Meanings of minor planet names: 1–1000
| 61 Danaë || – || Danaë, daughter of king Acrisius and mother of hero Perseus by Zeus in Greek mythology. Danaë was stuck in a brass tower by her father to keep her a virgin. Zeus however, desired her, and came to her in the form of golden rain which streamed in through the roof of her confinement and down into her womb. ||