5001–5100
| 5001 EMP || || The annual publication Ephemerides Of Minor Planets (). It contains astrometric information about minor planets || |-id=m002 | 5002 Marnix || || Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (1538–1598), mayor of Antwerp, believed to have been the composer of the 'Wilhelmus', which became the Dutch national anthem in 1932 || |-id=m003 | 5003 Silvanominuto || || Silvano Minuto (born 1940), Italian amateur astronomer, founder of the Suno Observatory and promoter of several regional laws on light pollution || |-id=m004 | 5004 Bruch || || Max Bruch (1838–1920), German composer || |-id=m005 | 5005 Kegler || 1988 UB || Ignatius Kegler (1680–1746), a German Jesuit and Astronomer Royal in Beijing || |-id=m006 | 5006 Teller || || Edward Teller (1908–2003), Hungarian-born American physicist || |-id=m007 | 5007 Keay || || Colin Stewart Lindsay Keay (1930–2015), Australian physicist and astronomer past president of IAU Commission 22 and chairman of the IAU Working Group on the Prevention of Interplanetary Pollution || |-id=m008 | 5008 Miyazawakenji || 1991 DV || Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese poet and children's novelist || |-id=m009 | 5009 Sethos || 2562 P-L || Sethos I, an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty || |-id=m010 | 5010 Amenemhêt || 4594 P-L || Amenemhět III (1844–1797 B.C.), an Egyptian pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty || |-id=m011 | 5011 Ptah || 6743 P-L || Ptah, Egyptian god || |-id=m012 | 5012 Eurymedon || 9507 P-L || Eurymedon, charioteer of Agamemnon and servant of Nestor in the Trojan War || |-id=m013 | 5013 Suzhousanzhong || || Suzhousanzhong ("Suzhou No. 3 Middle School"), Jiangsu province, China, on the occasion (2006) of its 100th anniversary || |-id=m014 | 5014 Gorchakov || 1974 ST || Prince Alexander Gorchakov (1798–1883), chancellor of the Russian Empire || |-id=m015 | 5015 Litke || 1975 VP || Count Fyodor Litke (1797–1882), Russian navigator and explorer || |-id=m016 | 5016 Migirenko || || Georgij Sergeeveich Migirenko (born 1916), Russian physicist || |-id=m017 | 5017 Tenchi || || Emperor Tenji (626–671), Japan || |-id=m018 | 5018 Tenmu || || Emperor Temmu (c. 631–686), Japan || |-id=m019 | 5019 Erfjord || || Erfjord, village in Norway || |-id=m020 | 5020 Asimov || || Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), Russian-American science fiction writer || |-id=m021 | 5021 Krylania || || Anna Kapitsa (1903–1996) née Krylova, daughter of mathematician Aleksey Krylov and wife of physicist Pyotr Kapitsa || |-id=m022 | 5022 Roccapalumba || || Roccapalumba, a village in Sicily, Italy || |-id=m023 | 5023 Agapenor || || Agapenor, mythical person related to Trojan War || |-id=m024 | 5024 Bechmann || 1985 VP || Poul Bechmann is the former head of the mechanical workshop at the Brorfelde Observatory, Denmark || |-id=m025 | 5025 Mecisteus || || Mecisteus from Greek mythology, who carried the wounded Teucer and Hypsenor off the battlefield. Mecisteus and his father Echius were killed by Polydamas while defending the Greek ships. || |-id=m026 | 5026 Martes || || Animal species pine marten (Martes martes) and beech marten (Martes foina) living on Klet Mountain, Czech Republic, where the Klet Observatory is located || |-id=m027 | 5027 Androgeos || || Androgeos, mythical person related to Trojan War || |-id=m028 | 5028 Halaesus || || Halaesus, mythological Greek warrior || |-id=m029 | 5029 Ireland || || Named for the country of Ireland || |-id=m030 | 5030 Gyldenkerne || || Kjeld Gyldenkerne (1919–1999), Danish astronomer || |-id=m031 | 5031 Švejcar || || Josef Švejcar (1897–1997), Czech medical doctor || |-id=m032 | 5032 Conradhirsh || 1990 OO || Conrad W. Hirsh (1941–1999), teacher and explorer || |-id=m033 | 5033 Mistral || 1990 PF || Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914), French writer and Nobel Prize laureate || |-id=m034 | 5034 Joeharrington || || Joseph Harrington (born 1967), American planetary scientist at Cornell University, New York || |-id=m035 | 5035 Swift || 1991 UX || Lewis A. Swift (1820–1913), American astronomer and comet hunter || |-id=m036 | 5036 Tuttle || || Horace P. Tuttle (1837–1923), American astronomer and American Civil War veteran || |-id=m037 | 5037 Habing || 6552 P-L || Harm Jan Habing (born 1937), Dutch astronomer and professor at Leiden University || |-id=m038 | 5038 Overbeek || 1948 KF || Michiel Daniel Overbeek (1920–2001), South African amateur astronomer and past president of ASSA || |-id=m039 | 5039 Rosenkavalier || || Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer of opera, notably Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) || |-id=m040 | 5040 Rabinowitz || 1972 RF || David Rabinowitz, American astronomer at Spacewatch and a discoverer of minor planets himself || |-id=m041 | 5041 Theotes || || Theotes, mythical person related to Trojan War || |-id=m042 | 5042 Colpa || 1974 ME || "Colpa", the Huarpe word for stones that are composed of "pure minerals". These indigenous people lived in San Juan province of Argentina, where the discovering Félix Aguilar Observatory is located || |-id=m043 | 5043 Zadornov || || Mikhail Zadornov, Russian comedian † || |-id=m044 | 5044 Shestaka || || Ivan Sofronovich Shestaka (1937–1994), chief researcher of comets and meteors at the astronomical observatory of Odessa University, Russia || |-id=m045 | 5045 Hoyin || || Yin Ho (1908–1983), Chinese philanthropist from Macau || |-id=m046 | 5046 Carletonmoore || 1981 DQ || Carleton Bryant Moore (1932–2023) professor of chemistry and geology of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University || |-id=m047 | 5047 Zanda || || Brigitte Zanda (born 1958), a meteorite curator at the Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle de Paris and an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University || |-id=m048 | 5048 Moriarty || 1981 GC || Professor Moriarty, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories || |-id=m049 | 5049 Sherlock || || Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective || |-id=m050 | 5050 Doctorwatson || || Dr. Watson, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories || |-id=m051 | 5051 Ralph || 1984 SM || Ralph Florentin Nielsen (1942–1995) was head of the electronics laboratory at the Brorfelde Observatory, Denmark || |-id=m052 | 5052 Nancyruth || || Nancy R. Lebofsky, American educator || |-id=m053 | 5053 Chladni || || Ernst Chladni (1756–1827), German physicist and musician || |-id=m054 | 5054 Keil || || Klaus Keil (born 1934), American meteoriticist at University of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology || |-id=m055 | 5055 Opekushin || || Aleksandr Mikhailovich Opekushin (1838–1923), Russian sculptor || |-id=m056 | 5056 Rahua || || Rahua, wife of one of the four sons of Pirua Wiracocha, creator god of civilization in Inca mythology || |-id=m057 | 5057 Weeks || || Eric R. Weeks (born 1970), a professor in the Physics Department at Emory University || |-id=m058 | 5058 Tarrega || 1987 OM || Francisco Tárrega, Spanish classical guitarist-composer || |-id=m059 | 5059 Saroma || 1988 AF || Lake Saroma, Hokkaido, Japan || |-id=m060 | 5060 Yoneta || || Katsuhiko Yoneta (1904–1957), Japanese engineer and a graduate of Hokkaido University || |-id=m061 | 5061 McIntosh || 1988 DJ || Bruce A. McIntosh, Canadian astronomer || |-id=m062 | 5062 Glennmiller || 1989 CZ || Glenn Miller, American jazz musician and bandleader of the swing era || |-id=m063 | 5063 Monteverdi || || Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), Italian composer and Catholic priest || |-id=m064 | 5064 Tanchozuru || 1990 FS || Tancho, Japanese crane || |-id=m065 | 5065 Johnstone || || Paul Johnstone (died 1976), the first director and producer of The Sky at Night, a British documentary television programme on astronomy || |-id=m066 | 5066 Garradd || 1990 MA || Gordon J. Garradd (born 1959), Australian amateur astronomer and photographer || |-id=m067 | 5067 Occidental || 1990 OX || Occidental College, located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States || |-id=m068 | 5068 Cragg || 1990 TC || Thomas A. Cragg (1927–2011), American amateur astronomer || |-id=m069 | 5069 Tokeidai || 1991 QB || Sapporo Tokeidai, Japan || |-id=m070 | 5070 Arai || 1991 XT || Arai Ikunosuke, Japanese from Bakumatsu to Meiji || |-id=m071 | 5071 Schoenmaker || 3099 T-2 || Anton A. Schoenmaker, Dutch technical officer at the Leiden Observatory || |-id=m072 | 5072 Hioki || || Tsutomu Hioki, Japanese astronomer || |-id=m073 | 5073 Junttura || 1943 EN || "Junttura" embodies the Finnish mentality to get things done, stubbornly and at all costs || |-id=m074 | 5074 Goetzoertel || || Goetz Oertel, American physicist and chairman of AURA || |-id=m075 | 5075 Goryachev || || Nikolaj Nikanorovich Goryachev (1883–1940), Russian professor of astronomy at Tomsk University || |-id=m076 | 5076 Lebedev-Kumach || || Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (1898–1949), Soviet and Russian poet and songwriter || |-id=m077 | 5077 Favaloro || 1974 MG || René Favaloro, Argentine cardiologist (1923–2000), creator of the bypass coronary surgery || |-id=m078 | 5078 Solovjev-Sedoj || 1974 SW || Vasilij Pavlovich Solovjev-Sedoj (1907–1979), Russian composer || |-id=m079 | 5079 Brubeck || 1975 DB || Dave Brubeck (1920–2012), American jazz pianist and composer || |-id=m080 | 5080 Oja || 1976 EB || Tarmo Oja, Swedish astronomer || |-id=m081 | 5081 Sanguin || || Juan G. Sanguin (1933–2006) was an Argentinian astronomer who was in charge of the minor planet and comet programs at the El Leoncito Station for more than a quarter of a century || |-id=m082 | 5082 Nihonsyoki || || Nihon Shoki, the first written history of Japan, compiled in the 8th century || |-id=m083 | 5083 Irinara || 1977 EV || Irina Evgen'evna Raksha, Russian writer and friend of the discoverer Nikolai Chernykh || |-id=m084 | 5084 Gnedin || || Yurij Nikolaevich Gnedin (1935–2018), Russian astrophysicist || |-id=m085 | 5085 Hippocrene || 1977 NN || Hippocrene, mythological Greek fountain || |-id=m086 | 5086 Demin || || Vladimir Grigor'evich Demin (1929–1996), Russian professor at Moscow University and expert on celestial mechanics and dynamics of rigid bodies || |-id=m087 | 5087 Emelʹyanov || || Nikolai Vladimirovich Emelʹyanov (born 1946), Russian astronomer head of the Celestial Mechanics Department of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Moscow || |-id=m088 | 5088 Tancredi || || Gonzalo Tancredi, Uruguayan astronomer || |-id=m089 | 5089 Nádherná || 1979 SN || Sidonie Nádherná (1885–1950), Czech-British writer || |-id=m090 | 5090 Wyeth || 1980 CG || Stuart Wyeth, American donor of the Wyeth 1.5-meter telescope at Harvard Observatory || |-id=m091 | 5091 Isakovskij || || Mikhail Vasil'evich Isakovskii (1900–1973), Russian poet || |-id=m092 | 5092 Manara || 1982 FJ || Alessandro Manara, astronomer at Brera Astronomical Observatory in Milan, Italy || |-id=m093 | 5093 Svirelia || || Elsa Gustavovna Sviridova, the wife of Russian composer Georgy Sviridov || |-id=m094 | 5094 Seryozha || || Sergey Kapitsa (1928–2012), Russian physicist || |-id=m095 | 5095 Escalante || 1983 NL || Jaime Escalante (1930–2010), Bolivian-born mathematics teacher || |-id=m096 | 5096 Luzin || || Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin, Russian mathematician || |-id=m097 | 5097 Axford || || Ian Axford (1933–2010), New Zealand-born astrophysicist and longtime director of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research || |-id=m098 | 5098 Tomsolomon || || Tom Solomon (born 1962) holds a Presidential Professorship in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Bucknell University || |-id=m099 | 5099 Iainbanks || || Iain M. Banks (1954–2013), a Scottish writer || |-id=m100 | 5100 Pasachoff || 1985 GW || Jay Myron Pasachoff (1943–2022), Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Williams College, United States ||
5101–5200
| 5101 Akhmerov || || Vadim Zinov'evich Akhmerov (born 1929), doctor in the Crimean Peninsula || |-id=m102 | 5102 Benfranklin || || Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), American scientist, philosopher and statesman || |-id=m103