Category:Minor planet object redirects (non-primary)

The pages in this category are redirects. To add a redirect to this category, place {{Redirect category shell|(redirect template link)}} on the second new line (skip a line) after #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]. For more information follow the links. Never substitute redirect template(s), nor place them on soft redirects. See also the complete list of redirect templates and the redirect style guide.

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This category contains all pages of non-primary minor-planet designations (see description of the term below). Items, all of them are redirects by definition, are sorted by pagename and are automatically added when the page contains {{NASTRO comment|do-not-cat=yes}} or {{Partial minor planet designation}}. For redirects on both numbered and unnumbered primary minor-planet designations, see parent category. Contrary to their primary counterparts, do not add any categories to non-primary minor-planet redirects manually, to avoid double classification (hence the NASTRO-parameter's name).

Context

Due to the overwhelmingly large number of minor planet objects, all redirects are divided into two basic types: primary and non-primary minor-planet designations. A redirect of a primary designation is suited as article (if the object becomes notable). On the other hand, a redirect of a non-primary designation is basically never suited for an article: it either redirects to the (already existing) article about the object, or to another target (typically to an anchored list such as in LoMP or MoMP) with its primary redirect given in "{{R avoided double redirect}}" (best-practice only). Types of non-primary designations include, but are not limited to:

• {{R from former name}} — the designation is superseded due to numbering or naming,
• {{R from incorrect spelling}} — incorrectly published designation, later corrected in the M.P.C. errata section,
• {{R to diacritics}} — designation lacks diacritics, but official M.P.C. publication contains them,
• {{R from modification}} — named minor planet using parenthesis (non-standard on English Wikipedia) or modifications on hyphenated names and survey designations, or
• {{R from short name}} — named minor planet without catalog number (i.e. a "partial" designation).

These are often used in combination with:

• {{R avoided double redirect}} — if the primary designation is also a redirect, and
• {{R from move}} — if the page was moved to a new primary designation (upon numbering, naming or correction).