MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (48001-49000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
48001-48100
48070 Zizza 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 Karel Juza, Czech astronomer
48300 Kronk 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 Carmelita Miranda, American astronomy popularizer
48422 Schrade Hugo Schrade, German optical engineer
48424 Souchay Jean Souchay, French astronomer, uncredited co-discoverer
48425 Tischendorf Konstantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, discoverer of the 4th-century ''Codex Sinaiticus''
48434 Maxbeckmann Max Beckmann, German-American painter and printmaker
48435 Jaspers Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss philosopher, physician, and political thinker language
48456 Wilhelmwien Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and Nobelist
48458 Merian Matthäus Merian, 17th-century Swiss engraver, etcher and book dealer
48472 Mössbauer Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer, German physicist and Nobelist
48480 Falk 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 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 Bill Allen and Sally Beach, American publishers of the Asteroid/Comet Connection (A/CC) † ‡
48650 Kazanuniversity 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 Piergiorgio Cusinato, Italian antique dealer and amateur astronomer
48774 Anngower Ann C. Gower, Canadian radio-astronomer
48778 Shokoyukako 1997 RE Shoko and Yukako Abe, the discoverer's daughters
48785 Pitter Přemysl Pitter, Czech philanthropist and pacifist, holder of Czech, German and Israeli honors, and whose centenary was cited by UNESCO
48794 Stolzová Tereza Stolzová, Czech coloratura soprano and soloist for the Teatro la Scala in Milan, Italy †
48798 Penghuanwu Peng Huanwu, Chinese theoretical physicist
48801-48900
48801 Penninger 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 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 Laura ("Laurake") De Maeyer, daughter of Belgian psychologist Myriam Kerkhofs and Flemish sculptor Elmer De Maeyer


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