Editing Template:Minor planet/doc

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* To quickly format a minor planet ''identified solely by its provisional designation'' (i.e. without a catalogue number), use the following pseudocode:

*: For example, to create {{minor planet|2004 MN|4}}, use:

* To quickly format a minor planet known by ''a combination of a permanent catalogue number and a provisional designation'', use the following pseudocode:

*: For example, to create {{mp|15788|1993 SB}}, use:

*: Or, to create {{mp|15760|1992 QB|1}}, use:

*: Note that similar results as the above can also be obtained by placing both the catalogue number (in parentheses) and the provisional designation in a single field. For example, {{minor planet|(15760) 1992 QB|1}} can also be created by using:

* The provisional designations for ''satellites of minor planets'' make reference to the primary (the "parent body"): either to the primary's permanent catalogue number, or to the primary's provisional designation, but never both. To quickly format the provisional designation of a satellite of a minor planet, use the following pseudocode:

*: Note that the template functions with either four or five fields used; in the event there is no subscripted text to be included, one can use only four fields and the last field will be assumed to define the trailing number.

*: For example, to create {{minor planet|S|2000|1998 WW|31|1}}, use:

*: Or, to create {{mp|S|2005|1994 XD|1}}, use:

*: Or, to create {{mp|S|2003|11264|1}}, use:

==[[Template:minor planet link]]==

For example, to create a wikilink to {{minor planet link|2009 YE|7}}, use:

Or, to create a wikilink to {{minor planet link|15760|1992 QB|1}}, use:

Note, as with ''Template:minor planet'', that a similar output as the above can also be obtained by placing both the catalogue number (in parentheses) and the provisional designation in a single field. To use the above example again, {{minor planet link|(15760) 1992 QB|1}} can also be created by using:

Finally, to create a wikilink to {{minor planet link|S|2000|1998 WW|31|1}}, use:

==[[Template:minor planet link abridged]]==

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Sometimes, you may wish to create a wikilink to a minor planet with a permanent catalogue number while abridging the catalogue number from in-line display. For this purpose use [[Template:minor planet link abridged]]

To create a wikilink to {{mp|15760|1992 QB|1}} without showing the "(15760)" part (like so: {{minor planet link abridged|15760|1992 QB|1}}), use:

==[[Template:minor planet moon link]]==

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To create a wikilink to a minor planet's moon (where the minor planet is known by a provisional designation), use the following pseudocode:

For example, to create {{minor planet moon link|S/2000 (1998 WW|31|) 1}}, use:

==[[Template:minor planet moon link abridged]]==

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To format the name of a minor planet's moon (where the minor planet is known by a provisional designation), use the following pseudocode:

For example, to create {{minor planet moon link abridged|S/2000 (1998 WW|31|) 1}}, use:

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