Ninan, also known as ninnan, was a japanese era name, nengo, lit. The quantity of numbered minor planets has now well exceeded a quarter million. Schmadel, astronomer and computer of orbits and ephemerides of minor planets at astronomisches recheninstitut, heidelberg, has discovered more than 230 minor planets and has done great service to the community by preparing the dictionary of minor planet names now in its 6th edition on behalf of commission 20 of the international astronomical union iau. Minor planet names private observatory meyerobermair, austria iau observatory code. 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. The term planet was first used to distinguish those stars which have an apparent motion through the constellations from the fixed stars, which retain their relative places unchanged. Minor planet designation simple english wikipedia, the. Some of the names are longer and you can create a nickname from it to keep it short.
What are the nicknames for the planets in our solar system. Dictionary of minor planet names addendum to 6th edition. Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for minor planet. Meeus, j the names of the minor planets, private print. 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.
Subscribe to our free ebooks blog and email newsletter. This book was published in australia and is out of there. In addition to being of practical value for identification purposes, the dictionary of minor planet names provides. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Hinduism is the dominant religion of the indian subcontinent, india, nepal, mauritius and fiji have large population of hindu.
Ninan simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. List of names by planet starting with n, find association of names to planets or graha jupiter guru, mars mangal, mercury buddh, moon chandra, saturn shani, sun surya, venus shukra, different nakshatras, different rashis, find linkage of name to god and goddess and other astrological information of name. If the download pdf link is visible and there is no pdf available, clicking the link will download. Download the freelyaccessible mpc orbit database mpcorb. The minor planet center mpc operates at the smithsonian astrophysical observatory. Schmadel, astronomer and computer of orbits and ephemerides of minor planets at astronomisches recheninstitut, heidelberg, has discovered more than 230 minor planets and has done great service to the community by preparing the dictionary of minor planet names now in its 6th edition on behalf of commision 20 of the international. They are given to a body once its orbit is secured, and are unrelated to provisional designations, which are given when an object is found the two parts of a formal designation are. With approximately 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 planets in no mans sky, you might run out of ideas for naming your discovered planets. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The second addendum to the dictionary of minor planet names, fifth edition, which is the iaus official reference for the field, contains all newly published. Alphabetical list this is an alphabetical listing of the names of the numbered minor planets. Be sure to check the laws for your country before downloading, reading or sharing this file.
Social security administration public data, the first name download was not present. Names norwegian nynorsk names for a variety of things. All sorts of tabulations and plots, including neo tables and lists of minor planet names. The inferior planets are mercury and venus, which are nearer to the sun than is the earth. Initially, minor planets were identified by name or symbol, but the practice of assigning. A few minor planets are named after exotic entities such as supercomputers or have an unknown origin see category. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified numberrange that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Planet and satellite names and discoverers planetary names. It is possible the name you are searching has less than five occurrences per year. Follow this link for information how minor planets are named. The iau commission 20 in 1988 established a study group to elucidate the meanings of asteroid names. Minor planet designations are numbername combinations given by the minor planet center, a part of the iau. Download free ebooks of classic literature, books and novels at planet ebook. The new sixth edition of the dictionary of minor planet names, which is the iaus. These baby name lists are organised alphabetically. The quantity of numbered minor planets is now approaching half a million. The first few thousand minor planets have all been named, with the jupiter trojan 3708 1974 fv 1 currently being the lowestnumbered unnamed minor planet. This page shows information about planetary bodies named by. Mercury is nick named swift planet because of its swiftness around the sun.
Nasa names new asteroid after talented saudi student. More than 300,000 asteroids have been identified and cataloged. Venus venus is nick named as morning star or evening star because it appears like a star in the night sky. Pitched as a thrilling corporate espionage caper with just a pinch of mystery mixed in, the debut issue sends walkers widow, katya, on a quest for vengeance.
According to a longstanding astronomical tradition, the naming of minor planets in the solar system is the privilege of the discoverers. An extensive archive of publications in a pdf format is available at the minor planet centers website. The new sixth edition of the dictionary of minor planet names, which is the iaus official reference work for the field, now covers more than 17,000 named minor planets. Later on the author continued in collecting and indexing all new relevant data. The archives oldest publication dates back to 1 november. A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the sun or more broadly, any star with a planetary system that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet. International astronomical union gives minor planet 1985 cz 1 the name brevardastro 1. Lettris is a curious tetrisclone game where all the bricks have the same square shape but different content. We hope that the following list of synonyms for the word minor planet will help you to finish your crossword today. Contrary to most other kinds of celestial objects which receive complex alphanumerical designations, the names of minor planets often say more about the discoverers than about the object in question.
To make squares disappear and save space for other squares you have to assemble english words left, right, up, down from the falling squares. Minor planet definition of minor planet by the free. As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the iaus minor planet center mpc, and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the iaus naming conventions. They are used for dwarf planets and small solar system bodies such as asteroids, but not comets. Webbased services, including pdf versions of the mpcs, mpos and mpss. In addition to being of practical value for identification purposes, the dictionary of minor planet names provides authoritative. This gazetteer contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites and some planetary ring and ringgap systems that the international astronomical union iau has named and approved from its founding in. The great gatsby planet ebook 100% free literature. Mercury venus earth mars asteroids jupiter saturn uranus neptune dwarf planets.