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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... comets and minor planets and also for her work on their orbits. (M 3929) Name proposed by B. G. Marsden and E. Roemer. Obituary published in Tähdet ja avaruus, No. 5, p. 21 (2001). (1530). Rantaseppä. [2.25, 0.20, 4.4] 1938 SG. Discovered ...
... comets and minor planets, the first one as an observer, the second as a computer and a compiler of a catalogue of cometary orbits. (M 3932) Obituaries published in Int. Comet Q., Vol. 4, p. 55 (1982); Q.J.R. Astron. Soc., Vol. 24, No. 3 ...
... comets and minor planets. (M 5523) Name proposed by O. Kippes, who found some of the identifications involving this ... comets for many years. Among his discoveries were the short-period comet Comas Solá and 11 numbered minor planets ...
... comets. He is well-known for his work on stellar spectroscopy and especially on variable and binary stars. (M 3933) Obituary published in Mitt. Astron. Ges., Nr. 74, p. 5-6 (1991). (1705). Tapio. [2.30, 0.25, 7.7] 1941 SL1. Discovered ...
Lutz D. Schmadel. comets, he made the first discovery of a numbered minor planet at Algiers, (858) El Djezair, in ... comet and several minor planets. (M 3933) Hoffmeister is also honored by minor planet (4183) and by a lunar crater ...
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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 |