Meanings of minor planet names: 57001–58000

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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

57001–57100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

57101–57200

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57140 Gaddi2001 PG29Riccardo Gaddi, amateur astronomer and popular expositorJPL · 57140

57201–57300

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

57301–57400

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57359 Robcrawford2001 RCRobert W. Crawford, American energy and environmental consultant, amateur astronomer and physicistJPL · 57359

57401–57500

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57424 Caelumnoctu2001 SP22(19)57–4–24, 1957 April 24, is the date of the transmission of the first edition of the BBC television series The Sky at Night (Caelum noctu in Latin)JPL · 57424
57471 Mariemarsina2001 SZ115Marie Marsina (born 1952) currently serves as the President of the National Art League in New York City and as Vice President of the Douglaston Civic Association. She is a graduate of Pace University's Lubin School of Business.JPL · 57471

57501–57600

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57509 Sly2001 SY270Sylvestre (Sly) Maurice (born 1966), a planetary astronomer specialized in lunar and Martian exploration. He has been a lead-developer of Martian rover instruments.JPL · 57509
57567 Crikey2001 TS56Steve Irwin (1962–2006), an Australian zookeeper and conservationist, known for his TV-series The Crocodile Hunter. "Crikey!", was his signature phrase.JPL · 57567

57601–57700

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57658 Nilrem2001 UJ1Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954), French astronomer, founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society (French: Société astronomique de Bourgogne) and discoverer of minor planets. "Nilrem" is "Merlin" backwards, because of pre-existing 2598 Merlin.MPC · 57658

57701–57800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

57801–57900

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57868 Pupin2001 YDMihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), a Serbian-American physicist and humanitarian.JPL · 57868
57879 Cesarechiosi2002 AD1Cesare Chiosi, Italian professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of PaduaJPL · 57879

57901–58000

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57901 Hitchens2002 CH275Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) was a social, religious and literary critic of broad interests, who listed "disputation" among his hobbiesJPL · 57901

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
56,001–57,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 57,001–58,000		 Succeeded by
58,001–59,000
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