Meanings of minor planet names: 551001–552000

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This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

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Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). [1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. [2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). [3] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. [4] [5]

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets , [6] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. [7] The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies. [8]

551001–551100

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551014 Gorman 2012 UU185 Alice Gorman (born 1964) is an Australian archaeologist, a pioneer in the field of space archaeology. IAU  · 551014
551091 Flórferenc 2012 VZ98Ferenc Flór (1809–1871) was a doctor and medical writer, as well as a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was one of the founders of public health in Hungary and he called for the construction of a clean water supply network in Budapest. IAU  · 551091

551101–551200

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551201–551300

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551231 Żywiec 2013 AT24 Żywiec is a town in southern Poland. IAU  · 551231
551233 Miguelanton 2013 AN27Miguel Anton (1950–2021) was a Spanish chemist, mathematician and programmer, and a friend of astronomer Rafael Ferrando, who co-discovered this minor planet. IAU  · 551233

551301–551400

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551390 Thomaskeßler 2013 CK50Tax consultant Thomas Keßler (b. 1953) is an amateur astronomer and a good friend of the discoverer. He was the treasurer of the Vereinigung der Sternfreunde, the largest German amateur astronomer organization, from 1997 to 2017. His main interests in observing are asteroids. IAU  · 551390

551401–551500

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551501–551600

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551601–551700

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551601 Antonijové 2013 GN34Antoni Jové Reina (born 1978) is an electromechanic expert. He built the Santa Maria de Montmagastrell Remote Observatory in 2017 according to the discoverer's design. Jové later built four more remote observatories, using his own electronics design and self-written software. IAU  · 551601

551701–551800

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551801–551900

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551878 Stoeger 2013 PF2William R. Stoeger (1943–2014), an American Jesuit priest at the Vatican Observatory. he co-edited a series of academic conference proceedings on science and theology. IAU  · 551878
551900 Laneways 2013 PJ40Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU  · 551900

551901–552000

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References

  1. ↑ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN   978-3-540-00238-3 . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN   978-3-540-34360-8 . Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC   224288991.
  7. ↑ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.
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