List of asteroids, number 55501 to 56000

The following table contains a partial list of the asteroid overview . The numbers listed in the first column indicate the order of their final cataloging, serve as an identification number and are part of the name.

The background color indicates the type of orbit:

Main belt asteroid within the 3: 1 Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU

Main belt asteroid between the 3: 1 Kirkwood gap and the 5: 2 Kirkwood gap

Main belt asteroid outside the 5: 2 Kirkwood gap at 2.82 AU

Cupid-type near-earth asteroid

Apollo-type near-earth asteroid

Aten-type near-earth asteroid

Mars trojan

Jupiter Trojan

Neptune Trojan

Centaurs

Transneptunian object

Special features are indicated by a border:

Mars orbit cruiser. Main girdle asteroid with a perihelion smaller than the perihelion of Mars (1,381 AU)

Marsbahn Grazer. Main girdle asteroid with a perihelion larger than the perihelion of Mars but smaller than the aphelion of Mars (1,666 AU)

Potentially dangerous asteroid (background color according to orbit type)

Dwarf planet

Asteroid numbers 55501 to 56000

55501-55600	55601-55700	55701-55800	55801-55900	55901-56000

No. and name	Large half- axis (AU)	source	Date of discovery	Explorer
(55565) 2002 AW 197	47.0290	Data​	January 10, 2002	Palomar observatory
(55576) Amycus	26.2987	Data​	0April 8, 2002	NEAT
(55636) 2002 TX 300	43.3500	Data​	October 15, 2002	Palomar Mountain NEAT
(55637) 2002 UX 25	42.8485	Data​	October 30, 2002	LPL / Spacewatch II
(55691) 3082 T-2	2.8391	Data​	September 30, 1973	C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels
(55733) Lepsius	2.9783	Data​	November 27, 1986	Freimut Börngen
(55735) Magdeburg	2.6145	Data​	August 22, 1987	Freimut Börngen
(55737) Coquimbo	2.3617	Data​	February 11, 1988	Eric Walter Elst
(55753) Raman	2.7237	Data​	September 13, 1991	Freimut Börngen , Lutz D. Schmadel
(55867) 1997 RX 2	2.3118	Data​	0September 3, 1997	Frank B. Zoltowski
(55937) 1998 FN 105	2.9816	Data​	March 31, 1998	LINEAR
(56000) Mesopotamia	2.3696	Data​	September 20, 1998	Eric Walter Elst

See also

• Alphabetical list
• Naming of asteroids and comets

List of asteroids
Number 55001 to 55500	Overview	Number 56001 to 56500