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Description
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  and cannot be changed. As of 2016, the website contains naming citations for several thousand named minor planets.

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

For minor planets numbered greater than or equal to, 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. ):
 * produces:
 * link:
 * link:


 * Example override: For 10502 Armaghobs, the target URL does not correspond to the minor planet's number:
 * produces:
 * link:
 * note: in this case, a missing 2nd parameter would produce, a page not found error
 * note: in this case, a missing 2nd parameter would produce, a page not found error