List of asteroids, number 56001 to 56500

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 56001 to 56500

56001-56100	56101-56200	56201-56300	56301-56400	56401-56500

No. and name	Large half- axis (AU)	source	Date of discovery	Explorer
(56329) Tarxien	2.3310	Data​	November 28, 1999	Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý
(56422) Mnajdra	2.3900	Data​	0April 2, 2000	Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý

See also

• Alphabetical list
• Naming of asteroids and comets

List of asteroids
Number 55501 to 56000	Overview	Number 56501 to 57000