Meanings of minor planet names: 547001–548000

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]

547001–547100 edit

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

547101–547200 edit

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

547201–547300 edit

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

547301–547400 edit

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547345 Kennethchambers 2010 LA153 Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU · 547345
547398 Turánpál 2010 RX40 Pál Turán (1910–1976) was a Hungarian mathematician who achieved significant results in the field of number theory, graph theory and classical analysis. His best-known result is Turán's theorem in graph theory. IAU · 547398
547400 Szakcsilakatos 2010 RD44 Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU · 547400

547401–547500 edit

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

547501–547600 edit

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547599 Virághalmy 2010 TM163 Géza Virághalmy [hu] (1932–2019) was a Hungarian physicist and astronomer. He was the long-time technical chief at the Konkoly Observatory and introduced CCD astronomy at the Piszkéstető Station. IAU · 547599

547601–547700 edit

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
547612 Károligáspár 2010 TA193 Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU · 547612
547664 Ozdín 2010 UR29 Description available (see ref). Please summarize in your own words. IAU · 547664
547666 Morgon 2010 UK30 Villié-Morgon, is a small French village in the Rhône department, known for its appellations of the Beaujolais vineyard. IAU · 547666

547701–547800 edit

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547705 Paálgyörgy 2010 UG115 György Páal (1934–1992), a Hungarian physicist and cosmologist. He made significant contributions to theories on formation of galaxy clusters, the origin of the primordial universe, and the expansion of the universe. IAU · 547705

547801–547900 edit

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

547901–548000 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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List of minor planets: 547,001–548,000
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