Meanings of minor planet names: 546001–547000

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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 Small Body 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 public domain material from the United States Government document: "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]

546001–546100[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
546025 Ábrahámpéter 2011 WG117 Péter Ábrahám (born 1964) is a Hungarian astrophysicist and a former director of the Konkoly Observatory (2010 to 2015), whose research includes the nebular hypothesis and the formation of stars. IAU · 546025
546049 Zhujin 2011 YL4 Zhu Jin (born 1965), a Chinese astronomer and editor of the monthly publishing magazine Amateur Astronomer in China. He leads the "Popularization Working Committee of the Chinese Astronomical Society", and was the director of the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program (1995–2002) and the Beijing Planetarium (2002–2019), respectively. IAU · 546049

546101–546200[]

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

546201–546300[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
546275 Kozák 2010 UW83 Danuta Kozák (born 1987), a Hungarian sprint canoeist, who won six Olympic gold medals during 2008–2021, and 15 and 17 gold medals at the World and European Championship, respectively. IAU · 546275

546301–546400[]

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

546401–546500[]

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

546501–546600[]

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

546601–546700[]

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

546701–546800[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
546756 Sunguoyou 2010 XL71 Sun Guoyou (born 1984) is a Chinese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets with the Sky Survey team at Xingming Observatory (C42). Sometimes credited as Guoyou Sun and G. Sun, he also discovered supernovae, novae, dwarf novae, variable stars, double stars and planetary nebulae as well as comet C/2015 F5 (SWAN-XingMing) in 2015. IAU · 546756

546801–546900[]

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
546842 Ruanjiangao 2011 YD3 Jiangao Ruan, or Ruan Jiangao (born 1986), a Chinese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets from Fangchenggang. Sometimes credited as "J. Ruan", he also discovered supernovae, novae in M31 and M33, C/2009 G1 (STEREO), and more than 80 other SOHO comets. IAU · 546842
546843 Xuzhijian 2014 QK307 Xu Zhijian (born 1989), a Chinese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets from Nanjing. Sometimes credited as "Z. Xu", he also discovered supernovae, novae in M31 and M81, and more than 300 SOHO comets. He has also co-founded the Nanjing Amateur Astronomers Association. IAU · 546843
546844 Jinzhangwei 2016 UZ58 Jin Zhangwei (born 1968), a Chinese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets from Ningbo, who is a member of the Sky Survey team at Xingming Observatory (C42). Sometimes credited as Zhang-Wei Jin ("Z.-W. Jin" and "Z. Jin"), he also discovered supernovae and several SOHO comets. IAU · 546844
546845 Wulumuqiyizhong 2016 UB101 The No.1 Senior High School of Ürümqi (Wulumuqiyizhong) located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. In 2021, this asteroid was named on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the school's founding. Several minor planets, including this one, have been discovered at the Xingming Observatory (C42) with telescopes from this school. IAU · 546845

546901–547000[]

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

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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