- Meanings of minor planet names: 54001–55000
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 54,001… 54,101… 54,201… 54,301… 54,401… 54,501… 54,601… 54,701… 54,801… 54,901…
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name 54201–54300 54237 Hiroshimanabe 2000 JD18 Hiroshi Manabe, Japanese illustrator † 54301–54400 54362 Restitutum 2000 KP38 Latin term for "something that has been replaced or restored to its former place"; this minor planet was originally lost soon after discovery, then found again † 54401–54500 54411 Bobestelle 2000 LH10 George Robert ("Bob") Stetson and Estelle Marie Ives, the discoverer's parents † 54439 Topeka 2000 MG3 Topeka, Kansas † 54501–54600 54509 YORP 2000 PH5 YORP effect † 54522 Menaechmus 2000 QS1 Menaechmus, 4th-century B.C. Greek mathematician, credited with the discovery of the conic sections † 54598 Bienor 2000 QC243 Bienor, mythological centaur that attended Pirithous' wedding, fought in the ensuing battle against the Lapiths, and was killed by Theseus † 54601–54700 54693 Garymyers 2001 FM6 Gary Myers, American amateur astronomer, member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club † 54801–54900 54820 Svenders 2001 NV1 Enders Robinson and Sven Treitel, American pioneers of applied geophysical signal analysis † 54852 Mercatali 2001 OZ16 Antonio Mercatali, Italian amateur astronomer † 54862 Sundaigakuen 2001 OW25 Sundaigakuen, a high school in Tokyo, the alma mater of the discoverer † 54901–55000 54902 Close 2001 OG77 Gary Close, American director of Hopkins Planetarium † 54967 Millucci 2001 PF29 Vincenzo Millucci, Italian professor of mathematical physics, science communicator, and founder of the University of Siena's Florence Osservatorio Astronomico di Torre Luciana (Torre Luciana Observatory) † Preceded by
53,001–54,000Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 54,001–55,000Succeeded by
55,001–56,000Categories:
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