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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... wife of Jupiter, mother of Mars, Hebe {see planet (6)}, Lucina {see planet (146)} and Vulcan, sister of Ceres {see planet (1)}. (H 1) The symbol used for Juno in ancient times was a scepter surmounted with a star. This planet was ...
... wife of Zephyrus. (H2) Named by J. Herschel (AN 26, 254 (1847)): ”Pallas, Juno, Ceres and Vesta, as sober and majestic Duennas will abundantly provide for the respectability of the group between Mars and Jupiter, while Astraea, Iris ...
... wife, sister, nurse or mother of Mars. (H 5) Named by J. F. Encke. The planet was named at the outset of the Crimean War (1854-1856). See also the remarks to planets (40) and (494). The sign of the planet is given in AN 38, 143 (1854): ...
... wife of Cadmus {see planet (7092)}, the founder of Thebes. She introduced art and music into Greece. (H 6) Named by U. J. J. Leverrier. The name was selected in order to ”place a lasting monument to the happy re-establishment of peace ...
... wife of Orpheus {see planet (3361)} who descended into Hades to secure her return which he obtained on the condition that he would not look back at her until reaching the upper world. She was returned to Hades when he looked back at the ...
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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 |