Dictionary of minor planet names
This 6th edition of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names has expanded by more than 7,000 entries, now covering more than 17,000 named minor planets. Also includes corrections, amendments and updates to entries published in earlier editions.
Print Book, English, 2012
Sixth revised and enlarged edition View all formats and editions
Springer, Heidelberg, 2012
Dictionaries
2 volumes (x, 1452 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm
9783642297175, 9783642297182, 364229717X, 3642297188
824420197
Volume 1.- Foreword to the Sixth Edition.- Foreword to the First Edition.- Preface to the First Edition.- Preface to the Sixth Edition.- Introduction.- Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances.- Appendices.- References.- Index of Minor Planet Names.- Volume 2.- Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances.- Appendices.- References.- Index of Minor Planet Names.
"Prepared on behalf of commission 20 under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union."