m ==See also== {{Minor planet templates/See also}}
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→Template:mp: "insert the below string" means "insert this text exactly as it appears", which is obviously not the intended meaning; changing to "insert the following pseudocode" and adding html-style <tags> to the string
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* To quickly format a minor planet ''identified solely by its provisional designation'' (i.e. without a catalogue number), insert the |
* To quickly format a minor planet ''identified solely by its provisional designation'' (i.e. without a catalogue number), insert the following pseudocode: |
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*:: <span style="color:#009">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|leading numbers and letters|subscript number (if applicable)}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
*:: <span style="color:#009">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|<leading numbers and letters>|<subscript number (if applicable)>}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
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*: For example, to create {{mp|2004 MN|4}}, insert |
*: For example, to create {{mp|2004 MN|4}}, insert |
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*:: <span style="color:#900">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|2004 MN|4}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
*:: <span style="color:#900">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|2004 MN|4}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
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* To quickly format a minor planet known by ''a combination of a permanent catalogue number and a provisional designation'', insert the |
* To quickly format a minor planet known by ''a combination of a permanent catalogue number and a provisional designation'', insert the following pseudocode: |
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*:: <span style="color:#009">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|catalogue number|provisional designation's leading numbers and letters|provisional designation's subscript number (if applicable)}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
*:: <span style="color:#009">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|<catalogue number>|<provisional designation's leading numbers and letters>|<provisional designation's subscript number (if applicable)>}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
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*: For example, to create {{mp|15788|1993 SB}}, insert |
*: For example, to create {{mp|15788|1993 SB}}, insert |
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*:: <span style="color:#900">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|15788|1993 SB}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
*:: <span style="color:#900">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|15788|1993 SB}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
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*:: <span style="color:#900">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
*:: <span style="color:#900">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
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* 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, insert the |
* 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, insert the following pseudocode: |
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*:: <span style="color:#009">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|S|satellite's year of discovery|primary's catalogue number OR primary's provisional designation's leading numbers and letters|primary's provisional designation's subscript number (if applicable)|satellite's trailing number}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
*:: <span style="color:#009">{{mono|<nowiki>{{mp|S|<satellite's year of discovery>|<primary's catalogue number OR primary's provisional designation's leading numbers and letters>|<primary's provisional designation's subscript number (if applicable)>|<satellite's trailing number>}}</nowiki>}}</span> |
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*: 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. |
*: 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. |
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*: For example, to create {{mp|S|2000|1998 WW|31|1}}, insert |
*: For example, to create {{mp|S|2000|1998 WW|31|1}}, insert |
![]() | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Minor planet. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
The template mp (for "minor planet") easily formats the nomenclature of those minor planets that are known in whole or in part by their provisional designation. The template mpl (for "minor planet link") obeys exactly the same syntax but outputs a wikilink to an article at the appropriate namespace. Use of these templates avoids Unicode complexities in article titles while still rendering subscripts.
The templates have been designed to allow the designations to be entered with a minimum of modification needed; pipe [ | ] characters replace transitions to and from subscript, as well as slashes [ / ] and parentheses [ ( ) ].
To insert a link in the same way, use Template:mpl. It obeys exactly the same input syntax as described above, but instead outputs wikilinks to the appropriate namespace.
For example, to create a wikilink to 2009 YE7, insert
Or, to create a wikilink to (15760) 1992 QB1, insert
Note, as with Template:mp, 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, (15760) 1992 QB1 can also be created by inserting
Finally, to create a wikilink to S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1, insert
Sometimes, you may wish to insert 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:mpl- (mpl- [minus] for "minor planet link, abridged").
To insert a wikilink to (15760) 1992 QB1 without showing the "(15760)" part (like so: 1992 QB1), insert:
Produces a formatted version of a minor planet designation as in, for example:
External link templates for minor planets
Local link templates for minor planets and on related topics
Link templates on Solar System features
Partial list templates (minor planets/meanings/named-MPs)