Meanings of minor planet names: 5501–6000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.

Contents: 5501... 5601... 5701... 5801... 5901...

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
5501–5600
5501 -	1982 FF2	-
5502 Brashear	1984 EC	John Brashear, American astronomer and instrument builder*
5503 -	1985 CE2	-
5504 Lanzerotti	1985 FC2	Louis John Lanzerotti, American astronomer*
5505 Rundetaarn	1986 VD1	The Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark ("the Round Tower") an astronomical observatory built in Copenhagen by King Christian IV †
5506 -	1987 SV11	-
5507 Niijima	1987 UJ	Tsuneo Niijima, Japanese amateur astronomer
5508 -	1988 EB	-
5509 Rennsteig	1988 RD3	*
5510 -	1988 RF7	-
5511 Cloanthus	1988 TH1	Cloanthus, mythical person related to Trojan War: Cloanthus wins the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5512 -	1988 VD7	-
5513 Yukio	1988 WB	Yukio Hasegawa, Japanese amateur astronomer
5514 -	1989 BN1	-
5515 -	1989 EL1	-
5516 Jawilliamson	1989 JK	Jack Williamson, American science-fiction author †
5517 Johnerogers	1989 LJ	John E. Rogers, American amateur astronomer*
5518 Mariobotta	1989 YF	Mario Botta, Swiss architect*
5519 Lellouch	1990 QB4	Emmanuel Lellouch, French astronomer*
5520 Natori	1990 RB	Akira Natori, Japanese astronomer †
5521 Morpurgo	1991 PM1	Pieter Anthony Bridge Morpurgo, British producer (1981-1998) of the long-running BBC programme The Sky at Night*
5522 De Rop	1991 PJ5	Willy De Rop, Belgian astronomer †
5523 Luminet	1991 PH8	Jean-Pierre Luminet, French astrophysicist, essayist, novelist, and poet † ‡ ‖
5524 Lecacheux	1991 RA30	Jean Lecacheux, French astronomer*
5525 -	1991 TS4	-
5526 Kenzo	1991 UP1	Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese amateur astronomer
5527 -	1991 UQ3	-
5528 -	1992 AJ	-
5529 Perry	2557 P-L	Marcus Perry, chief engineer at Spacewatch*
5530 Eisinga	2835 P-L	Eise Eisinga, Frisian astronomer who built a planetarium †
5531 Carolientje	1051 T-2	Caroline van Houten, granddaughter of the Dutch astronomers (husband and wife) Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten †
5532 Ichinohe	1932 CY	Naozō Ichinohe, Japanese astronomer and science writer
5533 Bagrov	1935 SC	Nikolaj Vasil'evich Bagrov, geographer at the Simferopol State University [MPC 34621]
5534 -	1941 UN	-
5535 Annefrank	1942 EM	Anne Frank (Annelies Frank), German Jewish diarist † and ‡
5536 Honeycutt	1955 QN	R. Kent Honeycutt, American astronomer* or Jay Honeycutt, former Director of Kennedy Space Center*
5537 -	1964 TA2	-
5538 Luichewoo	1964 TU2	Lui Che-woo, Chinese mineralogist
5539 Limporyen	1965 UA1	Lim Por-yen, Hong Kong media tycoon and banker
5540 Smirnova	1971 QR1	Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova, Russian astronomer
5541 Seimei	1976 UH16	Abe no Seimei, Onmyōji
5542 Moffatt	1978 PT4	Ethelwin ("Win") Frances Flamsteed Moffatt, of South Australia, a direct descendant of the brother of the first Astronomer Royal of England, Rev. John Flamsteed† ‡
5543 Sharaf	1978 TW2	*
5544 Kazakov	1978 TH6	Matvej Fedorovich Kazakov, Russian architect [MPC 34621]
5545 Makarov	1978 VY14	*
5546 Salavat	1979 YS	*
5547 Acadiau	1980 LE1	Acadia University, Canada †
5548 Thosharriot	1980 TH	Thomas Harriot, 16th-17th-century English mathematician, inventor of the < and > symbols, and who drew the Moon from Syon House, near London, on 1609 July 26 (O.S.), several months before Galileo †
5549 Bobstefanik	1981 GM1	Robert Phillip Stefanik, American astronomer*
5550 -	1981 UB1	-
5551 Glikson	1982 BJ	Andrew Yoram Glikson, Australian geologist*
5552 Studnička	1982 SJ1	František Josef Studnička, Czech mathematician †
5553 Chodas	1984 CM1	Paul Winchester Chodas, Canadian astronomer †
5554 Keesey	1985 TW1	Michael Savage West Keesey, American astronomer*
5555 Wimberly	1986 VF5	Ravenel N. Wimberly (also as Ray or Raymond Wimberly), of the Solar System Dynamics Group at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5556 -	1988 AL	-
5557 Chimikeppuko	1989 CM1	Lake Chimikeppu, Hokkaidō, Japan
5558 -	1989 WL2	-
5559 -	1990 MV	-
5560 Amytis	1990 MX	Amytis, daughter of Cyaxares, king of Media, married to Nebuchadnezzar II, who constructed the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for her*
5561 Iguchi	1991 QD	Masatoshi Iguchi, president of the Photovoltaic Popularization Associaction in Japan
5562 -	1991 VS	-
5563 -	1991 VZ1	-
5564 -	1991 VH2	-
5565 Ukyounodaibu	1991 VN2	Kenreimon-In Ukyō no Daibu, Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting attended to Taira no Tokuko
5566 -	1991 VY3	-
5567 Durisen	1953 FK1	Richard Henry Durisen, American astronomer
5568 Mufson	1953 TS2	Stuart Lee Mufson, American astronomer
5569 Colby	1974 FO	Michael John Colby, American spacecraft integration manager of NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission †
5570 Kirsan	1976 GM7	*
5571 Lesliegreen	1978 LG	Leslie Green, British treasurer of the Junior Astronomical Society (now the Society for Popular Astronomy), 1967–2007 †
5572 Bliskunov	1978 SS2	Aleksandr Ivanovich Bliskunov, Crimean orthopaedic surgeon [MPC 34621]
5573 -	1981 QX	-
5574 -	1984 FS	-
5575 -	1985 RP2	-
5576 Albanese	1986 UM1	Giacomo Albanese, Italian mathematician and physicist †* or Lucia Albanese, Italian soprano who sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera* or ...
5577 Priestley	1986 WQ2	Joseph Priestley, English chemist †. Also, the wavelength, in Ångstrom units, of green light in the Aurora borealis, due to atomic oxygen (Priestley was credited as co-discoverer of oxygen) *
5578 Takakura	1987 BC	Emperor Takakura, Japan
5579 Uhlherr	1988 JL	Ralph Uhlherr, meteoritics researcher with the United States Geological Survey*
5580 Sharidake	1988 RP1	Mount Shari, Hokkaidō, Japan
5581 Mitsuko	1989 CY1	Mitsuko Iwamoto, wife of one of discovers
5582 -	1989 CU8	-
5583 Braunerová	1989 EY1	Zdenka Braunerová, Czech artist †
5584 Izenberg	1989 KK	Noam Raphael Izenberg, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
5585 Parks	1990 MJ	*
5586 -	1990 RE6	-
5587 -	1990 SB	-
5588 Jennabelle	1990 SW2	Jenna Belle Weathers Roman, grandmother of the discoverer †
5589 De Meis	1990 SD14	Salvatore De Meis, Italian astronomer and historian †
5590 -	1990 VA	-
5591 Koyo	1990 VF2	Koyo Kawanishi, Japanese amateur astronomer
5592 Oshima	1990 VB4	Yoshiaki Oshima, Japanese amateur astronomer
5593 Jonsujatha	1991 JN1	*
5594 Jimmiller	1991 NK1	Jim Miller, deputy navigation team manager with NEAR at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5595 Roth	1991 PJ	Mary Roth, administrative assistant in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University †
5596 Morbidelli	1991 PQ10	Alessandro Morbidelli, Italian astronomer †
5597 Warren	1991 PC13	Jeffrey R. Warren, of the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University and contributor to the NEAR Shoemaker mission †
5598 Carlmurray	1991 PN18	Carl Desmond Murray, British astronomer, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary College London
5599 -	1991 SG1	-
5600 -	1991 UY	-
5601–5700
5601 -	1991 VR	-
5602 -	1991 VM1	-
5603 Rausudake	1992 CE	Mount Rausu, Hokkaidō, Japan
5604 -	1992 FE	-
5605 Kushida	1993 DB	Yoshio Kushida, Japanese amateur astronomer
5606 Muramatsu	1993 EH	Osamu Muramatsu, Japanese amateur astronomer
5607 -	1993 EN	-
5608 Olmos	1993 EO	Edward James Olmos, American actor †
5609 Stroncone	1993 FU	Stroncone, hill town in the Terni province of southern Umbria, Italy*
5610 Balster	2041 T-3	Harry Balster, Dutch amateur astronomer and his sister Yvonne †
5611 -	1943 DL	-
5612 Nevskij	1975 TX2	*
5613 Donskoj	1976 YP1	*
5614 Yakovlev	1979 VN	Oleg Izosimovich Yakovlev, Russian geochemist and planetary geologist, or Oleg Anatol'evich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, or Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian aircraft designer or Aleksandr Evgen'evich Yakovlev, Russian artist*
5615 Iskander	1983 PZ	Central Asian name for Alexander the Great*
5616 Vogtland	1987 ST10	*
5617 Emelyanenko	1989 EL	Vyacheslav V. Emel'yanenko, Russian (Ukrainian?) astronomer*
5618 Saitama	1990 EA	Saitama Prefecture, Japan
5619 Shair	1990 HC1	Frederick Shair, Manager of the Educational Affairs Office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5620 Jasonwheeler	1990 OA	Jason Wheeler Roman, youngest son of the first discoverer †
5621 Erb	1990 SG4	Bryan Erb and Dona Marie Erb, Canadian space scientists †
5622 -	1990 TL4	-
5623 Iwamori	1990 UY	Yasuke Iwamori, Japanese astronomy teacher and principal of highschool
5624 Shirley	1991 AY1	Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society †
5625 -	1991 AO2	-
5626 -	1991 FE	-
5627 -	1991 MA	-
5628 Preussen	1991 RP7	German name for Prussia
5629 Kuwana	1993 DA1	Kuwana, Mie, Japan
5630 Billschaefer	1993 FZ	*
5631 Sekihokutouge	1993 FE1	Sekihoku Pass, Hokkaidō, Japan
5632 Ingelehmann	1993 GG	Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist †*
5633 -	1978 UL7	-
5634 -	1978 VT6	-
5635 Cole	1981 ER5	*
5636 Jacobson	1985 QN	*
5637 Gyas	1988 RF1	Gyas, mythical person related to Trojan War: he participated in the ship race held as part of Anchises' funeral games (Aeneid, Book V)*
5638 Deikoon	1988 TA3	Deikoon, mythical person related to Trojan War: son of Pergasus, killed by Agamemnon (Iliad, Book V); there is another Deikoon, one of three sons of Herakles by Megara*
5639 -	1989 PE	-
5640 Yoshino	1989 UR3	Yoshino, a town of Kagoshima, Japan
5641 McCleese	1990 DJ	Daniel J. McCleese, American planetary scientist*
5642 Bobbywilliams	1990 OK1	*
5643 Roques	1990 QC2	*
5644 Maureenbell	1990 QG2	Maureen Bell, member of the NEAR Shoemaker computer team †*
5645 -	1990 SP	-
5646 -	1990 TR	-
5647 -	1990 TZ	-
5648 -	1990 VU1	-
5649 Donnashirley	1990 WZ2	Donna Shirley, American engineer and author, formerly of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, member of the Advisory Council of the Planetary Society †
5650 Mochihito-o	1990 XK	Prince Mochihito, Japan
5651 Traversa	1991 CA2	Gilles Traversa, French(?) observatory assistant †
5652 Amphimachus	1992 HS3	Amphimachus, mythical person related to Trojan War*
5653 Camarillo	1992 WD5	*
5654 Terni	1993 KG	The town and province of Terni in Italy
5655 Barney	1159 T-2	*
5656 Oldfield	A920 TA	Mike Oldfield, English composer and multi-instrumentalist †
5657 -	1936 QE1	-
5658 Clausbaader	1950 DO	Claus Baader, German amateur astronomer † ‡
5659 -	1968 OA1	-
5660 -	1974 MA	-
5661 Hildebrand	1977 PO1	Alan Russell Hildebrand, Canadian geologist †
5662 Wendycalvin	1981 EL4	Wendy Marie Calvin, American planetary geologist
5663 McKeegan	1981 EQ12	Kevin McKeegan, American geochemist and meteoriticist †
5664 Eugster	1981 EX43	Otto Eugster, Swiss meteoriticist †
5665 Begemann	1982 BD13	Friedrich Begemann, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
5666 Rabelais	1982 TP1	François Rabelais, French writer
5667 Nakhimovskaya	1983 QH1	*
5668 Foucault	1984 FU	Léon Foucault, French physicist and astronomer †
5669 -	1985 CC2	-
5670 Rosstaylor	1985 VF2	Stuart Ross Taylor, New Zealand-born planetary scientist (geochemist, geologist) †
5671 Chanal	1985 XR	*
5672 Libby	1986 EE2	Willard Frank Libby, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1990*
5673 McAllister	1986 RT2	Howard Conlee McAllister, American astronomer*
5674 Wolff	1986 RW2	*
5675 Evgenilebedev	1986 RY5	Evgenij Alekseevich Lebedev, Russian actor [MPC 34622]
5676 Voltaire	1986 RH12	Voltaire, French writer
5677 Aberdonia	1987 SQ1	University of Aberdeen, on the occasion of the quincentenary of its founding †
5678 DuBridge	1989 TS	Lee Alvin DuBridge, American nuclear physicist, Director of MIT Radiation Laboratory and latterly of CalTech*
5679 Atsukadou	1989 VR	Akka cave, Iwate, Japan
5680 -	1989 YZ1	-
5681 Bakulev	1990 RS17	Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bakulev, Soviet surgeon [MPC 34622]
5682 Beresford	1990 TB	*
5683 Bifukumonin	1990 UD	Bifukumon-In, Empress of Emperor Toba, Japan
5684 Kogo	1990 UB2	Kogō no Tsubone, consort of Emperor Takakura, Japan
5685 Sanenobufukui	1990 XA	Sanenobu Fukui, Japanese amateur astronomer
5686 Chiyonoura	1990 YQ	Chiyo's Beach, Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
5687 Yamamotoshinobu	1991 AB1	Shinobu Yamamoto, director of the planetarium in Japan
5688 Kleewyck	1991 AD2	Klee Wyck, native name for Canadian artist Emily Carr †
5689 Rhön	1991 RZ2	*
5690 -	1992 EU	-
5691 Fredwatson	1992 FD	Frederick Garnett Watson, British astronomer*
5692 Shirao	1992 FR	Motomaro Shirao, Japanese photographer and amateur astronomer
5693 -	1993 EA	-
5694 Berényi	3051 P-L	Dénes Berényi, Hungarian physicist † ‡
5695 Remillieux	4577 P-L	Alban Remillieux, French physicist*
5696 Ibsen	4582 P-L	Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright*
5697 Arrhenius	6766 P-L	Svante August Arrhenius, Swedish chemist and 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry †*
5698 Nolde	4121 T-1	Emil Nolde, German Expressionist painter*
5699 Munch	2141 T-3	Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist
5700 Homerus	5166 T-3	Homer, Greek epic poet*
5701–5800
5701 Baltuck	1929 VS	Miriam Baltuck, American geologist, NASA's representative in Australia and southeast Asia (1997-2002), director of university advancement at the Australian National University (2005) †
5702 Morando	1931 FC	Bruno Morando, French astronomer, former Director of the Bureau des Longitudes*
5703 Hevelius	1931 VS	Johannes Hevelius, astronomer
5704 Schumacher	1950 DE	Heinrich Christian Schumacher, German astronomer*
5705 Ericsterken	1965 UA	*
5706 Finkelstein	1971 SS1	*
5707 Shevchenko	1976 GY3	Vasilii G. Shevchenko, Ukrainian astronomer*
5708 Melancholia	1977 TC1	*
5709 Tamyeunleung	1977 TS3	Fong Tamyeunleung, Chinese charity worker †
5710 Silentium	1977 UP	*
5711 Eneev	1978 SO4	*
5712 Funke	1979 SR	Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer †
5713 -	1982 FF3	-
5714 Krasinsky	1982 PR	*
5715 Kramer	1982 SE1	*
5716 Pickard	1982 UH	*
5717 Damir	1982 UM6	Alim Matveevich Damir 1894-1982, professor of physics*
5718 -	1983 PB	-
5719 Křižík	1983 RX	František Křižík, Czech inventor †
5720 Halweaver	1984 FN	Harold Anthony Weaver, American astronomer †
5721 -	1984 SO5	-
5722 Johnscherrer	1986 JS	John Randell Scherrer, American project manager and deputy payload manager on NASA's New Horizons Pluto Kuiper Belt mission †
5723 Hudson	1986 RR2	Scott Hudson (Raymond Scott Hudson), American electrical engineer and radar astronomer †
5724 -	1986 WE	-
5725 Nördlingen	1988 BK2	*
5726 Rubin	1988 BN2	Vera Rubin, American astronomer*
5727 -	1988 BB4	-
5728 -	1988 BJ4	-
5729 -	1988 TA1	-
5730 Yonosuke	1988 TP1	Yonosuke Nakano, 19th-20th century Japanese astronomer and educator, one of the founders of the Gekko Observatory †
5731 Zeus	1988 VP4	Zeus, Greek god
5732 -	1988 WC	-
5733 -	1989 AQ	-
5734 Noguchi	1989 AL1	Soichi Noguchi, Japanese astronaut
5735 Loripaul	1989 LM	*
5736 Sanford	1989 LW	*
5737 Itoh	1989 SK	Kazuyuki Itoh, Japanese amateur astronomer
5738 Billpickering	1989 UY3	*
5739 -	1989 WK2	-
5740 Toutoumi	1989 WM3	Tōtōmi Province, ancient name of western part of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
5741 -	1989 XC	-
5742 -	1990 TN4	-
5743 Kato	1990 UW	Yasuo Katō, Japanese mountain climber
5744 Yorimasa	1990 XP	Minamoto no Yorimasa, early samurai
5745 -	1991 AN	-
5746 -	1991 CK	-
5747 -	1991 CO3	-
5748 Davebrin	1991 DX	Glen David Brin, American science fiction writer*
5749 -	1991 FV	-
5750 Kandatai	1991 GG1	Tai Kanda, Japanese astronomer
5751 Zao	1992 AC	Mount Zaō, Tōhoku region, Japan
5752 -	1992 CJ	-
5753 Yoshidatadahiko	1992 EM	Tadahiko Yoshida, vice president of AES (Advanced Engineering Services), Japanese aerospace company
5754 -	1992 FR2	-
5755 -	1992 OP7	-
5756 Wassenbergh	6034 P-L	Henri Wassenbergh (familiarly known as 'Or' Wassenbergh), former Professor of Air and Space Law at the University of Leiden and founder of the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden †
5757 Tichá	1967 JN	Jana Tichá, Czech astronomer*
5758 Brunini	1976 QZ1	Adrián Brunini, Argentine astronomer †
5759 Zoshchenko	1980 BJ4	Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian satirist
5760 Mittlefehldt	1981 EX13	David W. ("Duck") Mittlefehldt, American astronomer and geochemist † ‡
5761 Andreivanov	1981 ED21	Andrei V. Ivanov, Russian cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
5762 Wänke	1981 EG28	Heinrich Wänke, German cosmochemist and meteoriticist †
5763 -	1982 MA	-
5764 -	1985 CS1	-
5765 Izett	1986 GU	*
5766 -	1986 QR3	-
5767 Moldun	1986 RV2	*
5768 Pittich	1986 TN1	Eduard Pittich, Slovak astronomer*
5769 Michard	1987 PL	Raymond Michard, French astronomer, or Gilles Michard and Annie Michard, French geochemists*
5770 -	1987 RY	-
5771 Somerville	1987 ST1	Mary Somerville, British mathematician and scientific author*
5772 Johnlambert	1988 LB	John Vincent Lambert, American astronomer*
5773 -	1989 NO	-
5774 Ratliff	1989 NR	Nicholas Paul Ratliff, Amateur American astronomer
5775 Inuyama	1989 SP	Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
5776 -	1989 UT2	-
5777 Hanaki	1989 XF	Yōichi Hanaki, Japanese amateur astronomer
5778 Jurafrance	1989 YF5	Jura Mountains, France*
5779 Schupmann	1990 BC1	Ludwig Schupmann, German 19th-20th-century optician, who described in Die Medial-Fernrohre a reflecting-refracting telescope with Mangin mirrors that eliminates chromatic aberrations while using common optical glasses †
5780 Lafontaine	1990 EJ2	Jean de la Fontaine, French poet †
5781 Barkhatova	1990 SM28	Klavdiia Aleksandrovna Barkhatova, Russian astronomer*
5782 Akirafujiwara	1991 AF	Akira Fujiwara, Japanese project scientist for the Hayabusa mission to the near-Earth object 25143 Itokawa †
5783 Kumagaya	1991 CO	Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan
5784 -	1991 CY	-
5785 Fulton	1991 FU	*
5786 Talos	1991 RC	Either Talos, the mythological bronze automaton that kept ships away from Crete, or Talos, nephew of Daedalus, who tried to murder him because he was jealous of his inventiveness*
5787 -	1992 FA1	-
5788 -	1992 NJ	-
5789 Sellin	4018 P-L	*
5790 Nagasaki	9540 P-L	Nagasaki, Japan
5791 Comello	4053 T-2	Georg Comello, Dutch amateur astronomer †
5792 Unstrut	1964 BF	*
5793 Ringuelet	1975 TK6	Adela Ringuelet, Argentine astronomer, co-founder of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía (Argentinian Astronomical Association) †
5794 Irmina	1976 SW3	*
5795 Roshchina	1978 SH1	*
5796 -	1978 VK5	-
5797 Bivoj	1980 AA	Bivoj, mythological Bohemian hero †
5798 Burnett	1980 RL7	Donald Burnett, American cosmochemist, lead investigator for the Genesis mission †
5799 Brewington	1980 TG4	Howard Brewington, American amateur astronomer*
5800 Pollock	1982 UV1	Jackson Pollock, American artist †
5801–5900
5801 Vasarely	1984 BK	Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Gyõzõ), Hungarian-born French artist † ‡ +
5802 -	1984 HL1	-
5803 Ötzi	1984 OA	Ötzi, the mummified 'iceman' †
5804 Bambinidipraga	1985 RL1	Bambini di Praga, Czech children's choir †
5805 Glasgow	1985 YH	Glasgow, UK and The Astronomical Society of Glasgow †
5806 Archieroy	1986 AG1	Archie Roy (Archibald Edmiston Roy), astronomer, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, The Royal Astronomical Society †
5807 Mshatka	1986 QA4	Country estate of Nikolaj Yakovlevich Danilevskij, Russian thinker [MPC 34622]
5808 Babel'	1987 QV10	*
5809 Kulibin	1987 RG6	Ivan Petrovich Kulibin, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5810 -	1988 EN	-
5811 Keck	1988 KC	The Keck telescopes
5812 Jayewinkler	1988 PJ1	*
5813 -	1988 VL	-
5814 -	1988 XW1	-
5815 Shinsengumi	1989 AH	The Shinsengumi, Japanese group of samurai warriors † ‡
5816 Potsdam	1989 AO6	Potsdam Observatory*
5817 Robertfrazer	1989 RZ	*
5818 -	1989 RC1	-
5819 Lauretta	1989 UZ4	Dante Lauretta, American cosmochemist and meteoriticist at the University of Arizona †
5820 Babelsberg	1989 UF7	Babelsberg Observatory*
5821 -	1989 VV	-
5822 Masakichi	1989 WL	Masakichi Hioki, father of one of discover
5823 Oryo	1989 YH	Oryo Narasaki, wife of Japanese samurai hero Ryoma Sakamoto † ‡
5824 Inagaki	1989 YM	Minoru Inagaki, Japanese classical guitarist † ‡
5825 Rakuyou	1990 BR1	Rakuyō Industrial Highschool, Kyoto, Japan
5826 -	1990 DB	-
5827 Letunov	1990 VB15	*
5828 -	1991 AM	-
5829 Ishidagoro	1991 CT1	Gorō Ishida, Japanese astronomer
5830 Simohiro	1991 EG	Hirofumi or Hiroshi Shimoda, Japanese amateur astronomer
5831 Dizzy	1991 JG	John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, American trumpeter, co-inventor of bebop †
5832 Martaprincipe	1991 LE1	*
5833 Peterson	1991 PQ	*
5834 -	1992 SZ14	-
5835 Mainfranken	1992 SP24	*
5836 -	1993 MF	*
5837 Hedin	2548 P-L	Sven Anders Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer †*
5838 Hamsun	2170 T-2	Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature
5839 GOI	1974 SJ3	S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute (GOI) (Russian Государственный Оптический Институт (ГОИ) имени С. И. Вавилова), Russian producer of large and high-quality lenses and optical equipment for space applications*
5840 Raybrown	1978 ON	Raymond Matthews ("Ray") Brown, American jazz bassist, who played in Dizzy Gillespie's band and later with the Oscar Peterson Trio, husband and musical director of Ella Fitzgerald †
5841 Stone	1982 ST	Prof. Ed Stone is the former Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1991-2001) and the project scientist for the Voyager Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1972.
5842 -	1986 CV1	-
5843 -	1986 UG	-
5844 -	1986 UQ	-
5845 -	1988 QP	-
5846 Hessen	1989 AW6	*
5847 Wakiya	1989 YB	Nanayo Wakiya, member of Japan Planetarium Laboratory
5848 Harutoriko	1990 BZ1	Lake Harutori, Hokkaidō, Japan
5849 -	1990 HF1	-
5850 Masaharu	1990 XM	Masaharu Suzuki, member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
5851 -	1991 DM1	-
5852 Nanette	1991 HO	*
5853 -	1992 QG	-
5854 -	1992 UP	-
5855 Yukitsuna	1992 UO2	Tada Yukitsuna, early samurai
5856 -	1994 AL2	-
5857 Neglinka	1975 TM2	*
5858 Borovitskia	1978 SU5	*
5859 Ostozhenka	1979 FD2	*
5860 -	1981 QE1	-
5861 Glynjones	1982 RW	Kenneth Glyn Jones, British astronomer and historian †*
5862 Sakanoue	1983 AB	Tsutomu Sakanoue, Japanese astronomer and meteorologist †
5863 Tara	1983 RB	*
5864 Montgolfier	1983 RC4	The Montgolfier brothers, French aeronauts
5865 Qualytemocrina	1984 QQ	Scrambled letters of International Comet Quarterly, an astronomical journal †
5866 Sachsen	1988 PM2	*
5867 -	1988 RE	-
5868 Ohta	1988 TQ	Kentarō Ohta, member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
5869 Tanith	1988 VN4	*
5870 Baltimore	1989 CC1	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
5871 Bobbell	1989 CE2	*
5872 Sugano	1989 SL	Matsuo Sugano, Japanese amateur astronomer
5873 Archilochos	1989 SB3	Archilochos, Ancient Greek poet †
5874 -	1989 XB	-
5875 Kuga	1989 XO	Naoto or Naohito (or Tadahito) Kuga, member of Goto Optical Mfg. Co.
5876 -	1990 DM2	-
5877 -	1990 FP	-
5878 Charlene	1991 CC1	Charlene Anderson, Associate Director of the Planetary Society †
5879 Almeria	1992 CH1	*
5880 -	1992 MA	-
5881 Akashi	1992 SR12	Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan
5882 -	1992 WW5	-
5883 -	1993 VM5	-
5884 Dolezal	6045 P-L	Erich Dolezal, Austrian writer and popularizer of astronomy and space science, co-founder of the Austrian Society for Space Research †
5885 Apeldoorn	3137 T-2	Berend Caspar Jan ("Ben") Apeldoorn, Dutch amateur astronomer and science publicist, on the occasion of his 50th birthday † ‡
5886 Rutger	1975 LR	Lyle Lee Rutger, American leader of the Nuclear Launch Approval office of the Department of Energy for NASA's New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission †
5887 Yauza	1976 SG2	*
5888 -	1978 VU7	*
5889 Mickiewicz	1979 FA3	Adam Mickiewicz, poet and playwright
5890 Carlsberg	1979 KG	*
5891 Gehrig	1981 SM	Lou Gehrig, American baseball player †
5892 Milesdavis	1981 YS1	Miles Dewey Davis III, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer †
5893 Coltrane	1982 EF	John William Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer † ‡
5894 Telč	1982 RM1	Telč, Czech Republic †
5895 -	1982 UF2	-
5896 Narrenschiff	1982 VV10	Named on the occasion of the quincentenary of the publication of the Narrenschiff, immortal satiric poem by Sebastian Brant, German writer and humanist †
5897 Novotná	1984 SZ1	Jarmila Novotná-Daubková, Czech opera singer †
5898 -	1985 KE	-
5899 Jedicke	1986 AH	The Jedicke family (Robert, Peter, and June), Canadian astronomers † ‡
5900 Jensen	1986 TL	Poul Jensen, Danish astronomer
5901–6000
5901 -	1986 WB1	-
5902 Talima	1987 QY10	Tatiana Alimovna Damir, friend of the discoverer, daughter of Alim Matveevich Damir (5717) and wife of Sergej Petrovich Kapitsa (5094) †
5903 -	1989 AN1	-
5904 Württemberg	1989 AE7	Württemberg, Germany
5905 Johnson	1989 CJ1	*
5906 -	1989 SN5	-
5907 -	1989 TU5	-
5908 Aichi	1989 UF	Aichi Prefecture, Japan
5909 Nagoya	1989 UT	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
5910 Zátopek	1989 WH4	Emil Zátopek, Czech Olympic long distance runner †
5911 -	1989 WO7	-
5912 Oyatoshiyuki	1989 YR	Toshiyuki Oya, Japanese amateur astronomer †
5913 -	1990 BU	-
5914 Kathywhaler	1990 WK	Kathryn Anne Whaler, Scottish professor of geophysics, Royal Astronomical Society president 2004–2006 †
5915 Yoshihiro	1991 EU	Yoshihiro Yamada, Japanese astronomy educator †
5916 van der Woude	1991 JD1	Jurrie van der Woude, Dutch-born former Public Affairs Officer and Image Coordinator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory †
5917 -	1991 NG	-
5918 -	1991 NV3	-
5919 Patrickmartin	1991 PW12	*
5920 -	1992 SX17	-
5921 -	1992 UL	-
5922 Shouichi	1992 UV	Shouichi Satō, Japanese electric engineer.
5923 Liedeke	1992 WC8	*
5924 Teruo	1994 CH1	Teruo Saegusa, Japanese mountain climber
5925 -	1994 CP1	-
5926 Schönfeld	1929 PB	Eduard Schönfeld, German astronomer*
5927 -	1938 HA	-
5928 Pindarus	1973 SK1	Pindar, Ancient Greek poet*
5929 Manzano	1974 XT	José Roberto Manzano, Argentine astronomer and physicist †
5930 Zhiganov	1975 VW2	*
5931 Zhvanetskij	1976 GK3	*
5932 Prutkov	1976 GO3	*
5933 Kemurdzhian	1976 QN	Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921-2003), Soviet designer of Lunokhod moon rover
5934 Mats	1976 SJ	Mats Lindgren, Swedish astronomer †
5935 Ostankino	1977 EF1	The Ostankino Tower in Moscow*
5936 Khadzhinov	1979 FQ2	*
5937 Lodén	1979 XQ	Kerstin and Lars Olof Lodén, Swedish astronomers †
5938 Keller	1980 FH2	Horst Uwe Keller, German physicist †
5939 Toshimayeda	1981 EU8	Toshiko Mayeda, Japanese meteoriticist †
5940 Feliksobolev	1981 TJ4	Feliks Mikhailovich Sobolev, Ukrainian producer [MPC 34622]
5941 Valencia	1982 UQ6	Valencia, Spain †
5942 Denzilrobert	1983 AN2	*
5943 Lovi	1984 EG	George Lovi, Hungarian-born writer on astronomy and author*
5944 Utesov	1984 JA2	Leonid Osipovich Utesov, Russian singer, musician, actor, founder and artistic leader of the first Russian theatricalized jazz band (on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary his birth) †
5945 Roachapproach	1984 SQ3	Steve Roach, American musician and composer of 'space music' †
5946 Hrozný	1984 UC1	Bedřich Hrozný, Czech archeologist, orientalist and linguist, decipherer of Hittite †
5947 Bonnie	1985 FD	*
5948 Longo	1985 JL	Giuseppe Longo, Italian astronomer †
5949 -	1985 RL3	*
5950 Leukippos	1986 PS4	Leucippus, Ancient Greek philosopher †
5951 Alicemonet	1986 TZ1	Alice Kay Monet (Alice Kay Babcock), American astronomer, wife of David Monet*
5952 Davemonet	1987 EV	David Gilbert Monet, American astronomer, husband of Alice Monet*
5953 Shelton	1987 HS	Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer † ‡
5954 Epikouros	1987 QS1	Epicurus, Ancient Greek philosopher † ‡
5955 Khromchenko	1987 RT3	*
5956 d'Alembert	1988 CF5	Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher and mathematician †
5957 Irina	1988 JN	*
5958 Barrande	1989 BS1	Joachim Barrande, French palaeontologist †
5959 Shaklan	1989 NB1	*
5960 Wakkanai	1989 US	Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan
5961 -	1989 YH1	-
5962 Shikokutenkyo	1990 HK	Shikoku Ten-mon Kyōkai, Japanese name for the Astronomical Society of Shikoku Island †
5963 -	1990 QP2	-
5964 -	1990 QN4	-
5965 -	1990 SV15	-
5966 Tomeko	1990 VS6	Tomeko Goto, wife of Seizo Goto, Japanese former president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. †
5967 Edithlevy	1991 CM5	Edith Pailet Levy, American-Canadian geneticist, and mother of the second discoverer †
5968 Trauger	1991 FC	John Trauger, American physicist, Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory*
5969 Ryuichiro	1991 FT	Ryuichiro Goto, Japanese current president of Goto Optical Mfg. Co. †
5970 Ohdohrikouen	1991 JS1	Ohdohri Park, Sapporo, Japan
5971 Tickell	1991 NT2	Crispin Tickell, British diplomat, who chaired the board of the Climate Institute of Washington (1990-2002) and the Government Panel on Sustainable Development (1994-2000), and who also served on the UK government's Task Force on Near-Earth Objects †
5972 Harryatkinson	1991 PS12	Harry Atkinson, New Zealand-born British physicist, head of astronomy and space for the Science Research Council (1972-1978), chair of the European Space Agency Council (1984-1987), and chair of the UK Task Force on Near-Earth Objects in 2000 †
5973 Takimoto	1991 QC	Daisuke Takimoto, Japanese activist in the nuclear-power phase-out movement
5974 -	1991 UZ2	-
5975 Otakemayumi	1992 SG	Mayumi Ōtake, music composer of Japanese planetarium
5976 Kalatajean	1992 SR2	*
5977 -	1992 TH1	-
5978 Kaminokuni	1992 WT	Kaminokuni, Hokkaidō, Japan
5979 -	1992 XF	-
5980 -	1993 FP2	-
5981 Kresilas	2140 P-L	Kresilas, Ancient Greek sculptor
5982 Polykletus	4862 T-1	Polykleitos, the Elder and Polykleitos the Younger, Ancient Greek sculptors*
5983 Praxiteles	2285 T-2	Praxiteles, Ancient Greek sculptor
5984 Lysippus	4045 T-3	Lysippos, Ancient Greek sculptor
5985 -	1942 RJ	-
5986 Xenophon	1969 TA	Xenophon, Ancient Greek historian
5987 Liviogratton	1975 LQ	Livio Gratton, Italo-Argentine astrophysicist †
5988 Gorodnitskij	1976 GN2	Aleksandr Moiseevich Gorodnitskij, Soviet geophysicist and mineralogist, poet and songwriter [MPC 34622]
5989 Sorin	1976 QC1	Sergej Ivanovich Sorin, Soviet astronomer [MPC 34622]
5990 Panticapaeon	1977 EO	Panticapæon or Panticapaeum, ancient Greek colony, now Kerch, Ukrainian seaport at the eastern extremity of the Crimean peninsula [MPC 34622]
5991 Ivavladis	1979 HE3	Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ivanov, Russian engineer [MPC 34622]
5992 Nittler	1981 DZ	Larry Nittler, American meteoriticist †
5993 Tammydickinson	1981 EU22	Tamara Dickinson, American meteoriticist †
5994 Yakubovich	1981 SZ7	Leonid Arkad'evich Yakubovich, Russian writer [MPC 34622]
5995 Saint-Aignan	1982 DK	Charles P. de Saint-Aignan, American astronomer*
5996 Julioangel	1983 NR	Julio Angel Fernandez (b. 1946), Uruguayan astronomer
5997 Dirac	1983 TH	Paul Dirac, British physicist and Nobelist †
5998 Sitenský	1986 RK1	Ladislav Sitenský, Czech photographer †
5999 Plescia	1987 HA	Jeffrey Plescia, American geophysist and planetary geologist, researcher of terrestrial impact craters*
6000 United Nations	1987 UN	The United Nations †

Preceded by 5,001–5,500

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 5,501–6,000

Succeeded by 6,001–6,500