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List Of Named Minor Planets (alphabetical)
This is a list of named minor planets in an alphabetical, case-insensitive order grouped by the first letter of their name. New namings, typically proposed by the discoverer and approved by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the International Astronomical Union, are published nowadays in their ''WGSBN Bulletin'' and summarized in a dedicated list several times a year. Over the last four decades, the list has grown significantly with an average rate of 492 new namings published every year (or 1.35 namings per day). While in March 1979, only 1924 minor planets had received a name and completed the designation process, , the list contains 24,836 named objects. This, however, only accounts for of all numbered bodies, as there are over 720,000 minor planets with a well established orbit which is a precondition for receiving a name. Of all these minor-planet names, 1311 contain diacritical marks. See also * List of minor planet discoverers * List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minor Planets Named After People
This is a list of List of named minor planets (alphabetical), minor planets named after people, both real and fictional. Scientists Astronomers Amateur *340 Eduarda (Heinrich Eduard von Lade, German) *792 Metcalfia (Joel Hastings Metcalf, American) *828 Lindemannia (Adolph Friedrich Lindemann, German-British) *1906 Naef (Robert Adolf Naef, Swiss) *1955 McMath (Robert Raynolds McMath, American) *2602 Moore (Sir Patrick Moore) *3184 Raab (Herbert Raab, Austrian) *3696 Herald (Dave Herald, Australian) *4143 Huziak (Richard Huziak, Canadian) *6822 Horálek (Petr Horálek, Czech) *9121 Stefanovalentini (Stefano Valentini, Italian) *12787 Abetadashi (Tadashi Abe, Japanese) *13624 Abeosamu (Osamu Abe, Japanese) *16217 Peterbroughton (Peter Broughton, Canadian) *23771 Emaitchar (Martin H. Robinson, British) *22406 Garyboyle (Gary Boyle, Canadian) *24898 Alanholmes (Alan W. Holmes, American) *29483 Boeker (Karolin Kleemann-Boeker and Andreas Boeker, German) *32622 Yuewaichun (Wai Chun Yue, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minor Planets Named After Places
This is a list of minor planets named after places, organized by continent. Africa * 1193 Africa (Africa) Countries of Africa * 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) * 1213 Algeria (Algeria) *1268 Libya (Libya) * 1278 Kenya (Kenya) * 1279 Uganda (Uganda) * 1430 Somalia (Somalia) * 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia) * 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda) * 1712 Angola (Angola) * 1718 Namibia (Namibia) * 1816 Liberia (Liberia) * 8766 Niger (Niger) * 19913 Aigyptios (Ancient Greek name of Egypt) Cities of Africa * 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa) * 858 El Djezaïr (Algiers, Algeria) * 859 Bouzaréah ( Bouzareah, Algeria)) * 6362 Tunis (Tunis, Tunisia) * 1245 Calvinia (Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa) *1428 Mombasa (Mombasa, Kenya) * 1431 Luanda (Luanda, city in Angola) * 1948 Kampala (Kampala, city in Uganda) * 1949 Messina (Musina, town in South Africa) * 42776 Casablanca (Casablanca, Morocco) * 68718 Safi (Safi, Morocco) * 260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa) * 321484 Marsaal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minor Planets Named After Rivers
{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2023 This is a list of minor planets named after rivers, organized by continent. Africa * 1032 Pafuri ( Pafuri Triangle, South Africa) * 1264 Letaba ( Letaba River, South Africa) * 1305 Pongola (Pongola River, South Africa) * 1323 Tugela (Tugela River, South Africa) * 1490 Limpopo (Limpopo River, South Africa) * 35295 Omo ( Omo River, aka ''Omo-Bottego'', Ethiopia) Asia * 732 Tjilaki (Cilaki River, West Java, Indonesia) * 1089 Tama (Tama River in Tokyo) * 1090 Sumida (Sumida River in Tokyo) * 1266 Tone (Tone River; in the Kantō region of Japan) * 4941 Yahagi ( Yahagi River, Aichi, Japan) * 6247 Amanogawa ( Amanogawa River on Hokkaidō, Japan) * 10143 Kamogawa (Kamo-gawa or Kamo River in Kyoto Prefecture) * 12757 Yangtze (Yangtze River) * 13096 Tigris (Tigris, Turkey, Syria, Iraq) * 15804 Yenisei ( Yenisei, Siberia, Russia) * 16563 Ob (river in central Asia) * 21182 Teshiogawa ( Teshio River on Hokkaidō, Japan) * 24701 Elyu-Ene ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minor Planet
According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''minor planet'', but that year's meeting IAU definition of planet, reclassified minor planets and comets into dwarf planets and Small Solar System body, small Solar System bodies (SSSBs).Press release, IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes International Astronomical Union, August 24, 2006. Accessed May 5, 2008. In contrast to the eight official planets of the Solar System, all minor planets fail to clearing the neighborhood, clear their orbital neighborhood. Minor planets include asteroids (near- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minor Planet Discoverers
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1,141 astronomers and 253 observatories, telescopes or surveys ''(see )''. On how a discovery is made, ''see observations of small Solar System bodies. For a description of the tables below, see ''. Discovering astronomers Discovering dedicated institutions Discovering sites Notes The discovery table consist of the following fields: * Astronomers and Institutions: links to the corresponding article about the discovering astronomer or institution on Wikipedia. If not linked, the displayed name should be a redirect to this list. For example, the page forwards to the anchored table row using the astronomer's MPC-name as ID. * Discoveries: displays the total number of discovere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Working Group For Small Bodies Nomenclature
In ancient times, only the Sun and Moon, a few stars, and the most easily visible planets had names. Over the last few hundred years, the number of identified astronomical objects has risen from hundreds to over a billion, and more are discovered every year. Astronomers need to be able to assign systematic designations to unambiguously identify all of these objects, and at the same time give names to the most interesting objects, and where relevant, features of those objects. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is the recognized authority in astronomy for assigning designations to celestial bodies such as stars, planets, and minor planets, including any surface features on them. In response to the need for unambiguous names for astronomical objects, it has created a number of systematic naming systems for objects of various sorts. Stars There are no more than a few thousand stars that appear sufficiently bright in Earth's sky to be visible to the naked eye. This represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; , UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation. It was founded on 28 July 1919 in Brussels, Belgium and is based in Paris, France. The IAU is composed of individual members, who include both professional astronomers and junior scientists, and national members, such as professional associations, national societies, or academic institutions. Individual members are organised into divisions, committees, and working groups centered on particular subdisciplines, subjects, or initiatives. the Union had 85 national members and 12,734 individual members, spanning 90 countries and territories. Among the key activities of the IAU is serving as a forum for scientific conferences. It sponsors nine annual symposia and holds a triannual General Assembly that sets policy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minor Planets
The following is a list of minor planets in ascending numerical order. Minor planets are Small Solar System bodies, small bodies in the Solar System: asteroids, Distant minor planet, distant objects, and dwarf planets, but not comets. As of 2022, the vast majority (97.3%) are asteroids from the asteroid belt. Their discoveries are certified by the Minor Planet Center, which assigns them numbers on behalf of the International Astronomical Union. Every year, the Center publishes thousands of newly numbered minor planets in its ''Minor Planet Circulars'' ''(see #Main index, index)''. , the #Diagram-breakup-into-populations, 811,552 numbered minor planets made up more than half of the 1,424,223 observed small Solar System bodies, of which the rest were List of unnumbered minor planets, unnumbered minor planets and comets. The catalog's first object is , discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801, while its best-known entry is Pluto, listed as . Both are among the 3.3% of List of named min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diacritical Mark
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacritic'' is a noun, though it is sometimes used in an attributive sense, whereas ''diacritical'' is only an adjective. Some diacritics, such as the acute , grave , and circumflex (all shown above an 'o'), are often called ''accents''. Diacritics may appear above or below a letter or in some other position such as within the letter or between two letters. The main use of diacritics in Latin script is to change the sound-values of the letters to which they are added. Historically, English has used the diaeresis diacritic to indicate the correct pronunciation of ambiguous words, such as "coöperate", without which the letter sequence could be misinterpreted to be pronounced . Other examples are the acute and grave accents, which can indicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Observatory Codes
This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, ''see observations of small Solar System bodies''. List References {{DEFAULTSORT:Observatory codes Astronomical observatories, * Astronomy-related lists Technology-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
469705 ǂKá̦gára
469705 ǂKá̦gára (provisional designation ) is a trans-Neptunian object and binary system of the core Kuiper belt, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was discovered on 11 March 2005 by American astronomer Marc Buie at the Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona. The primary body measures around in diameter. Its 120-kilometer (75-mile) companion ǃHãunu was discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009. The ǂKá̦gára–ǃHãunu system is currently undergoing mutual occultation and eclipsing events in which one body casts a shadow on or obstructs the view of the other as seen from Earth. Names The names ''ǂKá̦gára'' and ''ǃHãunu'' are from the mythology of the ǀXam people of South Africa. ǂKá̦gára (also rendered ǂKaʻgara) and his brother-in-law ǃHãunu fought an epic battle in the east using thunder and lightning, producing mountainous clouds and rain. The conflict was fought over ǂKá̦gára's returning his younger sister, ǃHãun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
