Meanings of minor planet names: 47001–48000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center, 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. The official naming citations have been published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars and in Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names.[1][2][3] Meanings marked with † or * are from legacy sources may contain errors.

47001–47100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
47002 Harlingten1998 UQ2Caisey Harlingten, Chilean amateur astronomerJPL · 47002
47005 Chengmaolan1998 UP8Maolan Cheng, Chinese first director of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of SciencesJPL · 47005
47038 Majoni1998 WQ2Vittore Majoni (1936–2002), Italian electrical engineer, secondary education teacher, and amateur astronomer, charter member of the "Associazione Astronomica Cortina" (Italian: Astronomy Association of Cortina d'Ampezzo), and director of the Helmut Ullrich Astronomical Observatory (Col Drusciè Observatory)JPL · 47038
47044 Mcpainter1998 WS7John D. McClusky, 20th-century American painter, founder of the Fredericksburg Art Guild (Fredericksburg, Texas, is near the discovery site)JPL · 47044
47045 Seandaniel1998 WK9Sean Daniel Cooney (born 2002) is the son of the discoverer Walter R. Cooney Jr. and enjoys star parties with his familyJPL · 47045
47077 Yuji1998 YC1Yuji Nakamura, Japanese amateur astronomer and chemical engineer, discoverer of comet C/1990 E1 and re-discoverer of comet 122P/de VicoJPL · 47077
47086 Shinseiko1999 AO3Shinseiko, Kanagawa prefecture, youngest natural lake of Japan, formed as a result of the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923JPL · 47086

47101–47200

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
47144 Faulkes1999 PYMartin C. "Dill" Faulkes, British cosmologist and software tycoon, founder of the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust and the Faulkes Telescope Project †MPC · 47144
47162 Chicomendez1999 TH6Chico Mendez, Brazilian seringueiro who fought against environmental pollution of the Amazon forest, recipient of the 1987 Global 500 prize from the United Nations Environment ProgrammeJPL · 47162
47164 Ticino1999 TX13Ticino, a canton of Switzerland, where the Gnosca Observatory (the discovery site) is locatedJPL · 47164
47171 Lempo1999 TC36Lempo is the ancient Finnish devil who, with the help of his two demon cohorts, Hiisi and Paha, brought down the hero Väinämöinen. Within the trans-Neptunian triple system, the satellite (47171) Lempo I was discovered on 2001 Dec. 8 by C. A. Trujillo and M. E. Brown using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and is named Paha. The primary was identified as a binary by S. D. Benecchi et al. through re-analysis of the HST data originally obtained by Trujillo and Brown. Lempo refers to the larger component of the central binary and Hiisi to the smaller component.JPL · 47171

47201–47300

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
47293 Masamitsu1999 WOMasamitsu Nakamura, Japanese amateur astronomer and medical technologist, co-discoverer of comet C/1994 N1 (Nakamura-Nishimura-Machholz)JPL · 47293
47294 Blanský les1999 WM1Blanský les (Blanský Forest), south Bohemia, dominated by Kleť Mountain †MPC · 47294

47301–47400

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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

47401–47500

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47466 Mayatoyoshima1999 YJ9Maya Toyoshima (born 1991) is a Japanese vocalist and original member of the musical group "Kalafina".JPL · 47466
47494 Gerhardangl2000 AH42Gerhard Dangl, Austrian amateur astronomer and teacherJPL · 47494

47501–47600

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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

47601–47700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

47701–47800

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

47801–47900

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47835 Stevecoe2000 EK116Steve Coe, an amateur astronomer with the Saguaro Astronomical Society, in Phoenix, ArizonaJPL · 47835

47901–48000

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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

References

  1. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Preceded by
46,001–47,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 47,001–48,000		 Succeeded by
48,001–49,000
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