Meanings of asteroid names (47001-48000)
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As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified span of numbers that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Besides the Minor Planet Circulars (in which the citations are published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.
Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Contents: 47001... 47101... 47201... 47301... 47401... 47501... 47601... 47701... 47801... 47901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 47001-47100 | ||
| 47005 Chengmaolan | 1998 UP8 | Maolan Cheng, Chinese first director of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences † |
| 47038 Majoni | 1998 WQ2 | Vittore Majoni, Italian electrical engineer, secondary education teacher, and amateur astronomer, charter member of the Associazione Astronomica Cortina (Astronomy Association of Cortina d´Ampezzo), and director of the Osservatorio Astronomico del Col Drusciè (Astronomical Observatory of Col Drusciè) † |
| 47044 Mcpainter | 1998 WS7 | John D. McClusky, 20th-century American painter, founder of the Fredericksburg Art Guild (Fredericksburg, Texas, is near the discovery site) † |
| 47077 Yuji | 1998 YC1 | Yuji Nakamura, Japanese amateur astronomer and chemical engineer, discoverer of comet C/1990 E1 and re-discoverer of comet 122P/de Vico † |
| 47086 Shinseiko | 1999 AO3 | Shinseiko, Kanagawa prefecture, youngest natural lake of Japan, formed as a result of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 † |
| 47101-47200 | ||
| 47144 Faulkes | 1999 PY | Martin C. "Dill" Faulkes, British cosmologist and software tycoon, founder of the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust and the Faulkes Telescope Project † |
| 47162 Chicomendez | 1999 TH6 | Chico Mendez, Brazilian seringueiro who fought against environmental pollution of the Amazon forest, recipient of the 1987 Global 500 prize from the United Nations Environment Programme † |
| 47164 Ticino | 1999 TX13 | Ticino, a canton of Switzerland, where the Gnosca Observatory (the discovery site) is located † |
| 47201-47300 | ||
| 47293 Masamitsu | 1999 WO | Masamitsu Nakamura, Japanese amateur astronomer and medical technologist, co-discoverer of comet C/1994 N1 (Nakamura-Nishimura-Machholz) † |
| 47294 Blanský les | 1999 WM1 | Blanský les (Blanský Forest), south Bohemia, dominated by Kleť Mountain † |
| Preceded by 46001–47000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (47001-48000) |
Succeeded by 48001–49000 |
