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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... planets are being discovered; it is inevitable that this dictionary can be no more than an inventory of the situation at this moment. A compilation of this nature is by definition bound to be out of date before it appears in print ...
... planets known at the time. Problems only arose in about 1850 with the dramatic increase of minor-planet discoveries ... planetary symbols – I took the liberty to introduce encircled numbers instead of symbols.] Wolf (1892) stated that ...
... planets and comets. In the past, it has happened that names were chosen for natural satellites of the major planets that had already been assigned to minor planets; an agreement with the Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature ...
... planets of special type that cannot be easily inferred from the data base (Appendix 10). The objects with special characteristics were compiled from a data base of the orbital elements of all numbered planets. Whereas the Trojans are ...
... planetary temperatures in collaboration with W. W. Coblentz, and the long photographic history of the changes in NGC ... planetary perturbations and orbit improvements. In 1963 he became head of the Department of Minor Planets and Comets ...
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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 |