Meanings of minor planet names: 58001–59000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Minor planets not yet given a name have not been included in this list.

Contents: 58,001… 58,101… 58,201… 58,301… 58,401… 58,501… 58,601… 58,701… 58,801… 58,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
58001–58100
58084 Hiketaon	1197 T-3	Hiketaon, one of the elders of Troy, counselors to Priam; the son of Laomedon, he suggested Helen be returned to Menelaus to avoid the Trojan war †
58095 Oranienstein	1973 SN	Oranienstein, a baroque castle on the Lahn river near Diez, Germany †
58096 Oineus	1973 SC2	Oeneus, king of Calydonia, son of Porthaon, who sent Meleager out to find heroes to kill the Calydonian Boar; his grandson Diomedes avoided fighting Glaukos because of the friendship between Oeneus and Glaukos' grandfather Bellerophon †
58097 Alimov	1976 UQ1	Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov, Russian founder of the school of functional ecology and president of the Hydrobiological Society †
58098 Quirrenbach	1977 TC	Andreas Quirrenbach, German astronomer, director of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory) since 2006 †
58101–58200
58152 Natsöderblom	1988 PF2	Nathan Söderblom (Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom), Swedish archbishop, theologian and Peace Nobelist †
58163 Minnesang	1989 UJ7	Minnesang, German sung poetry of the 12th and 13th centuries †
58191 Dolomiten	1991 YN1	The Dolomites mountains (Dolomiten is the Swiss-German name) †
58196 Ashleyess	1992 EC1	Ashley Caroline Steel, the discoverer's youngest sister †
58201–58300
58215 von Klitzing	1992 SY1	Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and Nobelist †
58279 Kamerlingh	1993 TE40	Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, 19th-20th-century Dutch physicist, who first liquefied helium †
58301–58400
58364 Feierberg	1995 MF7	Michael Feierberg, American astronomer, who was involved in the early work connecting C-class minor planets to carbonaceous chondrites †
58365 Robmedrano	1995 OQ	Technical Sergeant Rob Medrano, of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) observatory †
58401–58500
58424 Jamesdunlop	1996 DL1	James Dunlop, Scottish-Australian astronomer †
58466 Santoka	1996 OB1	Santoka Taneda, the Japanese "Wandering Haiku Poet" †
58499 Stüber	1996 VY	Eberhard Stüber, Austrian director of the natural science museum "Haus der Natur" in Salzburg †
58501–58600
58534 Logos	1997 CQ29	Logos and Zoe ((58534) Logos I Zoe), a paired emanation of the deity in the Gnostic tradition, and part of its creation myth †
58535 Pattillo	1997 DP	Leonard Pattillo, American founding member and former officer of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club †
58573 Serpieri	1997 RD7	Arrigo Serpieri, Italian agricultural economist †
58578 Žídek	1997 SP2	Ivo Žídek, Czech opera singer †
58579 Ehrenberg	1997 SQ2	Eleonora Gayerová z Ehrenberku (Eleonora Gayerová of Ehrenberg), Czech soprano opera singer, who lived in Vila Leonora at Ondřejov and was instrumental in the establishment of the Ondřejov Observatory † ‡
58601–58700
58605 Liutungsheng	1997 TA27	Liu Tungsheng, Chinese Earth scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences †
58607 Wenzel	1997 UL	Wolfgang Wenzel, German astronomer †
58608 Geroldrichter	1997 UY	Gerold A. Richter, German astronomer †
58672 Remigio	1997 YT8	Scarfi Remigio, Italian geologist, mathematics teacher, and amateur astronomer †
58682 Alenašolcová	1998 AA11	Alena Šolcová, Czech mathematician and historian of mathematics and astronomy †
58701–58800
58707 Kyoshi	1998 CS	Kyoshi Takahama, Japanese Haiku poet and novelist †
58709 Zenocolò	1998 CT2	Zeno Colò, 20th-century Italian skier and Olympic gold medalist (Oslo Winter Games, 1952) †
58801–58900
58901–59000
59000 Beiguan	1998 SW26	Beijing Tianwenguan (Beijing Planetarium), on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary year (2007) †

Preceded by 57,001–58,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 58,001–59,000

Succeeded by 59,001–60,000