Dictionary of Minor Planet NamesSpringer Science & Business Media, 10.06.2012 - 1452 Seiten The quantity of numbered minor planets has now well exceeded a quarter million. The new sixth edition of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, which is the IAU’s official reference work for the field, now covers more than 17,000 named minor planets. In addition to being of practical value for identification purposes, the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names provides authoritative information on the basis of the rich and colorful variety of ingenious names, from heavenly goddesses to artists, from scientists to Nobel laureates, from historical or political figures to ordinary women and men, from mountains to buildings, as well as a variety of compound terms and curiosities. This sixth edition of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names has grown by more than 7,000 entries compared to the fifth edition and by more than 2,000 compared to the fifth edition, including its two addenda published in 2006 and 2009. In addition, there are many corrections, revisions and updates to the entries published in earlier editions. This work is an abundant source of information for anyone interested in minor planets and who enjoys reading about the people and things minor planets commemorate. |
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... June 24 I lost my noble boy Arthur. On 1852 June 24 (just 13 years later) I lost my dear daughter Elizabeth. And, while feeling that day of sorrow, I learnt that on that day a planet was discovered which I was requested to name. So I ...
... June 15 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton. (*AN 67, 203) Pyramus and Thisbe were two Babylonian lovers prominent in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. (H 13) (89). Julia. [2.55, 0.18, 16.1] Discovered 1866 Aug. 6 by E. Stephan at ...
... June 3 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton. (*AN 86, 15) Named for the Roman goddess and patroness of journeyings. The planet was discovered immediately after the return of Peters from the transit of Venus expedition of 1874. (H 19) (145) ...
... June 18 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton. (*AN 92, 335) Named after a daughter of the celebrated hunter Orion who offered to die with her sister Metioche when a pestilence was raging in the Greek province Boeotia and the oracle had ...
... June 27 by J. Palisa at Vienna. (* AN 109, 159) Named in honor of Coelestine, née Mauthner von Markhof, wife of Theodor von Oppolzer, professor of astronomy in Vienna. Coelestine was the daughter of the well-known Viennese industrialist ...
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Appendix 1 Discoverers in Alphabetical Order | 1309 |
Appendix 2 Discoverers Ranking List | 1318 |
Appendix 3 Surveys Corporate Discoveries | 1320 |
Appendix 4 Discovery Places in Alphabetical Order | 1321 |
Appendix 5 Discovery Places Ranking List | 1327 |
Categories of Minor Planet Names | 1330 |
Appendix 8 Nobel Laureates | 1331 |
Appendix 9 IAU Officers | 1334 |
Appendix 10 Special Type Numbered Minor Planets | 1335 |
Appendix 11 Minor Planet Names with Unknown Meaning | 1339 |
Appendix 12 Synonymous Minor Planet Names | 1342 |
References | 1347 |
Index of Minor Planet Names | 1350 |