Meanings of minor planet names: 56001–57000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 56,001… 56,101… 56,201… 56,301… 56,401… 56,501… 56,601… 56,701… 56,801… 56,901…

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
56001–56100
56088 Wuheng	1999 AZ23	Heng Wu, leader and organizer of China's science and technology †
56100 Luisapolli	1999 BM14	Luisa Polli, sister of the grandmother of the discoverer † ‡
56101–56200
56201–56300
56280 Asemo	1999 KS5	ASEMO, the Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri †
56301–56400
56329 Tarxien	1999 WO1	The Tarxien temples on Malta †
56401–56500
56501–56600
56561 Jaimenomen	2000 JG7	Jaime Laureano Nomen Torres, Spanish prolific discoverer of minor planets at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca †
56601–56700
56701–56800
56801–56900
56901–57000

Preceded by 55,001–56,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 56,001–57,000

Succeeded by 57,001–58,000