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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 approved. And published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be, found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). 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.

Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior——to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added——to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

576001–576100※

576101–576200※

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

576201–576300※

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

576301–576400※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 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※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 576465 Craigwoodhams 2012 SZ₅₆ Craig Woodhams (b. 1990), a British gymnastics coach. IAU · 576465 576466 Scherpenisse 2012 SM₅₈ Chiara Scherpenisse (1986–2007), a close friend of the discoverer. IAU · 576466

576501–576600※

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

576601–576700※

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

576701–576800※

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

576801–576900※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 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 576870 Országlili 2012 VZ₉₉ Lili Ország (1926–1978), a Hungarian surrealist painters. IAU · 576870

576901–577000※

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Named minor planet Provisional This minor planet was named for... Ref · Catalog 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※

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.
8. ^ "Minor Planet Naming Guidelines (Rules and Guidelines for naming non-cometary small Solar-System bodies) – v1.0" (PDF). Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (PDF). 20 December 2021.

Preceded by 575,001–576,000

Meanings of minor planet names List of minor planets: 576,001–577,000

Succeeded by 577,001–578,000

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