Meanings of minor planet names: 59001–60000

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.

59001–59100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
59001 Senftenberg1998 SZ35Senftenberg (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 † ‡MPC · 59001
59087 Maccacaro1998 VT33Tommaso Maccacaro, Italian astrophysicist and x-ray astronomerJPL · 59087

59101–59200

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

59201–59300

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59232 Sfiligoi1999 CA1Vincenzo Sfiligoi, a public accountant in the Italian province of Gorizia until 1990JPL · 59232
59239 Alhazen1999 CR2Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham (965–1040), medieval Arab astronomer, mathematician, doctor, philosopher and physicist †MPC · 59239

59301–59400

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59369 Chanco1999 EB5Chanco is a toponym used by the Flemish scientist-author Godefridi Wendelini (1580–1667), who named the Belgian city of Genk as Chanco in the Leges Salicae IllustrataeMPC · 59369
59388 Monod1999 FU19Jacques Monod (1910–1976), French molecular biologist and NobelistJPL · 59388
59389 Oskarvonmiller1999 FF21Oskar von Miller (1855–1934), a German engineer and founder of Deutsches Museum München.JPL · 59389
59390 Habermas1999 FR21Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher, political scientist and sociologist, member of the Frankfurt Institute for Social ResearchJPL · 59390

59401–59500

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59417 Giocasilli1999 GD1Giovanni Casilli (born 1949), Italian astronomer-technicianJPL · 59417
59419 Prešov1999 GE2Prešov, eastern Slovakia †MPC · 59419
59425 Xuyangsheng1999 GJ5Xu Yangsheng (born 1958) is a leading expert in Robotics and Intelligent Systems, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, He is an Academician of the IAA and a Fellow of the IEEE. Xu was appointed the first President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenJPL · 59425

59501–59600

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

59601–59700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

59701–59800

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59793 Clapiès1999 ODJean de Clapiès (also written Clapiez), French mathematician, engineer, hydrographer, and astronomerJPL · 59793
59800 Astropis1999 PV4Astropis, Czech astronomy magazine †MPC · 59800

59801–59900

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59804 Dickjoyce1999 RJ1Richard "Dick" R. Joyce, American astronomerJPL · 59804
59828 Ossikar1999 RU32Ossikar, cartoon figure created by German caricaturist Manfred Sondermann, the father-in-law of the discovererJPL · 59828
59830 Reynek1999 RE33Bohuslav Reynek, Bohemian (Czech) poet and graphic artist † ‡MPC · 59830
59833 Danimatter1999 RZ36Daniel Matter, French amateur astronomer, friend of the discoverer † ‡MPC · 59833

59901–60000

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60000 Miminko1999 TZ3Miminko, a Czech word that expresses the innocence of the very beginning of human lifeJPL · 60000

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
58,001–59,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 59,001–60,000		 Succeeded by
60,001–61,000
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