Meanings of asteroid names (48001-49000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 48001... 48101... 48201... 48301... 48401... 48501... 48601... 48701... 48801... 48901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 48001-48100 | ||
| 48070 Zizza | 2001 FB4 | Frank Zizza, American Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona South, and past president of the Huachuca Astronomy Club † |
| 48101-48200 | ||
| 48159 Saint-Véran | 2001 HY | Saint-Véran, the highest village in France, where the Observatoire de Saint-Véran is located † |
| 48171 Juza | 2001 HZ15 | Karel Juza, Czech astronomer † |
| 48301-48400 | ||
| 48300 Kronk | 2002 LG35 | Gary W. Kronk, American amateur astronomer, programmer-analyst and writer, author of the four-part Cometography † |
| 48373 Gorgythion | 2161 T-3 | Gorgythion, bastard son of Priam, killed by an arrow shot by Teucer at Hector during the Trojan War † |
| 48401-48500 | ||
| 48415 Dehio | 1987 QT | Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio, German art historian † |
| 48416 Carmelita | 1988 BM2 | Carmelita Miranda, American astronomy popularizer † |
| 48422 Schrade | 1988 VN7 | Hugo Schrade, German optical engineer † |
| 48424 Souchay | 1988 XW4 | Jean Souchay, French astronomer, uncredited co-discoverer † |
| 48425 Tischendorf | 1989 CB6 | Konstantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, discoverer of the 4th-century Codex Sinaiticus † |
| 48434 Maxbeckmann | 1989 UN7 | Max Beckmann, German-American painter and printmaker † |
| 48435 Jaspers | 1989 UR7 | Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss philosopher, physician, and political thinker language † |
| 48456 Wilhelmwien | 1991 RG3 | Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and Nobelist † |
| 48458 Merian | 1991 RG5 | Matthäus Merian, 17th-century Swiss engraver, etcher and book dealer † |
| 48472 Mössbauer | 1991 TJ6 | Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer, German physicist and Nobelist † |
| 48480 Falk | 1991 YK1 | Johann Daniel Falk, German writer and social pedagogue, author of the Christmas carol O du fröhliche † |
| 48482 Oruki | 1992 CN | "Oruki", word in the Tosa (Kochi prefecture) dialect of Japanese, meaning "the importance of one's presence and reassurance of unflagging support" † |
| 48495 Ryugado | 1993 BB | Ryugado, Kochi prefecture, a Japanese limestone cave † |
| 48501-48600 | ||
| 48575 Hawaii | 1994 NN | Hawaii, sister state of Ehime prefecture, Japan † |
| 48588 Raschröder | 1994 RP11 | Rudolf Alexander Schröder, German architect, poet, essayist, and translator † |
| 48601-48700 | ||
| 48628 Janetfender | 1995 RD | Janet Fender, American chief scientist of the Space Vehicles Directorate of the AFRL, who instigated AMOS support for the NEAT program † |
| 48643 Allen-Beach | 1995 UA2 | Bill Allen and Sally Beach, American publishers of the Asteroid/Comet Connection (A/CC) † ‡ |
| 48650 Kazanuniversity | 1995 UX48 | Kazan University, one of the oldest universities in Russia † |
| 48681 Zeilinger | 1996 BZ | Anton Zeilinger, Austrian professor of experimental physics † |
| 48701-48800 | ||
| 48736 Ehime | 1997 DL | Ehime prefecture, Japan, the discovery site, sister state of Hawaii † |
| 48737 Cusinato | 1997 ER11 | Piergiorgio Cusinato, Italian antique dealer and amateur astronomer † |
| 48774 Anngower | 1997 PO2 | Ann C. Gower, Canadian radio-astronomer † |
| 48778 Shokoyukako | 1997 RE | Shoko and Yukako Abe, the discoverer's daughters † |
| 48785 Pitter | 1997 SA2 | Přemysl Pitter, Czech philanthropist and pacifist, holder of Czech, German and Israeli honors, and whose centenary was cited by UNESCO † |
| 48794 Stolzová | 1997 TY8 | Tereza Stolzová, Czech coloratura soprano and soloist for the Teatro la Scala in Milan, Italy † |
| 48798 Penghuanwu | 1997 TS18 | Peng Huanwu, Chinese theoretical physicist † |
| 48801-48900 | ||
| 48801 Penninger | 1997 UC1 | Josef Penninger, Austrian director of the Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie GmbH (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, IMBA) of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austrian Academy of Sciences, ÖAW) † |
| 48807 Takahata | 1997 UT21 | Takahata, Yamagata prefecture, Japan † |
| 48844 Belloves | 1998 DW | Belloves (Bellovesus), 4th-century BC Celtic prince, the first known Celt in the history of northern Italy † |
| 48901-49000 | ||
| 48909 Laurake | 1998 MK40 | Laura ("Laurake") De Maeyer, daughter of Belgian psychologist Myriam Kerkhofs and Flemish sculptor Elmer De Maeyer † |
| Preceded by 47001–48000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (48001-49000) |
Succeeded by 49001–50000 |
