45001–45100
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| 45027 Cosquer || || Henri Cosquer (born 1950), a professional French diver who discovered the Cosquer Cave near Marseille, France in 1985. The cave's entrance is below the Mediterranean sea level and contains numerous cave painting, some of them over 27,000 years old. The asteroid's name was proposed by G. Burki. || |-id=073 | 45073 Doyanrose || || Doyan Rose Ruthroff (1923–1974), mother of American astronomer John Ruthroff, who discovered this minor planet. || |}
45101–45200
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45201–45300
|-id=261
| 45261 Decoen || || Yvette Decoen (born 1951), a Swiss physics teacher and friend of Swiss amateur astronomer Stefano Sposetti who discovered this minor planet. || |-id=298 | 45298 Williamon || || Richard Williamon (born 1946), American astronomer, researcher of eclipsing stars and member of the IAU. He serves as director of the Fernbank Science Center with its observatory and planetarium in Atlanta (IAU). || |-id=299 | 45299 Stivell || || Alan Stivell (born 1944), a French and Breton musician and a master of the Celtic harp. || |-id=300 | 45300 Thewrewk || || Aurél Ponori Thewrewk (1921–2014), Hungarian astronomical historian, director of the Urania Public Observatory and the Budapest Planetarium, honorary president of the Hungarian Astronomical Association(hu) || |}
45301–45400
|-id=305
| 45305 Paulscherrer || || Paul Scherrer, Swiss physicist and mathematician ||
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45401–45500
|-id=492
| 45492 Sławomirbreiter || || Sławomir Breiter (born 1963) is a professor at the Poznań Astronomical Observatory in Poland. His work focuses on celestial mechanics, including contributions to the development of analytical and semi-analytical theories of the asteroidal YORP effect and the study of orbital dynamics || |-id=500 | 45500 Motegi || || Hiromitsu Motegi (born 1960), a Japanese amateur astronomer and a promoter and instructor of astronomy, especially to children. Through his web site, he also collaborates with other Japanese amateur astronomers (HP). || |}