Dictionary of Minor Planet Names [E-Book] / by Lutz D. Schmadel.
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...
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Personal Name(s): | Schmadel, Lutz D., author |
Edition: |
Third Revised and Enlarged Edition. |
Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
1997
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Physical Description: |
XXVI, 939 p. online resource. |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783662066157 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-662-06615-7 |
Subject (LOC): |
- 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.