| Data Set Abstract |
This data set includes names, designations, and discovery
circumstances for the numbered asteroids, sorted in order of
number. This data set supercedes past versions of both the
ASTNAMES and DISCOVER asteroid data sets. It represents an
extension of a file originally prepared by Pilcher (1979)
[PILCHER1979] for the Tucson Revised Index of Asteroid Data
(TRIAD) and updated in Pilcher (1989) [PILCHER1989] for the
Asteroids II database. The data for asteroids numbered 4045 and
greater were either provided by the Minor Planet Center or
extracted from the Minor Planet Circulars, which are published by
the Minor Planet Center on behalf of Commission 20 of the
International Astronomical Union. In some cases, an institution
or survey is credited with the discovery rather than an
individual. No attempt has been made to correct the
inconsistencies in the presentation of names (that is, some names
are given with initials and some are not), or in the way
locations are specified (for example, Pilcher distinguishes
between the Lowell Observatory and Anderson Mesa locations in
Flagstaff). |
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