Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 552001–553000
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]
552001–552100
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552101–552200
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552201–552300
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552301–552400
|-id=385 | 552385 Rochechouart || 2013 YU18 || Rochechouart is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, about 40 km west of Limoges. It is well known for the presence of the Rochechouart-Chassenon astrobleme, an ancient 20-km diameter crater caused by an impact about 207 million years ago. || IAU · 552385 |}
552401–552500
|-id=420 | 552420 Flodubeyjames || 2013 YG82 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 552420 |}
552501–552600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
552601–552700
|-id=681 | 552681 Sósvera || 2010 JY210 || Vera T. Sós (1930–2023) is a Hungarian mathematician, university professor and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include number theory, combinatorics and mathematical analysis. Her famous result is the Erdős-Rényi-Sós friendship theorem in graph theory. || IAU · 552681 |}
552701–552800
|-id=708 | 552708 Ödmangovender || 2010 NU119 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 552708 |-id=746 | 552746 Annanobili || 2010 RN154 || Anna Maria Nobili (born 1949) is an Italian physicist at the University of Pisa. Her research includes the dynamics of the Solar System and space physics. || IAU · 552746 |}
552801–552900
|-id=888 | 552888 Felixrodriguez || 2010 VA83 || Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (1928–1980) was a Spanish naturalist and pioneer of environmental awareness in Spain, who made TV documentaries for RTVE such as the series El hombre y la Tierra (Man and the Earth). || IAU · 552888 |}
552901–553000
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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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