakanoue 1983 AB Tsutomu Sakanoue, Japanese astronomer and meteorologist †
5863 Tara 1983 RB *
5864 Montgolfier 1983 RC4 The Montgolfier brothers, French aeronauts
5865 Qualytemocrina 1984 QQ Scrambled letters of International Comet Quarterly, an astronomical journal †
5866 Sachsen 1988 PM2 *
5867 - 1988 RE -
5868 Ohta 1988 TQ Kentarō Ohta, member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
5869 Tanith 1988 VN4 *
5870 Baltimore 1989 CC1 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
5871 Bobbell 1989 CE2 *
5872 Sugano 1989 SL Matsuo Sugano, Japanese amateur astronomer
5873 Archilochos 1989 SB3 Archilochos, Ancient Greek poet †
5874 - 1989 XB -
5875 Kuga 1989 XO Naoto or Naohito (or Tadahito) Kuga, member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
5876 - 1990 DM2 -
5877 - 1990 FP -
5878 Charlene 1991 CC1 Charlene Anderson, Associate Director of the Planetary Society †
5879 Almeria 1992 CH1 *
5880 - 1992 MA -
5881 Akashi 1992 SR12 Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan
5882 - 1992 WW5 -
5883 - 1993 VM5 -
5884 Dolezal 6045 P-L Erich Dolezal, Austrian writer and popularizer of astronomy and space science, co-founder of the Austrian Society for Space Research †
5885 Apeldoorn 3137 T-2 Berend Caspar Jan ("Ben") Apeldoorn, Dutch amateur astronomer and science publicist, on the occasion of his 50th birthday † ‡
5886 Rutger 1975 LR Lyle Lee Rutger, American leader of the Nuclear Launch Approval office of the Department of Energy for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission †
5887 Yauza 1976 SG2 *
5888 - 1978 VU7 *
5889 Mickiewicz 1979 FA3 Adam Mickiewicz, poet and playwright
5890 Carlsberg 1979 KG *
5891 Gehrig 1981 SM Lou Gehrig, American baseball player †
5892 Milesdavis 1981 YS1 Miles Dewey Davis III, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer †
5893 Coltrane 1982 EF John William Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer † ‡
5894 Telč 1982 RM1 Telč, Czech Republic †
5895 - 1982 UF2 -
5896 Narrenschiff 1982 VV10 Named on the occasion of the quincentenary of the publication of the Narrenschiff, immortal satiric poem by Sebastian Brant, German writer and humanist †
5897 Novotná 1984 SZ1 Jarmila Novotná-Daubková, Czech opera singer †
5898 - 1985 KE -
5899 Jedicke 1986 AH The Jedicke family (Robert, Peter, and June), Canadian astronomers † ‡
5900 Jensen 1986 TL Poul Jensen, Danish astronomer
5901–6000
5901 - 1986 WB1 -
5902 Talima 1987 QY10 Tatiana Alimovna Damir, friend of the discoverer, daughter of Alim Matveevich Damir (5717) and wife of Sergej Petrovich Kapitsa (5094) †
5903 - 1989 AN1 -
5904 Württemberg 1989 AE7 Württemberg, Germany
5905 Johnson 1989 CJ1 *
5906 - 1989 SN5 -
5907 - 1989 TU5 -
5908 Aichi 1989 UF Aichi Prefecture, Japan
5909 Nagoya 1989 UT Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
5910 Zátopek 1989 WH4 Emil Zátopek, Czech Olympic long distance runner †
5911 - 1989 WO7 -
5912 Oyatoshiyuki 1989 YR Toshiyuki Oya, Japanese amateur astronomer †
5913 - 1990 BU -
5914 Kathywhaler 1990 WK Kathryn Anne Whaler, Scottish professor of geophysics, Royal Astronomical Society president 2004–2006 †
5915 Yoshihiro 1991 EU Yoshihiro Yamada, Japanese astronomy educator †
5916 van der Woude 1991 JD1 Jurrie van der Woude, Dutch-born former Public Affairs Officer and Image Coordinator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory †
5917 - 1991 NG -
5918 - 1991 NV3 -
5919 Patrickmartin 1991 PW12 *
5920 - 1992 SX17 -
5921 - 1992 UL -
5922 Shouichi 1992 UV Shouichi Satō, Japanese electric engineer.
5923 Liedeke 1992 WC8 *
5924 Teruo 1994 CH1 Teruo Saegusa, Japanese mountain climber
5925 - 1994 CP1 -
5926 Schönfeld 1929 PB Eduard Schönfeld, German astronomer*
5927 - 1938 HA -
5928 Pindarus 1973 SK1 Pindar, Ancient Greek poet*
5929 Manzano 1974 XT José Roberto Manzano, Argentine astronomer and physicist †
5930 Zhiganov 1975 VW2 *
5931 Zhvanetskij 1976 GK3 *
5932 Prutkov 1976 GO3 *
5933 Kemurdzhian 1976 QN Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921-2003), Soviet designer of Lunokhod moon rover
5934 Mats 1976 SJ Mats Lindgren, Swedish astronomer †
5935 Ostankino 1977 EF1 The Ostankino Tower in Moscow*
5936 Khadzhinov 1979 FQ2 *
5937 Lodén 1979 XQ Kerstin and Lars Olof Lodén, Swedish astronomers †
5938 Keller 1980 FH2 Horst Uwe Keller, German physicist †
5939 Toshimayeda 1981 EU8 Toshiko Mayeda, Japanese meteoriticist †
5940 Feliksobolev 1981 TJ4 Feliks Mikhailovich Sobolev, Ukrainian producer [MPC 34622]
5941 Valencia 1982 UQ6 Valencia, Spain †
5942 Denzilrobert 1983 AN2 *
5943 Lovi 1984 EG George Lovi, Hungarian-born writer on astronomy and author*
5944 Utesov 1984 JA2 Leonid Osipovich Utesov, Russian singer, musician, actor, founder and artistic leader of the first Russian theatricalized jazz band (on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary his birth) †
5945 Roachapproach 1984 SQ3 Steve Roach, American musician and composer of 'space music' †
5946 Hrozný 1984 UC1 Bedřich Hrozný, Czech archeologist, orientalist and linguist, decipherer of Hittite †
5947 Bonnie 1985 FD *
5948 Longo 1985 JL Giuseppe Longo, Italian astronomer †
5949 - 1985 RL3 *
5950 Leukippos 1986 PS4 Leucippus, Ancient Greek philosopher †
5951 Alicemonet 1986 TZ1 Alice Kay Monet (Alice Kay Babcock), American astronomer, wife of David Monet*
5952 Davemonet 1987 EV David Gilbert Monet, American astronomer, husband of Alice Monet*
5953 Shelton 1987 HS Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer † ‡
5954 Epikouros 1987 QS1 Epicurus, Ancient Greek philosopher † ‡
5955 Khromchenko 1987 RT3 *
5956 d'Alembert 1988 CF5 Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher and mathematician †
5957 Irina 1988 JN *
5958 Barrande 1989 BS1 Joachim Barrande, French palaeontologist †
5959 Shaklan 1989 NB1 *
5960 Wakkanai 1989 US Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan
5961 - 1989 YH1 -
5962 Shikokutenkyo 1990 HK Shikoku Ten-mon Kyōkai, Japanese name for the Astronomical Society of Shikoku Island †
5963 - 1990 QP2 -
5964 - 1990 QN4 -
5965 - 1990 SV15 -
5966 Tomeko 1990 VS6 Tomeko Goto, wife of Seizo Goto, Japanese former president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. †
5967 Edithlevy 1991 CM5 Edith Pailet Levy, American-Canadian geneticist, and mother of the second discoverer †
5968 Trauger 1991 FC John Trauger, American physicist, Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5969 Ryuichiro 1991 FT Ryuichiro Goto, Japanese current president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. †
5970 Ohdohrikouen 1991 JS1 Ohdohri Park, Sapporo, Japan
5971 Tickell 1991 NT2 Crispin Tickell, British diplomat, who chaired the board of the Climate Institute of Washington (1990-2002) and the Government Panel on Sustainable Development (1994-2000), and who also served on the UK government's Task Force on Near-Earth Objects †
5972 Harryatkinson 1991 PS12 Harry Atkinson, New Zealand-born British physicist, head of astronomy and space for the Science Research Council (1972-1978), chair of the European Space Agency Council (1984-1987), and chair of the UK Task Force on Near-Earth Objects in 2000 †
5973 Takimoto 1991 QC Daisuke Takimoto, Japanese activist in the nuclear-power phase-out movement
5974 - 1991 UZ2 -
5975 Otakemayumi 1992 SG Mayumi Ōtake, music composer of Japanese planetarium
5976 Kalatajean 1992 SR2 *
5977 - 1992 TH1 -
5978 Kaminokuni 1992 WT Kaminokuni, Hokkaidō, Japan
5979 - 1992 XF -
5980 - 1993 FP2 -
5981 Kresilas 2140 P-L Kresilas, Ancient Greek sculptor
5982 Polykletus 4862 T-1 Polykleitos, the Elder and Polykleitos the Younger, Ancient Greek sculptors*
5983 Praxiteles 2285 T-2 Praxiteles, Ancient Greek sculptor
5984 Lysippus 4045 T-3 Lysippos, Ancient Greek sculptor
5985 - 1942 RJ -
5986 Xenophon 1969 TA Xenophon, Ancient Greek historian
5987 Liviogratton 1975 LQ Livio Gratton, Italo-Argentine astrophysicist †
5988 Gorodnitskij 1976 GN2 Aleksandr Moiseevich Gorodnitskij, Soviet geophysicist and mineralogist, poet and songwriter [MPC 34622]
5989 Sorin 1976 QC1 Sergej Ivanovich Sorin, Soviet astronomer [MPC 34622]
5990 Panticapaeon 1977 EO Panticapæon or Panticapaeum, ancient Greek colony, now Kerch, Ukrainian seaport at the eastern extremity of the Crimean peninsula [MPC 34622]
5991 Ivavladis 1979 HE3 Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ivanov, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5992 Nittler 1981 DZ Larry Nittler, American meteoriticist †
5993 Tammydickinson 1981 EU22 Tamara Dickinson, American meteoriticist †
5994 Yakubovich 1981 SZ7 Leonid Arkad'evich Yakubovich, Russian writer [MPC 34622]
5995 Saint-Aignan 1982 DK Charles P. de Saint-Aignan, American astronomer*
5996 Julioangel 1983 NR Julio Angel Fernandez (b. 1946), Uruguayan astronomer
5997 Dirac 1983 TH Paul Dirac, British physicist and Nobelist †
5998 Sitenský 1986 RK1 Ladislav Sitenský, Czech photographer †
5999 Plescia 1987 HA Jeffrey Plescia, American geophysist and planetary geologist, researcher of terrestrial impact craters*
6000 United Nations 1987 UN The United Nations †
Preceded by
5,001–5,500		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 5,501–6,000		 Succeeded by
6,001–6,500