Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 475001–476000

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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]


475001–475100

|-id=080 | 475080 Jarry || 2005 UR157 || Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), a French poet, writer and dramatist, who is best known for his play Ubu Roi. || IAU · 475080 |}

475101–475200

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

475201–475300

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

475301–475400

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

475401–475500

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

475501–475600

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

475601–475700

|-id=696 | 475696 Fisiocritico || 2006 VY113 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 475696 |}

475701–475800

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

475801–475900

|-id=802 | 475802 Zurek || 2006 XU67 || David R. Zurek (born 1966) is an authority on far-ultraviolet variables in dense stellar fields. He is currently the Data Collections Manager in the Department of Astrophysics in the American Museum of Natural History. || JPL · 475802 |}

475901–476000

|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}

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