- Meanings of minor planet names: 53001–54000
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 53,001… 53,101… 53,201… 53,301… 53,401… 53,501… 53,601… 53,701… 53,801… 53,901…
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name 53001–53100 53093 La Orotava 1998 YO12 La Orotava, Tenerife Island † 53101–53200 53157 Akaishidake 1999 CP Akaishidake Mountain, Shizuoka, Japan † 53159 Mysliveček 1999 CN3 Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer † ‡ 53201–53300 53252 Sardegna 1999 EY4 Sardinia, in Italian † 53285 Mojmír 1999 FM53 Mojmír, 9th-century Moravian prince †‡ 53301–53400 53311 Deucalion 1999 HU11 Deucalion, the Ancient Greek mythological Adam † 53316 Michielford 1999 JY3 Michiel Ford, American amateur astronomer, recipient of a Milken National Educator Award † 53901–54000 53910 Jánfischer 2000 GF4 Ján Fischer, Slovak theoretical physicist † Preceded by
52,001–53,000Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 53,001–54,000Succeeded by
54,001–55,000Categories:
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