Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Addendum to 6th Edition: 2012-2014 /

• Main Author: Schmadel, Lutz D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Geophysics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

The quantity of numbered minor planets is now approaching half a million. Together with this Addendum, the sixth edition of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, which is the IAU's official reference for the field, now covers more than 19,000 named minor planets. In addition to being of practic...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Catalogue of Minor Planet Names
• and Discovery Circumstances
• Appendices
• References
• Index of Minor Planet Names.