Meanings of minor planet names: 518001–519000

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 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]

518001–518100

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518101–518200

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518201–518300

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518301–518400

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518401–518500

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518458 Roblambert2005 GL204Robert Andrew Lambert (1955–2019) was the face of astronomy outreach and education in Las Vegas for many years. He was a president of the Las Vegas Astronomical Society, taught astronomy at the College of Southern Nevada and was behind the establishment of an amateur observatory on Nevada's Mt. Potosi.JPL · 518458

518501–518600

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518523 Bryanshumaker2006 SVBryan Shumaker (born 1949) is a urologist who helped design a dye-sensing device to treat cancer. As an accomplished and enthusiastic amateur astronomer, he has taken a leading role in the development of outreach programs in northern Michigan, particularly at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park there.JPL · 518523

518601–518700

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518701–518800

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518801–518900

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518901–519000

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There are no named minor planets in this number range
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References
  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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517,001–518,000		 Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 518,001–519,000		 Succeeded by
519,001–520,000
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