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Template:DoMP/doc

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Description

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This template creates an external link for a given minor planet to a single Reference Work Entry of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names published by Springer Science+Business Media. The external link's label is always DMP and cannot be changed. As of 2016, the website contains naming citations for several thousand named minor planets.

Usage

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For most named minor planets, those numbered less than or equal to 9999, the external target URL is simply derived from the minor planet's number: the URL ends with a four digit number equal to <the minor planet's number> + 1. This calculation is performed by the template.

For minor planets numbered greater than or equal to 10,000, however, the target URL at Springer needs to be manually amended using a second parameter.

  • The 1st parameter is for the number of the named minor planet.
  • The 2nd parameter is only used when needing to override the default URL, in case the external URL does not correspond to a minor planet's number.
Example default
For 1759 Kienle, the target URL corresponds to the minor planet's number (i.e. 1759 + 1 = 1760):
Example override
For 10502 Armaghobs, the target URL does not correspond to the minor planet's number:

Notes

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  • Alias {{DoMPN}}, for "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names", redirects to {{DoMP}}.
  • For 1759 Kienle, DMP contains a naming citation not available at the corresponding JPL and MPC pages.

See also

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External link templates for minor planets

Local link templates for minor planets and on related topics

Link templates on Solar System features

  • {{GPN}} (inline citations)
  • {{WGPSN}} (external links)

Partial list templates (minor planets/meanings/named-MPs)