Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 576001–577000
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]
576001–576100
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
576101–576200
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
576201–576300
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
576301–576400
|-id=373 | 576373 Wolfgangbusch || 2012 QX2 || Wolfgang Busch (born 1927), a German astronomical optician, who restores historical telescopes. While working as a high school teacher in the 1970s, he developed the "HAB", an oil-spaced triplet-lens apochromat DIY-kit for amateur astronomers (Src). The asteroid's name was proposed by Carolin Liefke. || IAU · 576373 |}
576401–576500
|-id=465 | 576465 Craigwoodhams || 2012 SZ56 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 576465 |-id=466 | 576466 Scherpenisse || 2012 SM58 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 576466 |}
576501–576600
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
576601–576700
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
576701–576800
|-bgcolor=#f2f2f2 | colspan=4 align=center | There are no named minor planets in this number range |}
576801–576900
|-id=853 | 576853 Rafalreszelewski || 2012 VS61 || Rafał Reszelewski (pl) (born 1996) is a Polish observer of small Solar System bodies, and a discoverer of minor planets and several Kreutz sungrazers comets. He is a member of the "Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid Survey" (TOTAS) and proposed the name for asteroid (376574) Michalkusiak (Src). || IAU · 576853 |-id=870 | 576870 Országlili || 2012 VZ99 || Template:MoMP description available || IAU · 576870 |}
576901–577000
|- | 576901 Adagio || 2012 WM27 || The Association pour le Développement Amateur d'un Grand Instrument d'Observation (ADAGIO) is a non-profit astronomical society which operates the 0.82-m telescope used for the discovery of (576901). || IAU · 576901 |}
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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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