55001–55100 |-id=082 | 55082 Xlendi || || Xlendi, Gozo, Malta † || |} 55101–55200 |-id=108 | 55108 Beamueller || || Beatrice E. A. Mueller, American astronomer || |-id=112 | 55112 Mariangela || || Maria Angels Gassol i Avante, wife of the discoverer || |-id=196 | 55196 Marchini || || Alessandro Marchini, Italian computer scientist, astronomy popularizer, and director of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Siena || |} 55201–55300 |-id=212 | 55212 Yukitoayatsuji || || Yukito Ayatsuji is the pen name of Naoyuki Uchida (born 1960), a Japanese writer of horror and mystery. He is one of the founders of the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. He was one of the two winners of the 1992 Mystery Writers of Japan Award. His best-known works are The Decagon House Murders and (manga). || |-id=221 | 55221 Nancynoblitt || || Nancy Noblitt (born 1951), a friend and loyal supporter of the Rose-Hulman Observatory, in Terre Haute, Indiana, where this asteroid was discovered. || |-id=222 | 55222 Makotoshinkai || || Makoto Shinkai, born Makoto Niitsu (born 1973), is a Japanese author, manga artist, cinematographer, director and producer. His anime credits include Your Name, Weathering With You, 5 Centimeters Per Second and The Garden of Words || |-id=223 | 55223 Akiraifukube || || Akira Ifukube (1914–2006) was a Japanese composer of film scores and classical music. He is best known for the music for the 1954 movie Gojira, also known in the West as Godzilla. || |-id=276 | 55276 Kenlarner || || Ken Larner (born 1938), husband of Nancy (born 1943), an American exploration geophysicist with a distinguished career at Western Geophysical, an international oil exploration company, and the Colorado School of Mines, a public research University, where he directs the Center for Wave Phenomena (Src). || |} 55301–55400 |-id=319 | 55319 Takanashi || || Yasuharu Takanashi (born 1963) is a composer of music for video games and anime. Some of the films he has produced scores for include Shiki, Ikki Tousen, Naruto Shippuden, Fairy Tail and Sailor Moon Crystal. || |-id=320 | 55320 Busler || || William J. Busler (born 1944) has had a long and distinguished career as a researcher and teacher in the field of biochemistry. He has also been a planetarium director and has had a lifelong love for teaching fellow amateur astronomers about the universe. || |-id=331 | 55331 Putzi || || Antonie ("Putzi") T. Schwartz, American