Dictionary of Minor Planet NamesSpringer Science & Business Media, 10 juni 2012 - 1452 sidor 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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... astrometric instruments. (H 88) Repsold is also honored by a lunar crater. (907). Rhoda. [2.80, 0.16, 19.6] 1918 EU. Discovered 1918 Nov. 12 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg. (* AN 210, 239) Named in honor of the wife of the American ...
... astrometric problems involving artificial Earth satellites. (M 4418) (1618). Dawn. [2.87, 0.03, 3.2] 1948 NF. Discovered 1948 July 5 by E. L. Johnson at Johannesburg. (* M 1449) Named by the discoverer in honor of his granddaughter. (M ...
... astrometric observations. The minor planet also honors his cousin, William Francis Herschel Waterfield (1886-1933), a grandson of Sir John Herschel, a prolific observer of variable stars, a staff member of the Harvard Observatory during ...
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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 |