Meanings of minor planet names: 596001–597000

596001–596100

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596101–596200

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596201–596300

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596301–596400

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596401–596500

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596501–596600

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 * 596543 Ubu || || Ubu is a character created by the French writer Alfred Jarry.  He appeared for the first time in the play Ubu Roi in 1896. || ·
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 * 596588 Jamesliebert || || James W. Liebert (b. 1946), an American astronomer. || ·
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596601–596700

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596701–596800

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596801–596900

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596901–597000

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 * 596996 Suhantzong || || Han-Tzong Su (born 1956), a popularizer of astronomy at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, who has been translating content of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website into Chinese for over two decades. || ·
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