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.
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.
1759 + 1 = 1760
):
{{DoMP|1759}}
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1760
{{DoMP|10502|8003}}
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8003
{{DoMPN}}
, for "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names", redirects to {{DoMP}}.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)