Overview
- Adds some 2200 new minor planet names to the 6th edition
- With many updates on entries of previous editions
- Lists minor planets named after Nobel Laureates, historical or political figures, artists and various other categories of names
- With short biographical info of the persons the planets are named after, discovery info and info about the minor planet orbit
- Published under the auspices of the IAU as their official reference on named minor planets
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Book Title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
Book Subtitle: Addendum to 6th Edition: 2012-2014
Authors: Lutz D. Schmadel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17677-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17676-5Published: 22 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36828-3Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17677-2Published: 14 May 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 396
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Popular Science in Astronomy, Planetology, Geophysics and Environmental Physics
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