Meanings of asteroid names (49001-50000)
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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 Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative.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: 49001... 49101... 49201... 49301... 49401... 49501... 49601... 49701... 49801... 49901...
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 49001-49100 | ||
| 49036 Pelion | 1998 QM107 | Pelion, mountain in Thessaly where the Centaurs were said to live † |
| 49101-49200 | ||
| 49109 Agnesraab | 1998 SO2 | Agnes Raab, Austrian amateur astronomer, member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft (Linzer A. G.) † |
| 49201-49300 | ||
| 49272 Bryce Canyon | 1998 UT16 | Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, home of some of the darkest night skies in the continental U.S. † |
| 49301-49400 | ||
| 49350 Katheynix | 1998 WQ8 | Kathey Nix, American amateur astronomer, founding member of the Society of Low-Energy Observers (SLO) † |
| 49401-49500 | ||
| 49440 Kenzotange | 1998 YP5 | Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect † |
| 49448 Macocha | 1998 YJ12 | Macocha chasm, part of the cave system created by the lost river Punkva in the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic † |
| 49481 Gisellarubini | 1999 BJ12 | Gisella Rubini, girlfriend of the discoverer † |
| 49501-49600 | ||
| 49501 Basso | 1999 CN10 | Antonella Basso, friend of the discoverer † |
| 49601-49700 | ||
| 49700 Mather | 1999 VN1 | John C. Mather, American cosmologist and Nobelist, senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope † |
| 49701-49800 | ||
| 49702 Koikeda | 1999 VC2 | Chuzo Koikeda and his wife Yoko Koikeda, both Japanese amateur astronomers † |
| 49777 Cappi | 1999 XS | Margaret Capitola Sonntag Comba, the discoverer's second wife † |
| 49901-50000 | ||
| 49987 Bonata | 2000 AB5 | Diego Bonata, Italian aerospace engineer, light pollution fighter, president of the CieloBuio Associazione † |
| 50000 Quaoar | 2002 LM60 | Quaoar, a creation deity in Tongva mythology † |
| Preceded by 48001–49000 |
Meanings of minor planet names List of asteroids (49001-50000) |
Succeeded by 50001–51000 |
