Meanings of minor planet names: 46001–47000
This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See meanings of minor planet names for a list of all such partial lists.
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 number-range 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published), a key source is Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, among others.[1][2][3] Meanings that do not quote a reference (the "†" links) are tentative. Meanings marked with an asterisk (*) are guesswork, and should be checked against the mentioned sources to ensure that the identification is correct.
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46001–46100
46101–46200
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
There are no named minor planets in this number range |
46201–46300
46301–46400
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
46392 Bertola | 2002 AO6 | Francesco Bertola, Italian author, professor of astrophysics and director of the astronomy department at Padua University JPL |
46401–46500
46501–46600
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
46513 Ampzing | 1972 FC | Samuel Ampzing, Dutch minister, poet and purist JPL |
46514 Lasswitz | 1977 JA | Kurd Lasswitz, German philosopher and poet JPL |
46539 Viktortikhonov | 1982 UE12 | Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov (1930-2014), an outstanding Soviet ice hockey player and coach. JPL |
46563 Oken | 1991 RY3 | Lorenz Oken, German professor of medicine and Romantic natural philosopher, founder of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte (Society of German Naturalists and Physicians) JPL |
46568 Stevenlee | 1991 SL | Steven Lee, Australian astronomer, discoverer of comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) JPL |
46580 Ryouichiirie | 1992 GC | Ryouichi Irie (b. 1949), a Japanese amateur astronomer in Toyooka city, Hyogo prefecture, and an independent discoverer of C/1988 P1 (Machholz). JPL |
46595 Kita-Kyushu | 1992 YB4 | Kita-Kyushu, a city in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan JPL |
46596 Tobata | 1993 BD | Tobata, a ward of Kita-Kyushu City in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan JPL |
46601–46700
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
46610 Bésixdouze | 1993 TQ1 | The number 46610 translates to the hexadecimal B612 (the French "bé-six-douze" stands for "b-six-twelve"), the designation of the fictitious minor planet on which Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince lived JPL |
46632 RISE | 1994 TN15 | The RISE (Research of Interior Structure and Evolution of solar system bodies) project of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan aims to elucidate the origin and evolution of the Moon, planets and their moons mainly through geodetic approaches by space missions. JPL |
46643 Yanase | 1995 KM | Takashi Yanase, Japanese cartoonist JPL |
46644 Lagia | 1995 OF | Livia "Lagia" Giacomini, Italian scientific journalist and astrophysicist JPL |
46669 Wangyongzhi | 1996 LK | Wang Yongzhi, Chinese aerospace expert which was the first chief architect of China's manned space flight JPL |
46686 Anitasohus | 1997 AS13 | From 1974 to 2006, Anita Sohus (b. 1951) undertook multiple roles on Voyager and Galileo in JPL's Outreach and Education Office, communicating NASA's science results to the science community and the public.JPL |
46689 Hakuryuko | 1997 AL19 | Hakuryuko is the name of the marsh located in the northeastern part of Akayu hot spring, Nanyo city, Yamagata. JPL |
46692 Taormina | 1997 CW1 | Taormina, Sicily † |
46701–46800
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
46702 Linapucci | 1997 DX | Lina Pucci, mother of the first discoverer JPL |
46719 Plantade | 1997 PJ | François de Plantade, French cartographer and astronomer, founder of the Société royale des sciences de Montpellier (Royal Society of Sciences of Montpellier) JPL |
46720 Pierostroppa | 1997 PO4 | Piero Stroppa, Italian physics teacher and astronomy populariser, who worked for the magazine Nuovo Orione JPL |
46722 Ireneadler | 1997 RA1 | Irene Adler, heroine of the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia JPL |
46727 Hidekimatsuyama | 1997 SN25 | Hideki Matsuyama (b. 1970) became a member of the Nanyo Astronomical Lovers Club in 1990 and actively popularizes astronomy.JPL |
46731 Prieurblanc | 1997 TB18 | Pierre Prieur-Blanc, one of the three people involved in the construction of the Observatoire de Paris' coronagraphic station on Pic de Château-Renard at Saint-Véran in the Hautes-Alpes JPL |
46737 Anpanman | 1997 VO | Anpanman, Takashi Yanase's cartoon hero, whose head is a bun filled with sweet bean jam JPL |
46793 Phinney | 1998 JP | Jeffrey L. Phinney, American astronomer JPL |
46796 Mamigasakigawa | 1998 KU | Mamigasakigawa is the river that flows through the center of Yamagata City. It is a branch of the Mogami River.JPL |
46801–46900
Number–Name | Prov. Designation | Source of Name |
46829 McMahon | 1998 OS14 | Jay W. McMahon (b. 1982) has carried out fundamental research on the dynamics and evolutionary behavior of binary asteroids. His work has laid the foundation for a rigorous understanding of the Binary YORP effect and the determination of material parameters of binary asteroids based on remote observations. JPL |
46901–47000
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