Table of Contents

Introduction: Introductory Remarks.- Minor Planet Designations.- Evolution of Maning Rules.- Information Contents of the Catalogue.- Statistics and Classification of Names.- Sources of Information.- Catalogue of Minor Planet Names and Discovery Circumstances.- Appendices: Discoverers in Alphabetical Order.- Discoverers Ranking List.- Corporate Discoveries.- Discovery Places in Alphabetical Order.- Discovery Places Ranking List.- Categories of Minor Planet Names.- Names Classification by Countries.- Nobel Laureates.- IAU Officers.- Special Type Numbered Minor Planets.- Minor Planet Names with Unknown Meaning.- References. Index of Principal Destination. Index of Minor Planet Names.