MEANINGS OF ASTEROID NAMES (46001-47000)
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Asteroids not yet given a name have not been included in this list.
| Name | Provisional Designation | Source of Name |
|---|---|---|
| 46001-46100 | ||
| 46053 Davidpatterson | David Patterson, American amateur astronomer, founding member of the Huachuca Astronomy Club †| |
| 46095 Frédérickoby | Frédéric-Édouard Koby, Swiss ophthalmologist and paleontologist, specialist on the cave bear | |
| 46280 Hollar | Václav Hollar, 17th-century Czech painter and graphic artist | |
| 46301-46400 | ||
| 46392 Bertola | Francesco Bertola, Italian author, professor of astrophysics and director of the astronomy department at Padua University | |
| 46401-46500 | ||
| 46441 Mikepenston | Michael Penston, British astronomer | |
| 46442 Keithtritton | Keith P. Tritton, British astronomer; the discoverers recently found his lost short-period comet D/1978 C1, now known as 157P/Tritton | |
| 46501-46600 | ||
| 46514 Lasswitz | 1977 JA | Kurd Lasswitz, German philosopher and poet |
| 46563 Oken | Lorenz Oken, German professor of medicine and Romantic natural philosopher, founder of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte (Society of German Naturalists and Physicians) | |
| 46568 Stevenlee | 1991 SL | Steven Lee, Australian astronomer, discoverer of comet C/1999 H1 (Lee) |
| 46601-46700 | ||
| 46610 Bésixdouze | 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 ''Petit Prince'' lived | |
| 46643 Yanase | 1995 KM | Takashi Yanase, Japanese cartoonist |
| 46644 Lagia | 1995 OF | Livia "Lagia" Giacomini, Italian scientific journalist and astrophysicist |
| 46692 Taormina | Taormina, Sicily †| |
| 46701-46800 | ||
| 46702 Linapucci | 1997 DX | Lina Pucci, mother of the first discoverer |
| 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) |
| 46720 Pierostroppa | Piero Stroppa, Italian physics teacher and astronomy populariser, who worked for the magazine ''Nuovo Orione'' | |
| 46731 Prieurblanc | 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 | |
| 46737 Anpanman | 1997 VO | Anpanman, Takashi Yanase's cartoon hero, whose head is a bun filled with sweet bean jam |
| 46793 Phinney | 1998 JP | Jeffrey L. Phinney, American astronomer |
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