Meanings of minor planet names: 49001–50000

This is a partial list of meanings of minor planet names. See main page for an introduction.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), 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.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. Meanings marked with * are from legacy sources may not be accurate.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB".

49001–49100

Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49036 Pelion	1998 QM107	Pelion, mountain in Thessaly where the Centaurs were said to live	JPL · 49036

49101–49200

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49109 Agnesraab	1998 SO2	Agnes Raab (born 1969), Austrian amateur astronomer, member of the "Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft" (Linzer A. G.) †	MPC · 49109
49110 Květafialová	1998 SU2	Květa Fialová (born 1929) is a well-known actress in Czech-Slovak cinematography and theatre, who has been active for almost 70 years	JPL · 49110
49187 Zucchini	1998 SY75	Roberto Zucchini (born 1958) is an Italian theoretical physicist who teaches theoretical physics and mathematical methods at the Bologna University. He is very interested in the mathematical physics concerning theories of quantum gravity, strings and branes.	JPL · 49187

49201–49300

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49272 Bryce Canyon	1998 UT16	Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, home of some of the darkest night skies in the continental U.S.	JPL · 49272

49301–49400

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49350 Katheynix	1998 WQ8	Kathey Nix, American amateur astronomer, founding member of the Society of Low-Energy Observers (SLO)	JPL · 49350
49382 Lynnokamoto	1998 XG5	Lynn Okamoto (born 1970) is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga and anime series Elfen Lied. He resides in Tokyo, Japan.	JPL · 49382
49384 Hubertnaudot	1998 XX9	Hubert Naudot, engineer who worked in the French Railways (SNCF)	JPL · 49384

49401–49500

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49440 Kenzotange	1998 YP5	Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect	JPL · 49440
49441 Scerbanenco	1998 YM6	Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911–1969) was a Ukrainian-born Italian writer, best known for his crime and detective novels. He was one of the fathers of the thriller genre in Italy. He wrote The scandal of the astronomical observatory, a thriller which revolves around the discovery of a new asteroid.	JPL · 49441
49443 Marcobondi	1998 YN7	Marco Bondi, astrophysicist who works at the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Bologna	JPL · 49443
49448 Macocha	1998 YJ12	Macocha chasm, part of the cave system created by the lost river Punkva in the Moravian Karst, Czech Republic	JPL · 49448
49469 Emilianomazzoni	1999 AL25	Emiliano Mazzoni (born 1953), an active amateur astronomer in Tuscany.	JPL · 49469
49481 Gisellarubini	1999 BJ12	Gisella Rubini, girlfriend of the discoverer	JPL · 49481
49500 Ishitoshi	1999 CP9	Toshihiro Ishikawa (born 1975) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a key member of the Ota Astronomical Club.	JPL · 49500

49501–49600

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49501 Basso	1999 CN10	Antonella Basso, friend of the discoverer	JPL · 49501

49601–49700

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49698 Váchal	1999 VA	Josef Váchal, Czech artist	JPL · 49698
49699 Hidetakasato	1999 VZ	Hidetaka Sato (born 1978), Japanese obstetrician and an amateur astronomer	JPL · 49699
49700 Mather	1999 VN1	John C. Mather, American cosmologist and Nobelist, senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope	JPL · 49700

49701–49800

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49702 Koikeda	1999 VC2	Chuzo Koikeda and his wife Yoko Koikeda, both Japanese amateur astronomers JPL	MPC · 49702
49777 Cappi	1999 XS	Margaret Capitola Sonntag Comba, the discoverer's second wife	JPL · 49777

49801–49900

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

49901–50000

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Named minor planet	Provisional	This minor planet was named for...	Ref · Catalog
49987 Bonata	2000 AB5	Diego Bonata, Italian aerospace engineer, light pollution fighter, president of the CieloBuio Associazione	JPL · 49987
50000 Quaoar	2002 LM60	Quaoar, a creation deity in Tongva mythology	JPL · 50000

References

Preceded by 48,001–49,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 49,001–50,000

Succeeded by 50,001–51,000

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