Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (original) (raw)
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Authors:
- Lutz D. Schmadel
- Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, fifth edition, is the official reference for the field of the IAU, which serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and any surface features on them. The accelerating rate of the discovery of minor planets has not only made a new edition of this established compendium necessary but has also significantly altered its scope: this thoroughly revised edition concentrates on the approximately 10,000 minor planets that carry a name. It provides authoritative information about the basis for all names of minor planets. In addition to being of practical value for identification purposes, this collection provides a most interesting historical insight into the work of those astronomers who over two centuries vested their affinities in a rich and colorful variety of ingenious names, from heavenly goddesses to more prosaic constructions. The fifth edition serves as the primary reference, with plans for supplementary booklets with newly named bodies to be issued every three years.
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Table of contents (10042 entries)
Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances
Authors and Affiliations
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany
Lutz D. Schmadel
Bibliographic Information
- Book Title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
- Authors: Lutz D. Schmadel
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7
- Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
- eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
- Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
- eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-29925-7Published: 18 April 2007
- Edition Number: 5
- Number of Pages: XVI, 992
- Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
- Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Geophysics/Geodesy