Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 555001–556000
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]
555001–555100
|-id=092 | 555092 Annasusanne || 2013 QY47 || Anna Susanne Jahn (b. 1961) is the wife of the discoverer and a well-known German painter and printmaker in monotypes and watercolors. || IAU · 555092 |}
555101–555200
|-id=112 | 555112 Monika || 2013 QS96 || Monika Ponikiewska (born 1985) is the fiancée of the astronomer Michal Kusiak, who co-discovered this minor planet. || IAU · 555112 |-id=128 | 555128 Birštonas || 2013 RZ51 || Birštonas is a scenic resort and a spa town, population about 4000, in Lithuania. It is located 30 km south of Kaunas, on the right bank of the Nemunas River. Birštonas was granted its city rights in 1529, and was designated as a city in 1966. || IAU · 555128 |-id=152 | 555152 Oproiu || 2013 RV94 || Tiberiu Oproiu (1939–2020) was a Romanian researcher and professor at the Cluj-Napoca Astronomical Institute and University, respectively. || IAU · 555152 |}
555201–555300
|-id=227 | 555227 Claraisabella || 2013 TH90 || Clara Isabella Hormuth (2022 April 6) is the name of the stillborn daughter of the discoverer. || IAU · 555227 |-id=292 | 555292 Bakels || 2013 UZ32 || Corrie Bakels (born 1942) is a Dutch archaeobotanist || IAU · 555292 |}
555301–555400
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
555401–555500
|-id=468 | 555468 Tokarczuk || 2013 YH47 || Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962) is a Polish writer and activist who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her works presents pancultural insight into the eastern European region seen as a land, where large historical events interline with the life of ordinary people. || IAU · 555468 |}
555501–555600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
555601–555700
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
555701–555800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
555801–555900
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
555901–556000
|-id=955 | 555955 Lurçat || 2014 HB70 || Jean Lurçat (1892–1966), a French painter, ceramist and designer of tapestry || IAU · 555955 |}
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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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