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These two names, meanig "Destruction" are given to "the angel of the bottomless pit" and is most likely Satan himself.

Oddly, the chapter and verse correspond with the date infamous in American history: 9/11. If nothing else, that helps memorization of the verse (or finding in quickly, anyway).

In Rev. 9:1 this angel, who has fallen from heaven, is given a key to the bottomless pit. He is used by God to unleash a horrible swarm of demonic stinging locusts to torment the enemies of Jesus near the end of a time of judgment against the whole earth. He then leads the horde of demons into the world.

Thanks for asking.