Meanings of minor planet names: 545001–546000

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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.

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. Public Domain 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]

545001–545100[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

545101–545200[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
545167 Bonfini 2011 BF42 Antonio Bonfini (1427–1502) was an Italian humanist and the court historian for Matthias Corvinus, the king of Hungary. IAU · 545167

545201–545300[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

545301–545400[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
545394 Rossetter 2011 HH45 David Rossetter (born 1956) is an American amateur astronomer . IAU · 545394

545401–545500[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

545501–545600[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
545564 Sabonis 2011 QA50 Arvydas Sabonis (born 1964) is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and businessman. Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. IAU · 545564
545565 Borysten 2011 QZ50 Mykola Khomychevsky (1897–1983), known by his pen-name Borys Ten, was a Ukrainian writer, poet, composer, translator, and a priest by education, whose best-known work includes the translation of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad into the Ukrainian language. IAU · 545565

545601–545700[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
545619 Lapuska 2011 SR47 Kazimirs Lapuska (1936–2013) was a Latvian astronomer and a pioneering observer of artificial satellites in Latvia. IAU · 545619
545651 Lilyjames 2011 SH119 Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU · 545651

545701–545800[edit]

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545784 Kelemenjános 2011 UA57 János Kelemen (born 1951), a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets, comets and flare stars as well as an observer of Gamma-ray burst afterglows. He has made several of his discoveries at the Piszkéstető Station. IAU · 545784

545801–545900[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
545839 Hernánletelier 2011 UC172 Hernán Rivera Letelier (born 1950), a Chilean writer and novelist whose books have been translated into several languages. IAU · 545839

545901–546000[edit]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References[edit]

  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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