Astronomy

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Madoka amongst the stars.

This page is dedicated to astronomical information related to Madoka.

Extraterrestrial Life

In Episode 9, Kyubey reveals himself as an alien from outer space. His precise origins are unknown, but presumably he belongs to a scientifically advanced race that is either immortal or has mastered faster than light travel. QB's species is likely a hive-mind, similar to an ant-colony, such that all members share a collective consciousness and memory.

Witches and celestial objects

Anonymous observes that nearly all the witches and familiars have names corresponding to celestial objects within the solar system:

Character	Celestial object	Description
Gertrud	710 Gertrud	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Anthony	272 Antonia	an asteroid
Adelbert	719 Albert	an asteroid
Suleika	563 Suleika	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Ulla	375 Ursula	a large main-belt asteroid
Charlotte	543 Charlotte	a minor planet orbiting the Sun
Pyotr	2720 Pyotr Pervyj	a main-belt asteroid
Polina	142 Polana	a main-belt asteroid
Elly	2650 Elinor (alternatively 616 Elly)	an asteroid
Daniyyel	2589 Daniel	a main-belt asteroid
Jennifer	6249 Jennifer	an asteroid
Albertine	1290 Albertine	an asteroid
Anja	265 Anna	an asteroid
Gisela	352 Gisela	an asteroid
Dora	668 Dora	a main-belt asteroid
Elsa Maria	182 Elsa 170 Maria	both asteroids
Sebastian	1482 Sebastiana	an asteroid
Uhrmann	10239 Hermann	a main belt asteroid.
Bartels	17823 Bartels	a main-belt asteroid
Oktavia	598 Octavia	an asteroid
Holger	9266 Holger	a main-belt asteroid
Klarissa	302 Clarissa 1162 Larissa	a main belt asteroid an asteroid
Izabel	210 Isabella	a main-belt asteroid
Michaela	1045 Michela	an asteroid
Patricia	436 Patricia	a main-belt asteroid
Mathieu	1592 Mathieu	a main-belt asteroid
Roberta	335 Roberta	a large main-belt asteroid
Gotz	2278 Gotz	a main belt asteroid
Kriemhild Gretchen	242 Kriemhild 984 Gretia	a main-belt asteroid an asteroid
Walpurgis	256 Walpurga	an asteroid
Candeloro	9010 Candelo	a main-belt asteroid
Ophelia	171 Ophelia Ophelia	an asteroid a moon of Uranus
Zoë	1793 Zoya	an asteroid
Homulilly	1181 Lilith	an asteroid
Clara dolls	642 Clara	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Lotte	3480 Lottie	an asteroid
Luiselotte	599 Luisa	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Liese	3454 Lieske	an asteroid
Lilia	213 Lilaea 756 Liliana	a main-belt asteroid a minor planet orbiting the sun
Quitterie	570 Kythera 10973 Quito	a minor planet orbiting the sun an asteroid
Itzli	1596 Itzigsohn	an asteroid
Zenobia	840 Zenobia	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Zabaii	175017 Záboří	an asteroid
Candy	3015 Candy	an asteroid
Harold	114096 Haroldbier	an asteroid
Stacey	13389 Stacey	an asteroid
Ekaterina	6955 Ekaterina	an asteroid
Rebecca	572 Rebekka	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Joseph	649 Josefa	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Kirico Keepers	91890 Kiriko Matsuri	an asteroid
Echo	60 Echo	an asteroid
Shin	4002 Shinagawa	an asteroid
Kotori	8246 Kotov	an asteroid
Durbar	4389 Durbin	an asteroid
Patan	21482 Patashnick	an asteroid
Paola Bona	2973 Paola 49987 Bonata	an asteroid
Bona	49987 Bonata	an asteroid

Trivia

• The asteroid 2278 Götz is named after Paul Götz, an astronomer who discovered several asteroids, like 543 Charlotte and 563 Suleika.
• 142 Polana, 182 Elsa, 210 Isabella, 242 Kriemhild, 256 Walpurga, 265 Anna, 710 Gertrud and 719 Albert were discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa.
• QB is the subclass for Astronomy in the classification system used by the United States Library of Congress.

See Timeline for the phases of the moon as seen in the show.