Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 454001–455000
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 published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] 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.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. 
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]
454001–454100
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454101–454200
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454201–454300
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454301–454400
|-id=326 | 454326 Donlee || 2014 KB52 || Don Lee (born 1949) is a material scientist at Teledyne Imaging Sensors who has played a critical role in the development of high performance HgCdTe infrared detectors that have enabled a generation of scientific facilities, including the Hubble Space Telescope, WISE, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and New Horizons. || JPL · 454326 |-id=329 | 454329 Ericpiquette || 2014 KL59 || Eric Piquette (born 1971) is a material scientist at Teledyne Imaging Sensors who has played a critical role in the development of high performance HgCdTe infrared detectors that have enabled a generation of scientific facilities, including the Hubble Space Telescope, WISE, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and New Horizons. || JPL · 454329 |-id=350 | 454350 Paolaamico || 2014 LH24 || Paola Amico (born 1964) is a systems engineer at the European Southern Observatory. She has been a key member of teams that have developed and installed detector systems and instrumentation at the world's largest ground-based telescopes, including ESO's Very Large Telescope and the W. M. Keck Observatory. || JPL · 454350 |-id=352 | 454352 Majidzandian || 2014 LO26 || Majid Zandian (born 1962) is a material scientist at Teledyne Imaging Sensors who has played a critical role in the development of high performance HgCdTe infrared detectors that have enabled a generation of scientific facilities, including the Hubble Space Telescope, WISE, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and New Horizons. || JPL · 454352 |}
454401–454500
|-id=409 | 454409 Markusloose || 2014 NP44 || Markus Loose (born 1970), an electrical engineer, has played a central role in the development of low noise infrared detector electronics that have enabled a new generation of astronomical instrumentation. His electronics have been used in numerous ground- and space-based telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope and WISE || JPL · 454409 |-id=419 | 454419 Hansklausreif || 2014 NJ58 || Hans-Klaus Reif (born 1949) has built very large high-precision shutters that are used with CCD cameras at ground-based observatories around the world. His shutters enable large cameras in telescopes at La Palma, Kitt Peak, Haleakala, Paranal and Palomar Observatory. || JPL · 454419 |}
454501–454600
|-id=505 | 454505 Suntharalingam || 2014 OS180 || Vyshnavi Suntharalingam (born 1968) has led the development of advanced visible CCD and CMOS detectors at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. She has helped create larger format devices that can be assembled into mosaics. || JPL · 454505 |}
454601–454700
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454701–454800
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454801–454900
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454901–455000
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Template:MinorPlanetNameMeanings/See also
References
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet CenterMinor Planet Circulars. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?asteroids#discovery. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7. 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. https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5. 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. https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/Astrometry.html#name. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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