Asteroid 4055, Magellan, an Amor asteroid, was discovered on February 24, 1985 by Eleanor "Glo" Helin at Palomar Observatory near Pauma Valley, California. It has a period of 2 years, 167 days and is a little less than 2 miles in diameter.
It was named for Portuguese explorer Fernao de Magalhaes (1480?-1521), better known by the anglicization of his name, Ferdinand Magellan; the Spanish, for whom he worked, call him Fernando Magallanes. He was the first European to lead an expedition into the Pacific Ocean and the first to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe; one of his ship captains, Juan Del Cano, completed it. Magellan didn't get to; he was killed in a battle with hostile indigenous people in what is now the Philippines. The Straits of Magellan and Magallanes province in southern Chile are named after him; the Milky Way's companion galaxies Nubecula Major and Nubecula Minor are often called the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud, respectively.
Fernao de Magalhaes, aka Ferdinand Magellan
Asteroid Magellan seems to indicate embarking on a long and difficult journey, underappreciated, endeavor cut short, someone finishing your work when you couldn't.