Meanings of minor planet names: 59001–60000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

59001–59100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
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 † ‡	MPC · 59001
59087 Maccacaro	1998 VT33	Tommaso Maccacaro, Italian astrophysicist and x-ray astronomer	JPL · 59087

59101–59200

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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

59201–59300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
59232 Sfiligoi	1999 CA1	Vincenzo Sfiligoi, a public accountant in the Italian province of Gorizia until 1990	JPL · 59232
59239 Alhazen	1999 CR2	Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham (965–1040), medieval Arab astronomer, mathematician, doctor, philosopher and physicist †	MPC · 59239

59301–59400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
59369 Chanco	1999 EB5	Chanco 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 Illustratae	MPC · 59369
59388 Monod	1999 FU19	Jacques Monod (1910–1976), French molecular biologist and Nobelist	JPL · 59388
59389 Oskarvonmiller	1999 FF21	Oskar von Miller (1855–1934), a German engineer and founder of Deutsches Museum München.	JPL · 59389
59390 Habermas	1999 FR21	Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher, political scientist and sociologist, member of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research	JPL · 59390

59401–59500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
59417 Giocasilli	1999 GD1	Giovanni Casilli (born 1949), Italian astronomer-technician	JPL · 59417
59419 Prešov	1999 GE2	Prešov, eastern Slovakia †	MPC · 59419
59425 Xuyangsheng	1999 GJ5	Xu 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, Shenzhen	JPL · 59425
59470 Paveltoufar	1999 HM	Pavel Toufar (1948–2018) was a Czech journalist and writer. He was known for his popular, yet precise, articles, books and interviews about astronautics based on primary sources as well as on his personal experiences (e.g., with isolation experiments).	JPL · 59470

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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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
59793 Clapiès	1999 OD	Jean de Clapiès (also written Clapiez), French mathematician, engineer, hydrographer, and astronomer	JPL · 59793
59797 Píšala	1999 PX	Jan Píšala (born 1982) is a Czech astronomy populariser, and the author of many popular science publications, as well as audiovisual shows at the Brno Observatory and Planetarium. He is a graduate nuclear chemist, one of the main leaders of the Astronomical Expedition and also a great colleague and friend.	JPL · 59797
59800 Astropis	1999 PV4	Astropis, Czech astronomy magazine †	MPC · 59800

59801–59900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
59804 Dickjoyce	1999 RJ1	Richard "Dick" R. Joyce, American astronomer	JPL · 59804
59828 Ossikar	1999 RU32	Ossikar, cartoon figure created by German caricaturist Manfred Sondermann, the father-in-law of the discoverer	JPL · 59828
59830 Reynek	1999 RE33	Bohuslav Reynek, Bohemian (Czech) poet and graphic artist † ‡	MPC · 59830
59833 Danimatter	1999 RZ36	Daniel Matter, French amateur astronomer, friend of the discoverer † ‡	MPC · 59833

59901–60000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
60000 Miminko	1999 TZ3	Miminko, a Czech word that expresses the innocence of the very beginning of human life	JPL · 60000

References

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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