Meanings of minor planet names: 546001–547000

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.

This is a partial list of meanings of minor-planet names. Also see list of named minor planets (alphabetical) for a condensed version without naming citations.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (WGSBN).[1] Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades.[2] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[3] 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.[4][5] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[6] 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 to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the WGSBN.[7]

546001–546100

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
546025 Ábrahámpéter2011 WG117Péter Ábrahám (born 1964) is a Hungarian astrophysicist and a former director of the Konkoly Observatory (2010 to 2015), whose research includes the nebular hypothesis and the formation of stars.IAU · 546025
546049 Zhujin2011 YL4Zhu Jin is a Chinese astronomer and journalist.IAU · 546049

546101–546200

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

546201–546300

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

546301–546400

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

546401–546500

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

546501–546600

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

546601–546700

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

546701–546800

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
546756 Sunguoyou2010 XL71Sun Guoyou is a Chinese amateur astronomer.IAU · 546756

546801–546900

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
546842 Ruanjiangao2011 YD3Ruan Jiangao is a Chinese amateur astronomer.IAU · 546842
546843 Xuzhijian2014 QK307Xu Zhijian is a Chinese amateur astronomer.IAU · 546843
546844 Jinzhangwei2016 UZ58Jin Zhangwei is a Chinese amateur astronomer.IAU · 546844
546845 Wulumuqiyizhong2016 UB101Wulumuqiyizhong (Urumqi No.1 Senior High School ) in Xinjiang Province, China.IAU · 546845

546901–547000

Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog
There are no named minor planets in this number range

References
  1. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  7. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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