Meanings of minor planet names: 57001–58000 explained

57001–57100

|-id=076| 57076 Mariocambi || || Mario Cambi (b. 1948), an Italian amateur astronomer. || |}

57101–57200

|-id=140| 57140 Gaddi || || Riccardo Gaddi, amateur astronomer and popular expositor || |}

57201–57300

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57301–57400

|-id=359| 57359 Robcrawford || 2001 RC || Robert W. Crawford, American energy and environmental consultant, amateur astronomer and physicist || |}

57401–57500

|-id=424| 57424 Caelumnoctu || || (19)57–4–24, 1957 April 24, is the date of the transmission of the first edition of the BBC television series The Sky at Night (Caelum noctu in Latin) || |-id=471| 57471 Mariemarsina || || Marie Marsina (born 1952) currently serves as the President of the National Art League in New York City and as Vice President of the Douglaston Civic Association. She is a graduate of Pace University's Lubin School of Business. || |}

57501–57600

|-id=509| 57509 Sly || || Sylvestre (Sly) Maurice (born 1966), a planetary astronomer specialized in lunar and Martian exploration. He has been a lead-developer of Martian rover instruments. || |-id=567| 57567 Crikey || || Steve Irwin (1962–2006), an Australian zookeeper and conservationist, known for his TV-series The Crocodile Hunter. "Crikey!", was his signature phrase. || |}

57601–57700

|-id=658| 57658 Nilrem || || Jean-Claude Merlin (born 1954), French astronomer, founder-president of the Burgundy Astronomical Society (French: Société astronomique de Bourgogne) and discoverer of minor planets. "Nilrem" is "Merlin" backwards, because of pre-existing . || |}

57701–57800

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57801–57900

|-id=868| 57868 Pupin || 2001 YD || Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), a Serbian-American physicist and humanitarian. || |-id=879| 57879 Cesarechiosi || || Cesare Chiosi, Italian professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of Padua || |}

57901–58000

|-| 57901 Hitchens || || Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) was a social, religious and literary critic of broad interests, who listed "disputation" among his hobbies || |}