scientist for over 45 years, and holds multiple patents for medical devices and innovative biotechnology protocols. He has also made significant contributions to the discovery and characterization of variable stars. || |-id=561 | 55561 Madenberg || || Janet A. Stevens (née Madenberg, born 1950), an American amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets who started a loaner telescope program in 1984 to introduce novices to telescopic observing. She co-edited Northern Lights from 1990 to 1998 and was executive secretary of the Astronomical League from 1995 to 2001. She directs the Desert Moon Observatory together with her husband Berton L. Stevens || |-id=576 | 55576 Amycus || || The centaur Amycus, son of Ophion, who attended Pirithous' wedding, fought against the Lapiths, and was killed by Pelates of Pella || |} 55601–55700 |-id=676 | 55676 Klythios || 3034 T-1 || Klythios (Clytius), one of the Elders of Troy (Iliad, Book III) || |-id=678 | 55678 Lampos || 3291 T-1 || Lampos or Lampus, son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, father of Dolops || |} 55701–55800 |- | 55701 Ukalegon || 1193 T-3 || Ucalegon, from Greek mythology, one of the Elders of Troy, whose house was set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked the city || |-id=702 | 55702 Thymoitos || 1302 T-3 || Thymoetes (Thymoitos), from Greek mythology, son of Laomedon, one of the Elders of the city of Troy, and the first to urge that the Trojan Horse be brought into the city || |-id=720 | 55720 Daandehoop || 1972 RE || Daniël "Daan" de Hoop (born 1945), honorary member and chairman of the Dutch Association for Spaceflight (1995–2005). He made many valuable contributions to the public understanding of spaceflight and space exploration. || |-id=733 | 55733 Lepsius || || Karl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884), a German egyptologist who studied the monuments, pyramids and mastabas of the Old Kingdom (c. 2686-c. 2160 BC) in Egypt and Sudan. He did much to catalogue archaeological remains and to establish a chronology for Egyptian history. || |-id=735 | 55735 Magdeburg || 1987 QV || The German city of Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. It was first recorded in 805 and is situated on the Elbe river. Magdeburg became important under emperor Otto I, who founded a cathedral there. || |-id=737 | 55737 Coquimbo || || The Chilean city of Coquimbo, the capital of the Elqui