Dictionary of minor planet names
Until recently, minor planet name citations were scattered in the astronomical literature, and the origin of many names remained obscure. In 1988 the IAU Commission 20 established a study group to elucidate the meanings of asteroid names. Later on the author continued in collecting and indexing all new relevant data. This book contains the names, and their meanings, of all - as yet 5252 - named minor planets. It informs about the discoverers as well as the circumstances of the discovery of all 7041 minor planets that were numbered up to June 1996. In addition to being of practical value for identification purposes, the collection provides a most interesting historical insight into the work of those astronomers who over two centuries vested their affinities in a rich and colourful variety of ingenious names, from heavenly goddesses to more prosaic constructions. This third, revised and enlarged edition comprises about 40% more information than was provided with the first one of 1992
Dictionary
1 online resource (x, 939 pages) : illustrations
9783662066157, 9783662066171, 3662066157, 3662066173
682019846
Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances
Appendices
1. Discoverers in Alphabetical Order
2. Discoverers Ranking List
3. Corporate Discoveries
4. Discovery Places in Alphabetical Orde
5. Discovery Places Ranking List
6. Categories of Minor Planet Names
7. Names Classification by Countries
8. Nobel Laureates
9. IAU Officers
10. Special Type Numbered Minor Planets
11. Minor Planet Names with Unknown Meaning
References
Index of Preliminary Designations
Index of Minor Planet Names
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010