# Meanings of minor planet names: 551001–552000

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.
Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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.
Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

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* 546,000s
* 547,000s
* 548,000s
* 549,000s
* 550,000s
* 551,000s
* 552,000s
* 553,000s
* 554,000s
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* 556,000s
* 551,001…
* 551,101…
* 551,201…
* 551,301…
* 551,401…
* 551,501…
* 551,601…
* 551,701…
* 551,801…
* 551,901…

## 551001–551100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 551014 Gorman | 2012 UU$_{185}$ | Alice Gorman (born 1964) is an Australian archaeologist, a pioneer in the field of space archaeology. | IAU · 551014 |
| 551091 Flórferenc | 2012 VZ$_{98}$ | Ferenc Flór (1809–1871) was a doctor and medical writer, as well as a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was one of the founders of public health in Hungary and he called for the construction of a clean water supply network in Budapest. | IAU · 551091 |

## 551101–551200

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 551201–551300

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 551231 Żywiec | 2013 AT$_{24}$ | Żywiec is a town in southern Poland. | IAU · 551231 |
| 551233 Miguelanton | 2013 AN$_{27}$ | Miguel Anton (1950–2021) was a Spanish chemist, mathematician and programmer, and a friend of astronomer Rafael Ferrando, who co-discovered this minor planet. | IAU · 551233 |

## 551301–551400

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 551390 Thomaskeßler | 2013 CK$_{50}$ | Tax consultant Thomas Keßler (b. 1953) is an amateur astronomer and a good friend of the discoverer. He was the treasurer of the Vereinigung der Sternfreunde, the largest German amateur astronomer organization, from 1997 to 2017. His main interests in observing are asteroids. | IAU · 551390 |

## 551401–551500

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 551501–551600

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 551601–551700

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 551601 Antonijové | 2013 GN$_{34}$ | Antoni Jové Reina (born 1978) is an electromechanic expert. He built the Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Remote Observatory in 2017 according to the discoverer's design. Jové later built four more remote observatories, using his own electronics design and self-written software. | IAU · 551601 |

## 551701–551800

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||

## 551801–551900

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| 551878 Stoeger | 2013 PF$_2$ | William R. Stoeger (1943–2014), an American Jesuit priest at the Vatican Observatory. he co-edited a series of academic conference proceedings on science and theology. | IAU · 551878 |
| 551900 Laneways | 2013 PJ$_{40}$ | Laneways, which are narrow streets and pedestrian paths, are the heart of the street culture in Melbourne, Australia. | IAU · 551900 |

## 551901–552000

| Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
| There are no named minor planets in this number range ||||