Meanings of minor planet names: 59001–60000

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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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
59001–59100
59001 Senftenberg	1998 SZ₃₅	Senftenberg (now Žamberk), eastern Bohemia, where two comets were discovered by Theodor Brorsen in 1851, and the birthplace of Czech theologian and natural scientist Prokop Diviš, astronomer August Seydler and surgeon Eduard Albert † ‡
59087 Maccacaro	1998 VT₃₃	Tommaso Maccacaro, Italian astrophysicist and x-ray astronomer †
59101–59200
59201–59300
59232 Sfiligoi	1999 CA₁	Vincenzo Sfiligoi, a public accountant in the Italian province of Gorizia until 1990 †
59239 Alhazen	1999 CR₂	Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham, medieval Arab astronomer, mathematician, doctor, philosopher and physicist † ‡
59301–59400
59369 Chanco	1999 EB₅	Chanco is a toponym used by the Flemish scientist-author Godefridi Wendelini (1580–1667), who named the Belgian city of Genk as Chanco in the Leges Salicae Illustratae.[MPC 86715]
59388 Monod	1999 FU₁₉	Jacques Lucien Monod, French molecular biologist and Nobelist †
59390 Habermas	1999 FR₂₁	Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher, political scientist and sociologist, member of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research †
59401–59500
59417 Giocasilli	1999 GD₁	Giovanni Casilli, Italian astronomer-technician †
59419 Prešov	1999 GE₂	Prešov, eastern Slovakia †
59501–59600
59601–59700
59701–59800
59793 Clapiès	1999 OD	Jean de Clapiès (also written Clapiez), French mathematician, engineer, hydrographer, and astronomer †
59800 Astropis	1999 PV₄	Astropis, Czech astronomy magazine †
59801–59900
59804 Dickjoyce	1999 RJ₁	Richard "Dick" R. Joyce, American astronomer †
59828 Ossikar	1999 RU₃₂	Ossikar, cartoon figure created by German caricaturist Manfred Sondermann, the father-in-law of the discoverer †
59830 Reynek	1999 RE₃₃	Bohuslav Reynek, Bohemian (Czech) poet and graphic artist † ‡
59833 Danimatter	1999 RZ₃₆	Daniel Matter, French amateur astronomer, friend of the discoverer † ‡
59901–60000
60000 Miminko	1999 TZ₃	Miminko, a Czech word that expresses the innocence of the very beginning of human life †

Preceded by 58,001–59,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 59,001–60,000	Succeeded by 60,001–61,000

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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