Astronomy

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. Kyubey'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
Du Polignac	21432 Polingloh	an 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 and Lisa	3454 Lieske 3976 Lise	both asteroids
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
Rosasharn	223 Rosa	an asteroid
Cecil	4058 Cecilgreen 297 Caecilia	both asteroids
Virginia	50 Virginia	an asteroid
Giovanna	111561 Giovanniallevi	an asteroid
Campanella	1077 Campanula	an asteroid
Yu Hong	6541 Yuan 15627 Hong	both asteroids
Beatrice	83 Beatrix	a main belt asteroid
Cendrillon	13223 Cenaceneri	an asteroid
Elfriede	618 Elfriede	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Zola	6030 Zolensky	an asteroid
Henrietta	225 Henrietta	a main belt asteroid
Cyan	403 Cyane	an asteroid
Maura	28039 Mauraoei 9904 Mauratombelli	both asteroids
Renata	575 Renate	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Tagori	7855 Tagore	an asteroid
McDougal	4589 McDowell	an asteroid
Pamela	1243 Pamela	an asteroid
Dum	17681 Tweedledum	an asteroid
Dee	9387 Tweedledee	an asteroid
Old Dorothy	339 Dorothea	an asteroid
Akakiy	6422 Akagi	an asteroid
Naomi	6139 Naomi	an asteroid
Bond Bomb	13693 Bondar 17696 Bombelli	both asteroids
Totentanz	8770 Totanus	an asteroid
Gibdaughter	2742 Gibson	an asteroid
Catacombe	13178 Catalan	an asteroid
Hevelius	5703 Hevelius	an asteroid
Yuerao	32622 Yuewaichun	an asteroid
Pennen Nolde and Pennen Nenemu	201 Penelope	a main belt asteroid
Carola	235 Carolina	an asteroid
Latria	639 Latona	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Clothette	5511 Cloanthus	an asteroid
Renard	1416 Renauxa	an asteroid
Elise	956 Elisa	an asteroid
Sylvie	87 Sylvia	an asteroid
Zipzap	7565 Zipfel	an asteroid
Casuarius	7132 Casulli	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 and Stacy	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
Teresa and Theresia	295 Theresia	a main belt asteroid
Huygens	2801 Huygens	an asteroid
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	2973 Paola	an asteroid
Bona	49987 Bonata	an asteroid
Lucy	32605 Lucy	an asteroid
Coco	6436 Coco	an asteroid
Shitori Egumo	362238 Shisseh 8450 Egorov 164 Eva	two asteroids and a main belt asteroid
Oscar	750 Oskar	a minor planet orbiting the sun
Etteila	20804 Etter	an asteroid
Oshiti	5592 Oshima	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, 225 Henrietta, 242 Kriemhild, 295 Theresia, 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.