Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names: 543001–544000

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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]


543001–543100

|-id=018 | 543018 ROTAT || 2013 RF18 || Named for the Remote Observatory Theoretical Astrophysics Tübingen at Observatoire de Haute-Provence. The main telescope is a 0.60-m Newtonian and the discovery instrument of this minor planet. The observatory is a member of the Foundation Interactive Astronomy and Astrophysics. || IAU · 543018 |-id=060 | 543060 Liefke || 2013 RQ95 || Carolin Liefke (born 1981) is an astronomer and astronomy educator at Haus der Astronomie in Heidelberg. She has used the telescope that was used to discover this asteroid in educational activities.

|| IAU · 543060

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543101–543200

|-id=198 | 543198 Rastislavmráz || 2013 TT115 || Rastislav Mráz shihan (1897–1968) is a former Slovakian Karate champion. || IAU · 543198 |}

543201–543300

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

543301–543400

|-id=302 | 543302 Hamvasbéla || 2013 XP7 || Béla Hamvas (1897–1968) was a Hungarian writer, philosopher, and social critic. || IAU · 543302 |-id=315 | 543315 Asmakhammari || 2013 YY14 || Asma Khammari-Steinhausser (born 1982) is a French promoter of scientific outreach. || JPL · 543315 |}

543401–543500

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

543501–543600

|-id=581 | 543581 Laurenrubyjane || 2014 NL64 || Lauren Ruby Jane Forward (born 2006) is the granddaughter of British amateur astronomer Norman Falla, who discovered this minor planet. || IAU · 543581 |}

543601–543700

|-id=698 | 543698 Miromesaroš || 2014 OF309 || Miroslav "Miro" Mesaroš (born 1967), a Slovak mathematics and physics teacher and popularizer of astronomy. || IAU · 543698 |}

543701–543800

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

543801–543900

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

543901–544000

|-id=914 | 543914 Tessedik || 2014 QW291 || Sámuel Tessedik (1742–1820) was a Slovak Lutheran pastor, school founder, teacher and economic writer. || IAU · 543914 |}

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