Meanings of minor planet names: 601001–602000 explained

601001–601100

|-id=036| 601036 Sassflóra || || Flóra Sass (1841–1916), a Hungarian-born explorer and Africa researcher, known locally as Myadue, meaning the Morning Star. || |}

601101–601200

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601201–601300

|-id=227| 601227 Ammann || || Simon Ammann (b. 1981), a Swiss ski jumper. || |}

601301–601400

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601401–601500

|-id=476| 601476 Scharun || || Christian Scharun (b. 1992), a climate scientist from Karlsruhe, Germany || |}

601501–601600

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601601–601700

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601701–601800

|-id=731| 601731 Kukuczka || || Jerzy Kukuczka (1948–1989), was a Polish alpine and high-altitude climber, who became the second man (after Reinhold Messner) to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders in 1987. || |}

601801–601900

|-id=894| 601894 Naiman || || Marian H. Naiman, a former the Bucharest Astroclub, the oldest amateur club in Romania. || |}

601901–602000

|-id=916| 601916 Sting || || Sting (Gordon M. Sumner, born 1951), an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, who also co-founded the rock band "The Police". || |}