Meanings of minor planet names: 55001–56000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 55,001… 55,101… 55,201… 55,301… 55,401… 55,501… 55,601… 55,701… 55,801… 55,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
55001–55100
55082 Xlendi	2001 QJ110	Xlendi, Gozo, Malta †
55101–55200
55108 Beamueller	2001 QU142	Beatrice E. A. Mueller, American astronomer †
55112 Mariangela	2001 QQ153	Maria Angels Gassol i Avante, wife of the discoverer †
55196 Marchini	2001 RM16	Alessandro Marchini, Italian computer scientist, astronomy popularizer, and director of the University of Siena's Osservatorio Astronomico di Torre Luciana (Astronomical Observatory of Torre Luciana) †
55201–55300
55221 Nancynoblitt	2001 RM63	Nancy Noblitt, a friend and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Oakley Observatory (the discovery site) †
55276 Kenlarner	2001 SK10	Ken Larner, American exploration geophysicist †
55301–55400
55331 Putzi	2001 SY115	Antonie ("Putzi") T. Schwartz, American mother, artist and holistic health practitioner †
55401–55500
55428 Cappellaro	2001 TN47	Enrico Cappellaro, Italian chief astronomer of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (National Institute for Astrophysics) and director of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Padua Astronomical Observatory) †
55477 Soroban	2001 UC1	Soroban, the Japanese abacus † ‡
55501–55600
55543 Nemeghaire	2001 XN16	Jean Nemeghaire, Belgian assistant at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, the discoverer's physics teacher †
55555 DNA	2001 YR2	DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid †
55561 Madenberg	2002 AF9	Janet A. Stevens, née Madenberg, American amateur astronomer †
55576 Amycus	2002 GB10	The centaur Amycus, son of Ophion, who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, and was killed by Pelates of Pella †
55601–55700
55676 Klythios	3034 T-1	Klythios (Clytius), one of the Elders of Troy (Iliad, Book III) †
55678 Lampos	3291 T-1	Lampos or Lampus, son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, father of Dolops †
55701–55800
55701 Ukalegon	1193 T-3	Ucalegon, one of the Elders of Troy, whose house was set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked the city †
55702 Thymoitos	1302 T-3	Thymoetes (Thymoitos), son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, and the first to urge that the Trojan Horse be brought into the city †
55733 Lepsius	1986 WS2	Karl Richard Lepsius, German egyptologist †
55735 Magdeburg	1987 QV	Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany †
55749 Eulenspiegel	1991 AT2	Till Eulenspiegel, 14th-century character of Middle Low German oral tradition †
55753 Raman	1991 RF5	Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist †
55755 Blythe	1991 TB15	Blythe Andra Lowe, Canadian geologist and the discoverer's wife †
55759 Erdmannsdorff	1991 XJ1	Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Erdmannsdorff, German architect †
55772 Loder	1992 YB5	Justus Christian Loder, German anatomist †
55801–55900
55815 Melindakim	1994 YU2	Melinda Kim Dowling, née Steel, the discoverer's younger sister †
55844 Bičák	1996 RN2	Jirí Bicák, Czech professor of theoretical physics at Charles University in Prague †
55873 Shiomidake	1997 UP7	Shiomidake mountain, in northern Shizuoka, Japan †
55874 Brlka	1997 UL9	Petr Brlka, Czech amateur astronomer †
55875 Hirohatagaoka	1997 VH	Hirohatagaoka, a hill on which is located Hadano High School, from which the discoverer graduated †
55892 Fuzhougezhi	1997 XQ5	Fuzhou Gezhi High School, China, founded in 1846 †
55901–56000
56000 Mesopotamia	1998 SN144	Mesopotamia, cradle of human civilization †

Preceded by 54,001–55,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 55,001–56,000

Succeeded by 56,001–57,000