Meanings of minor planet names: 58001–59000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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

Name	Provisional Designation	Source of Name
58001–58100
58084 Hiketaon	1197 T-3	Hiketaon, one of the elders of Troy, counselors to Priam; the son of Laomedon, he suggested Helen be returned to Menelaus to avoid the Trojan war †
58095 Oranienstein	1973 SN	Oranienstein, a baroque castle on the Lahn river near Diez, Germany †
58096 Oineus	1973 SC₂	Oeneus, king of Calydonia, son of Porthaon, who sent Meleager out to find heroes to kill the Calydonian Boar; his grandson Diomedes avoided fighting Glaukos because of the friendship between Oeneus and Glaukos' grandfather Bellerophon †
58097 Alimov	1976 UQ₁	Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov, Russian founder of the school of functional ecology and president of the Hydrobiological Society †
58098 Quirrenbach	1977 TC	Andreas Quirrenbach, German astronomer, director of the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl (Königstuhl Observatory) since 2006 †
58101–58200
58152 Natsöderblom	1988 PF₂	Nathan Söderblom (Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom), Swedish archbishop, theologian and Peace Nobelist †
58163 Minnesang	1989 UJ₇	Minnesang, German sung poetry of the 12th and 13th centuries †
58184 Masayukiyamamoto	1991 RG₁	Masayuki Yamamoto (b. 1971), a Japanese planetary scientist. †
58185 Rokkosan	1991 RH₁	Rokkosan is a 1000-meter-high mountain behind the city of Kobe, Japan †
58186 Langkavel	1991 RT₄	Arno Langkavel (b. 1938), a former high school teacher and historian of astronomy. †
58191 Dolomiten	1991 YN₁	The Dolomites mountains (Dolomiten is the Swiss-German name) †
58196 Ashleyess	1992 EC₁	Ashley Caroline Steel, the discoverer's youngest sister †
58201–58300
58214 Amorim	1992 RA₂	Regina Helena Caldas de Amorim, Brazilian neuro-pediatrician at Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) †
58215 von Klitzing	1992 SY₁	Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and Nobelist †
58221 Boston	1993 BM₁₄	Boston, founded in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England, is the capital and largest city of the American state of Massachusetts. †
58217 Peterhebel	1992 SP₁₆	Peter Hebel (b. 1957) is a most interested amateur astronomer, but as a doctor of medicine his chief occupation is that of an operating surgeon at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, where he has saved and improved the life of many patients. †
58279 Kamerlingh	1993 TE₄₀	Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, 19th-20th-century Dutch physicist, who first liquefied helium †
58301–58400
58345 Moomintroll	1995 CZ₁	Moomintroll is the central character of the classic 1946 novel Comet in Moominland (Swedish title Kometjakten) by Finnish author Tove Jansson †
58364 Feierberg	1995 MF₇	Michael Feierberg, American astronomer, who was involved in the early work connecting C-class minor planets to carbonaceous chondrites †
58365 Robmedrano	1995 OQ	Technical Sergeant Rob Medrano, of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) observatory †
58373 Albertoalonso	1995 SR	Alberto Alonso, the legendary Cuban choreographer and dance visionary †
58401–58500
58417 Belzoni	1996 BD₂	Giovanni Battista Belzoni, an explorer of Egyptian antiquities. †
58418 Luguhu	1996 BA₄	Luguhu Lake is situated at the junction of southwestern Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan †
58424 Jamesdunlop	1996 DL₁	James Dunlop, Scottish-Australian astronomer †
58460 Le Mouélic	1996 LM₁	Stephane Le Mouélic, a research engineer at the University of Nantes. †
58466 Santoka	1996 OB₁	Santoka Taneda, the Japanese "Wandering Haiku Poet" †
58499 Stüber	1996 VY	Eberhard Stüber, Austrian director of the natural science museum "Haus der Natur" in Salzburg †
58501–58600
58534 Logos	1997 CQ₂₉	Logos and Zoe ((58534) Logos I Zoe), a paired emanation of the deity in the Gnostic tradition, and part of its creation myth †
58572 Romanella	1997 RV₆	Russell Romanella (born 1958) is an experienced space engineer involved in human space exploration activities such as the Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Constellation projects †
58535 Pattillo	1997 DP	Leonard Pattillo, American founding member and former officer of the Fort Bend Astronomy Club †
58569 Eboshiyamakouen	1997 QY₂	Eboshiyama Kouen, the name of the park in the southern part of Nanyo city, Yamagata. †
58573 Serpieri	1997 RD₇	Arrigo Serpieri, Italian agricultural economist †
58578 Žídek	1997 SP₂	Ivo Žídek, Czech opera singer †
58579 Ehrenberg	1997 SQ₂	Eleonora Gayerová z Ehrenberku (Eleonora Gayerová of Ehrenberg), Czech soprano opera singer, who lived in Vila Leonora at Ondřejov and was instrumental in the establishment of the Ondřejov Observatory † ‡
58595 Joepollock	1997 TX₉	Joseph T. Pollock (b. 1950), a professor of astronomy at the Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. †
58600 Iwamuroonsen	1997 TC₁₇	Iwamuroonsen is a town of the southwest of Niigata City †
58601–58700
58605 Liutungsheng	1997 TA₂₇	Liu Tungsheng, Chinese Earth scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences †
58607 Wenzel	1997 UL	Wolfgang Wenzel, German astronomer †
58608 Geroldrichter	1997 UY	Gerold A. Richter, German astronomer †
58622 Setoguchi	1997 VU	Takashi Setoguchi (born 1961) is a member of the Oriental Astronomical Association. †
58627 Rieko	1997 VG₅	Rieko is the wife of the discoverer. †
58664 IYAMMIX	1997 YA₁	The International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009) is a global effort initiated by the IAU and UNESCO to stimulate worldwide interest in astronomy under the central theme "The Universe, Yours to Discover" †
58671 Diplodocus	1997 YC₈	Named for one of the largest animals ever to walk on the earth, the Dashing Diplodocus is the premier quarterly publication of the Houston Museum of Natural Science. †
58672 Remigio	1997 YT₈	Scarfi Remigio, Italian geologist, mathematics teacher, and amateur astronomer †
58679 Brenig	1998 AH	Brenig, a part of Bornheim, is located near the Rhine river between Cologne and Bonn. †
58682 Alenašolcová	1998 AA₁₁	Alena Šolcová, Czech mathematician and historian of mathematics and astronomy †
58701–58800
58707 Kyoshi	1998 CS	Kyoshi Takahama, Japanese Haiku poet and novelist †
58709 Zenocolò	1998 CT₂	Zeno Colò, 20th-century Italian skier and Olympic gold medalist (Oslo Winter Games, 1952) †
58801–58900
58896 Schlosser	1998 JE₄	Wolfhard Schlosser, professor at Bochum University from 1969 until his retirement in 2005 †
58901–59000
58931 Palmys	1998 MK₄₇	Palmys, a Trojan fighting for the relief of the city of Troy set off for the centre of the battlefield, with a group of other Trojans from Ascania. †
59000 Beiguan	1998 SW₂₆	Beijing Tianwenguan (Beijing Planetarium), on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary year (2007) †

Preceded by 57,001–58,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 58,001–59,000	Succeeded by 59,001–60,000

Meanings of minor planet names

1–5000	1–500 501–1,000 1,001–1,500 1,501–2,000 2,001–2,500 2,501–3,000 3,001–3,500 3,501–4,000 4,001–4,500 4,501–5,000

5001–10,000	5,001–5,500 5,501–6,000 6,001–6,500 6,501–7,000 7,001–7,500 7,501–8,000 8,001–8,500 8,501–9,000 9,001–9,500 9,501–10,000

10,001–20,000	10,001–11,000 11,001–12,000 12,001–13,000 13,001–14,000 14,001–15,000 15,001–16,000 16,001–17,000 17,001–18,000 18,001–19,000 19,001–20,000

20,001–30,000	20,001–21,000 21,001–22,000 22,001–23,000 23,001–24,000 24,001–25,000 25,001–26,000 26,001–27,000 27,001–28,000 28,001–29,000 29,001–30,000

30001–40,000	30,001–31,000 31,001–32,000 32,001–33,000 33,001–34,000 34,001–35,000 35,001–36,000 36,001–37,000 37,001–38,000 38,001–39,000 39,001–40,000

40001–50,000	40,001–41,000 41,001–42,000 42,001–43,000 43,001–44,000 44,001–45,000 45,001–46,000 46,001–47,000 47,001–48,000 48,001–49,000 49,001–50,000

50001–60,000	50,001–51,000 51,001–52,000 52,001–53,000 53,001–54,000 54,001–55,000 55,001–56,000 56,001–57,000 57,001–58,000 58,001–59,000 59,001–60,000

60001–70,000	60,001–61,000 61,001–62,000 62,001–63,000 63,001–64,000 64,001–65,000 65,001–66,000 66,001–67,000 67,001–68,000 68,001–69,000 69,001–70,000

70001–80,000	70,001–71,000 71,001–72,000 72,001–73,000 73,001–74,000 74,001–75,000 75,001–76,000 76,001–77,000 77,001–78,000 78,001–79,000 79,001–80,000

80001–90,000	80,001–81,000 81,001–82,000 82,001–83,000 83,001–84,000 84,001–85,000 85,001–86,000 86,001–87,000 87,001–88,000 88,001–89,000 89,001–90,000

90,001–100,000	90,001–91,000 91,001–92,000 92,001–93,000 93,001–94,000 94,001–95,000 95,001–96,000 96,001–97,000 97,001–98,000 98,001–99,000 99,001–100,000

100,001–200,000	100,001–110,000 110,001–120,000 120,001–130,000 130,001–140,000 140,001–150,000 150,001–160,000 160,001–170,000 170,001–180,000 180,001–190,000 190,001–200,000

200,001–300,000	200,001–210,000 210,001–220,000 220,001–230,000 230,001–240,000 240,001–250,000 250,001–260,000 260,001–270,000 270,001–280,000 280,001–290,000 290,001–300,000

300,001–400,000	300,001–310,000 310,001–320,000 320,001–330,000 330,001–340,000 340,001–350,000 350,001–360,000 360,001–370,000 370,001–380,000 380,001–390,000 390,001–400,000

401,001–500,000	400,001–410,000 410,001–420,000 420,001–430,000

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