Dictionary of Minor Planet Names

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The 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, together with the Addendum for the years 2003 - 2005, concentrates on the approximately 12,000 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.

• Published under the auspices of the IAU as official reference on named minor planets
• In total approximately 12000 published names of minor planet are covered
• Authoritative information about basis for the names of minor planets

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