Meanings of minor planet names: 53001–54000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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 number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

53001–53100

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53029 Wodetzky1998 WY6József Wodetzky (1872–1956), a Hungarian astronomer and mathematician who was director of the Astronomical Institute of Pázmány Péter University from 1934 to 1942. His research was in classical astronomy, mainly concerned with the three-body problem and the motion of the Moon.JPL · 53029
53093 La Orotava1998 YO12La Orotava, a town and municipality in the northern part of the Island of TenerifeJPL · 53093

53101–53200

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53157 Akaishidake1999 CPAkaishidake Mountain, Shizuoka, JapanJPL · 53157
53159 Mysliveček1999 CN3Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781), a Czech composer from the period of early classicism. He worked in Italy (Il divino Boemo) beginning in 1763. He composed orchestral works, oratorios and operas.JPL · 53159

53201–53300

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53237 Simonson1999 CU118Walter Simonson (born 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist.JPL · 53237
53250 Beucher1999 DY3Jacqueline Beucher (born 1947) has been a tireless promoter of astronomy for several decades. She has served in various official roles for the Astronomical Society of Kansas City and the Astronomical League. Beucher also has helped plan and organize many astronomy conventions and has led several solar eclipse tours.JPL · 53250
53252 Sardegna1999 EY4Sardinia, in ItalianJPL · 53252
53253 Zeiler1999 EV5Michael Zeiler (born 1956) is a technical writer at the Environmental Systems Research Institute who helped develop the ArcGIS geographic information systemJPL · 53253
53256 Sinitiere1999 FDRobert Sinitiere (born 1950), an amateur astronomer and pharmacist.JPL · 53256
53285 Mojmír1999 FM53Mojmír, ruler of the Great Moravian Empire from (830–845/46). He promoted Christianity in his empire, trying to attach Moravia to Western Europe.JPL · 53285

53301–53400

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53311 Deucalion1999 HU11Deucalion, the Ancient Greek mythological Adam. After a flood in which all humans were drowned except for Deucalion and (his wife) Pyrrha, an oracle tells them to "throw the bones of their mother" behind them. Puzzled, they decided that their mother is Earth and her bones are stones. The stones they then threw over their shoulders sprang up into people to repopulate the world.JPL · 53311
53316 Michielford1999 JY3Michiel Ford, American amateur astronomer, recipient of a Milken National Educator AwardJPL · 53316

53401–53500

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53468 Varros2000 AC2George Varros (born 1959) is an amateur astronomer who helped NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office popularize lunar-meteoroid-impact monitoring by amateur astronomers, for the purpose of assessing the dangers to future astronauts during prolonged visits to the lunar surface.JPL · 53468

53501–53600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

53601–53700

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53629 Andrewpotter2000 CJ112Andrew E. Potter (born 1926) is a space scientist who discovered the sodium and potassium components of the atmospheres of both Mercury and the moon.JPL · 53629

53701–53800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

53801–53900

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53843 Antjiekrog2000 FG10Antjie Krog (born 1952), a South African writer.JPL · 53843

53901–54000

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53910 Jánfischer2000 GF4Ján Fischer (1905–1980) was a theoretical physicist and professor at Comenius University, Bratislava. He studied interaction between matter and electromagnetic radiation and significantly contributed to the quantum theory of photoelectric effect and Compton phenomenon.JPL · 53910

References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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52,001–53,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 53,001–54,000		 Succeeded by
54,001–55,000
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