Lutz D. Schmadel

Gebundenes Buch

Dictionary of Minor Planet Names

Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003 - 2005

Beschreibung

This Addendum to the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, fifth edition, which is the official reference for the field of the IAU, contains all newly published names from the period 2003-2005 as well as corrections and amendments to earlier editions. In total the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names now covers some 12000 named minor planets. It provides authoritative information about the basis for the rich and colorful variety of ingenious names, from heavenly goddesses to more prosaic constructions.

Autor

The Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, now in its fifth edition, is the official reference for the field of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). This Addendum contains all newly published names from the period 2003-2005 - some 2,000 - as well as the latest corrections and amendments to earlier editions. In total the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names now covers some 12,000 named minor planets, moons and asteroids. It provides authoritative information about the basis for the rich and colorful variety of names as well their meanings, from heavenly goddesses, to more prosaic constructions.

Produktdetails

• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11613619, 978-3-540-34360-8
• 2006
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 198mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 806g
• ISBN-13: 9783540343608
• ISBN-10: 3540343601
• Artikelnr.: 20882549

Rezensionen

"The new sixth edition of Schmadel's 'Dictionary of Minor Planet Names', has now been expanded to 16,683 named minor planets, and is published for the first time in 2 volumes with 1452 pages. ... Highly recommendable to libraries, astronomers and amateur astronomers alike!" (Olaf Ninnemann, zbMATH 1317.85001, 2015)

"This is by any standards a quite excellent reference book: comprehensive, accurate, consistently edited and elegantly designed and produced. While it is obviously geared to any or all members of the astronomical community (including libraries serving them) it also has a much wider fascination for all those of us fascinated by names themselves and by the processes of naming objects." (Stuart James, Reference Reviews, Vol. 28 (3), 2014)

"German astronomer and historian Schmadel (Heidelberg Univ.) has published a sixth edition ... of this annotated compilation of the named minor planets, with more than 7,000 entries added since the last edition. ... Following the planet's name is a short descriptive history of whom the planet was named for. ... Although this book is intended for special users, its organization and annotations can give budding scientists a glimpse into the history of astronomy. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners." (R. J. Havlik, Choice, Vol. 50 (7), March, 2013)

From the reviews of the sixth edition: "German astronomer and historian Schmadel (Heidelberg Univ.) has published a sixth edition ... of this annotated compilation of the named minor planets, with more than 7,000 entries added since the last edition. ... Following the planet's name is a short descriptive history of whom the planet was named for. ... Although this book is intended for special users, its organization and annotations can give budding scientists a glimpse into the history of astronomy. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals/practitioners." (R. J. Havlik, Choice, Vol. 50 (7), March, 2013)