According to international regulations, the stars in the sky can only be represented by constellations and their numbers. Only asteroids in the solar system can be named by their discoverers. Most of the asteroids discovered in the early years were named after gods in Greek mythology. Later, as the number of asteroids discovered increased, the names of many countries, cities and celebrities became the names of asteroids.
In order to unify regulations, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has specially formed an Asteroid Naming Committee composed of internationally renowned scientists, which is responsible for accepting and reviewing the naming of new asteroids around the world.
After the naming application submitted by the asteroid discoverer is reviewed and approved by the International Asteroid Nomenclature Committee, the International Minor Planet Center will officially publish it in the "International Asteroid Bulletin" and notify observatories around the world that the star name will become the The asteroid's permanent star name is listed in the "International Asteroid Ephemeris" published annually. ?
The naming of asteroids is international and permanent, and is a lofty international honor. Once the naming is internationally approved, it will be recognized by all countries in the world and will forever be recorded in the annals of astronomical history.
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History of asteroid naming:
The first asteroid was discovered by Piazzi on Sicily in 1801. He named it The star was named Ceres Ferdinand. The former part is named after Ceres, the patron saint of Sicily, and the latter part is named after King Ferdinand IV of Naples. But international scholars were not satisfied with this, so the second part was removed. Therefore the official name of the first asteroid is Asteroid 1 Ceres.
Asteroids discovered since then have been named after Roman or Greek gods according to this tradition, such as Pallas, Vesta, Justice, etc. But as more and more asteroids were discovered, eventually the names of the classical gods were exhausted. Therefore, later asteroids were named after the discoverer's wife, historical or other important figures, cities, fairy tale characters or other mythological gods.
For example, asteroid 216 is named after the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, asteroid 719 Albert is named after Albert Einstein, and asteroid 17744 is named after the actress Julie Named after Dee Foster, asteroid 1773 was named after a dwarf from Grimm's fairy tales, and so on.
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