expertise includes several topics in classical and quantum theory of general relativity, as well as their applications in astrophysics. The name was suggested by D. Vokrouhlický. || |-id=845 | 55845 Marco || || Marco Colombini (born 1990), an Economics and Commerce graduate of the University of Modena, is employed at a metalworking company. He is the third son of one of co-discoverers of this minor planet. || |-id=854 | 55854 Stoppani || || Eugenio Stoppani (1850–1917) who erected a mountain refuge in 1905, which is now the site of the Sormano Astronomical Observatory, in the place where his father Edoardo Stoppani (1818–1892) died accidentally. Antonio Stoppani (1824–1891) (probably a distant relative) was a distinguished paleontologist. || |-id=873 | 55873 Shiomidake || || Shiomidake, a mountain in northern Shizuoka, Japan, about 3047 meters high. || |-id=874 | 55874 Brlka || || Petr Brlka (1945–1966), a Czech amateur astronomer, was a member since 1959 and from 1963 the chairman of the Meteor Observers Group in Brno. A student of mathematics and physics in Brno University, he died in an avalanche in the Vysoke Tatry Mountains in Slovakia. || |-id=875 | 55875 Hirohatagaoka || 1997 VH || Hirohatagaoka, a hill on which is located Hadano High School, from which the discoverer graduated (img) || |-id=892 | 55892 Fuzhougezhi || || The Fuzhou Gezhi High School (Ge Zhi means "Science") in China has made outstanding contributions to national education in China during the 160 years since its foundation in 1846. || |} 55901–56000 |- | 55901 Xuaoao || || Xu Aoao (born 1940) is a solar-physics astronomer and educator. As Vice President of Nanjing University and President of the Macau University of Science and Technology, he made significant contributions to promoting the education and research of the universities. || |-id=000 | 56000 Mesopotamia || || Mesopotamia, cradle of human civilization || |} References 055001-056000