Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (eBook)

Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008

Lutz D. Schmadel (Autor)

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2009 | 2009
IX, 316 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-01965-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The history and rapid development of minor planet dis In addition to citing the bibliographic source of the nam coveries constitute a fascinating story and one with a ing, we also provide the source of numbering. A spe rather breathtaking evolution. By October 2005, the cial concordance list will enable the evaluation of the total of numbered planets exceeded the remarkable cor respective publication dates. The complete work is, nerstone of 100,000 objects and only three years later of course, a thoroughly revised and considerably en in November 2008 we are even faced with minor planet larged data collection and every e?ort has been made ( ) 200000 . This dramatic evolution must be compared to check and correct each single piece of information ( ) with the huge time span of two centuries 1801-2000 again. For even more detailed information on the dis that was necessary to detect and to re?ne the orbits of covery circumstances of numbered but unnamed plan only the ?rst 20,000 minor planets. Nowadays, we need ets, the reader is referred to the extensive data ?les even less than 13 months for the same quantity! At the compiled by the Minor Planet Center. end of 2005, we had achieved a total of 12,804 named ( According to a resolution of IAU Division III 2000, minor planets a fraction of less than 11 per cent of ) Manchester IAU General Assembly DMPN attained all numbered minor planets.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Foreword 7
Contents 10
Introduction 11
Introductory Remarks 11
Minor Planet Designations 12
Evolution of Naming Rules 14
Information Content of the Catalogue 17
Statistics and Classificationof the Names 18
Sources of Information 21
Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances Addendum 2006 – 2008 22
Appendix 207
Discoverers in Alphabetical Order 207
Discoverers Ranking List 216
Surveys, Corporate Discoveries 219
Nobel Laureates 220
IAU Officers 222
Minor Planet Names with Unknown Meaning 223
Publication Dates of the MPCs 226
References 229
Index of Minor Planet Names 231

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.6.2009
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 316 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Asteroid name • Centaur • dictionary • IAU publication • Kuiper Belt Objects • Meteor name • Minor Planet name • Planet • Trojan
• ISBN-10: 3-642-01965-X / 364201965X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-01965-4 / 9783642019654