Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - Schmadel, Lutz D.
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The Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, now in its fifth edition, is the official reference of the International Astronomical Union. This Addendum gathers some 2,000 newly published names from the period 2003-2005, as well as the latest corrections and amendments to earlier editions. In total, the Dictionary now covers some 12,000 named minor planets, providing authoritative information about the basis for the rich and colorful variety of names.

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The Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, now in its fifth edition, is the official reference of the International Astronomical Union. This Addendum gathers some 2,000 newly published names from the period 2003-2005, as well as the latest corrections and amendments to earlier editions. In total, the Dictionary now covers some 12,000 named minor planets, providing authoritative information about the basis for the rich and colorful variety of names.
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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.
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"... Der hier vorliegende ... Band umfasst die Periode 2003 bis 2005. In ihm sind alle in dieser Periode neu mit Namen versehenen Kleinplaneten und deren Entdeckungsumstände registriert. Zusätzlich findet man ... auch Korrekturen und Ergänzungen zu den früheren Bänden ... Zwar bleibt die gewohnte Grundstruktur des Gesamtwerks erhalten, es kommen jedoch ein paar äußerst nützliche Neuerungen hinzu. Auf den gewohnt umfangreichen Anhang muss ... niemand verzichten. Die Tabellen werden ... aktualisiert ... Das neue Konzept des Schmadelschen 'Dictionary' erscheint dem Rezensenten stimmig. ..."

(Gerhard Klare, in: Sterne und Weltraum, April 2007, S. 97 f.)
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)
"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)