Meanings of minor planet names: 554001–555000
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.
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. 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]
554001–554100
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
554101–554200
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
554201–554300
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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554239 Montseypedro | 2012 SV26 | Montserrat Loredo (b. 1959) and Pedro Villanueva (b. 1958) are Spanish artisans. Montse creates leather works and Pedro creates works in amber, mammoth ivory and jet. | IAU · 554239 |
554268 Marksylvester | 2012 SD77 | Mark Lyle George Sylvester (b. 1952, South Africa) joined United World College of the Adriatic in 1983 and has been instrumental in its development since its early years. Renowned for his adventurous teaching methods. | IAU · 554268 |
554301–554400
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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554317 Rorywoodhams | 2012 TO71 | Rory Alexander Woodhams (b. 2022), the great-grandson of the discoverer. | IAU · 554317 |
554401–554500
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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554466 Pablomotos | 2012 TN321 | Pablo Motos Burgos (born 1965), a Spanish television presenter, radio host, comedian, and businessman. | IAU · 554466 |
554501–554600
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
554601–554700
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
554701–554800
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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554704 Széppataki | 2012 XH69 | Déryné Róza Széppataki (1793–1872), the first acclaimed female opera singer of Hungary and the best-known actress of early Hungarian theater. | IAU · 554704 |
554709 Magdastavinschi | 2012 XW92 | Magdalena Iolanda Stavinschi (b. 1942), a Romanian astronomer and mathematician. | IAU · 554709 |
554801–554900
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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554879 Kissgyula | 2013 EA49 | Gyula Kiss (1948–2022), a Hungarian amateur astronomer. | IAU · 554879 |
554901–555000
Named minor planet | Provisional | This minor planet was named for... | Ref · Catalog |
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There are no named minor planets in this number range |
References
- ^ "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
- ^ "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "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.