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Asteroids are undeveloped small planets or fragments of planets and constitute an astronomical rubbish heap of evidence about the past history of the solar system, just as an archaeological midden is evidence of the history of an ancient settlement. Their names are documentary evidence for the history of science and the way scientists carry it out.
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1 Where possible, the number and name of any asteroid that is named after a person will follow that person’s name. See the JPL Small Body Database, referred to above, for further biographical details about the person, such as dates of birth and death.
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Murdin, P. (2016). My Asteroid, My Book. In: Rock Legends. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31836-3_1
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