Meanings of minor planet names: 495001–496000

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.^[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).^[2] 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.^[3]^[4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,^[5] 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".

495001–495100[edit]

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495101–495200[edit]

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495181 Rogerwaters	2012 PV₁₉	Roger Waters (born 1943) is an English musician, one of the founders of Pink Floyd. His solo albums, including Amused to Death and Is This the Life We Really Want?, highlight the social problems of the modern world. He has been involved in human rights activities and projects to help fight extreme poverty and malaria.	JPL · 495181

495201–495300[edit]

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495253 Hanszimmer	2013 OC₈	Hans Zimmer (born 1957) is a German film score composer and record producer. He has received four Grammy Awards, three Classical BRIT Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award for The Lion King (1995). His works include also music for Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, and nearly 150 other productions.	JPL · 495253
495287 Harari	2013 RW₉₄	Yuval Noah Harari (born 1976) is an Israeli historian and a tenured professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His international writing bestsellers focus on the study of free will, human consciousness and intelligence. He is also a proponent of animal rights.	JPL · 495287

495301–495400[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

495401–495500[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

495501–495600[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

495601–495700[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

495701–495800[edit]

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495759 Jandesselberger	2017 BS₆₃	Jan Desselberger (born 1945) is a Polish astronomy popularizer. He is the author of astronomical broadcasts on Radio Poland Katowice for over 25 years and is the co-author of the Polish Astronomical Calendar	JPL · 495759

495801–495900[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

495901–496000[edit]

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

References[edit]

↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Search this book on
↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Search this book on
↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. Search this book on

Preceded by 494,001–495,000	Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 495,001–496,000	Succeeded by 496,001–497,000

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[MPC-Circulars-Archive-1] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[JPL-Discovery-2] "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[DoMPN-3] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Search this book on

[DoMPN-Addendum-4] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016. Search this book on

[Herget-5] Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991. Search this book on

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