MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (49001-50000)


Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
Name Provisional Designation Source of Name
49001-49100
49036 Pelion Pelion, mountain in Thessaly where the Centaurs were said to live
49101-49200
49109 Agnesraab Agnes Raab, Austrian amateur astronomer, member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft (Linzer A. G.) †
49201-49300
49272 Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, home of some of the darkest night skies in the continental U.S.
49301-49400
49350 Katheynix Kathey Nix, American amateur astronomer, founding member of the Society of Low-Energy Observers (SLO)
49401-49500
49440 Kenzotange Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect
49448 Macocha Macocha chasm, part of the cave system created by the lost river Punkva in the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic
49481 Gisellarubini Gisella Rubini, girlfriend of the discoverer
49501-49600
49501 Basso Antonella Basso, friend of the discoverer
49601-49700
49700 Mather John C. Mather, American cosmologist and Nobelist, senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope
49701-49800
49702 Koikeda Chuzo Koikeda and his wife Yoko Koikeda, both Japanese amateur astronomers
49777 Cappi 1999 XS Margaret Capitola Sonntag Comba, the discoverer's second wife
50000 Quaoar Quaoar, a creation deity in Tongva mythology


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