List of asteroids, number 55001 to 55500

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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 55001 to 55500

55001-55100 55101-55200 55201-55300 55301-55400 55401-55500
No. and name Large half-
axis (AU)
source Date of discovery Explorer
(55082) Xlendi 2.3288 1055082Data May 25, 2001 Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý
(55222) Makotoshinkai 3.2609 1055222Data September 12, 2001 Roy Tucker
(55477) Soroban 3.1554 1055477Data October 18, 2001 Hiroshi Maeno

See also

List of asteroids
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