Minor planet is a term used for non-sky objects that orbit the planet or comet Sun. The first minor planet discovered was Ceres in 1801 which became known also as the IAU dwarf planet after doing redenefinisi to the classification of the planet in 2006.
Until December 2010, already 257 455 minor planets that have been given a number identification / codification of over 535,000 minor planets that have been found. And from 257 455 new minor planet was about 16,154 minor planets that already have official names. Among the thousands of names, some of whom have Indonesian names, which is given as a reward or a reminder of a place and event.
Asteroid Name By Name Former Head of Bosscha Observatory
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| Bosscha Observatory. credit: Ivie |
Most recently, in November 2010, the IAU gave four Indonesian name as the name of four asteroids in the Main Asteroid Belt. Go-4 names are the names of the former head of Bosscha Observatory provided by the IAU as a tribute to Bosscha Observatory, which is the observatory in Indonesia as well as having an important role in the history of astronomy in the southern sky.
The 4th name was given to four asteroids discovered by husband and wife Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld conducting an analysis of photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels on October 16, 1977 in Palomar - Leiden Trojan survey. The discovery of asteroids - asteroids is done using the 122cm Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory. In these observations, the shooting is done by using 68 plates to survey trojan between Mars-Jupiter. Among the minor planets were found, four asteroids were given names based on the name of the former head of Bosscha Observatory are:
Hidayat 12 176 / 3468 T-3
Bambang Hidayat promoter of astronomy in Indonesia. He is recognized for their work in the field of double star looks and star with H emission line He also became director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang from 1968 - 1999 and became Vice President of the IAU from 1994 to 2000.
Asteroid 12176 Hidayat. Credit: NASA
Raharto 12 177 / 4074 T-3.
Taken from the name Moedji Raharto, an astronomer Indonesia as well as senior lecturer in Astronomy ITB. He served as head of Bosscha Observatory from 1999 - 2004. Moedji work in the field of galaxy structure based on the Hipparcos catalog and the IRAS-Point Source catalog.
Asteroid 12 177 Raharto. Credit: NASA
Dhani 12 178 / 4304 T-3
Taken from the name of the astronomer and physicist Sun Indonesia Dhani Herdiwijaya who also served as director of Bosscha Observatory in 2004 - -2006. He is known for his work in terms of binary stars, solar magnetic activity and its relation to weather and climate.
Asteroid 12 178 Dhani. Credit: NASA
Taufiq 12 179 / 5030 T-3
Named by name Taufiq Hidayat who served as head of Bosscha Observatory in the year 2006 to 2010. he is known for his work in the field of the Solar System and extrasolar transit and active against the effects of urbanization around Bosscha Observatory.Or in other words around Bosscha development problems that threatened the existence of Bosscha as a research observatory.
Asteroid 12 179 Taufiq. Credit: NASA
In addition to these name-4, previously there have been several names former head of Bosscha is also immortalized as the name of the asteroid that is:
Van Albada 2019 / 1935 SX1
Asteroid was discovered on September 28, 1935 by H. van Gent a Dutch astronomer who make observations from the Leiden Southern Station and the Union Observatory in Johannesburg South Africa . Named by the name of Gale Bruno van Albada who became head of Bosscha Observatory in May 1949 until July 1958. Van Albada itself a pioneer of astronomy education in Indonesia and was appointed professor of astronomy ITB in 1951.
The 5408 / 1232 T-1
Dianamakan under the name The Pik Sin, who served as head of Bosscha Observatory from 1959 -1968.This asteroid was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on March 25, 1971 from observations at Palomar Observatory. The name is given as a tribute to The Pik Sin on birthday-65.
Asteroid Names Based on contributions from and for Astronomy Indonesia
In addition to these names there are some names that are also provided by the IAU to name a minor planet as the award for their contributions in astronomy from the Dutch East Indies or Indonesia, namely:
Johanmohr 5494 / 1933 UM1
Discovered in 1933 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg and was named as a reward for success johanmohr contribution Reverend Johan Maurits Mohr (1716-1775) in astronomical and meteorological observations. These include the Venus occultation observation in Batavia in 1761 and 1769 from his private observatory in Molenvliet, Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
2378 Pannekoek / 1935CY
Named after Dutch astronomer beradasarkan name Antonie Pannekoek and was discovered by H. van Gent February 13, 1935 in Johannesburg (LS).Pannekoek is the coach of the GB van Albada and has a big role for astronomy in Indonesia.
10 966 van der Hucht / 3308 T-1
Found March 26, 1971 by CJ van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld and T. Gehrels. Karel A. van der Hucht is an astronomer at the Space Reserach Center Utrecht and worked actively in the study of Wolf-Rayet star and set the Catalogue of Galactic Wolf-Rayet Stars. Currently he serves as advisor to the Executive Committee of the IAU.
The name of the asteroid by the name of the place in Indonesia and who had relationship with Indonesia is:
Merapi 536 / 1904 OF
Found May 11, 1904 by GH Peters in Washington and named after Mount Merapi / Marapi West Sumatra which is the site of the expedition from the U.S. Naval Observatory and several other expeditions to make observations during solar eclipse on May 17, 1901. The mountain is out smoke continually / continuously and the name itself means "with fire / with fire". The name proposed by the inventor Merapi Merapi, asteroids 536 which is also one member of the solar eclipse expedition in Sumatra.
731 Heaven / 1912 OQ
Discovered 15 April 1912 by A. Massinger in Heidelberg and was named Heaven who came from the Indonesian language of Heaven. Heaven on Earth called Heaven world.
732 Tjilaki / 1912 OR
Discovered 15 April 1912 by A. Massinger in Heidelberg and was named Tjilaki / Cilaki from the name of the river and village Tjilaki / Cilaki originating from mountain Malabar. Tji means river.
754 Malabar / 1906 UT
Discovered August 22, 1906 by August Kopff at Heidelberg. Named by name pegununungan Malabar Malabar Regional renowned as the tea plantations. The name is taken to commemorate the solar eclipse expedition undertaken by the Dutch and German to Christmas Island in 1922.
Bali 770 / 1913 TE
Discovered October 31, 1913 by A. Massinger in Heidelberg. The name Bali is Indonesia's local name of the Hindu majority. Bali in the name of this asteroid is dedicated in the name of the King clan Daityas in Hindu Puranas.
772 Tanete / TR 1913
Found December 19, 1913 by A. Massinger in Heidelberg and named Tanete based on place names in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
863 Benkoela / BH 1917
Discovered by M. February 9, 1917 Wolf in Heidelberg and called Benkoela and estimated that name is a city Benkoelen (Bengkulu) in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Garuda 2307 / 1957 HJ
Main Asteroid Belt Asteroid discovered on April 18, 1957 in La Plata Observatory. It is believed the name is actually associated with the name of India. Garuda is proposed as the name of the asteroid 1957 HJ derived from Sanskrit and is the son of Kasyapa and Vinata in Indian mythology.
Multatuli 7172 / 1988 DE2
Discovered 17 February 1988 by EW Elst at the European Southern Observatory. Named after the famous writer from the Netherlands, or Multatuli Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887). In 1838, Multatuli arrived in the Dutch East Indies and in 1856 he resigned from the position of Assistant Commissioner of Lebak Java in the absence of support by the government (the Dutch-red) in its struggle to protect the Javanese from the exploitation of their employers.He later returned to Europe and internationally known for his novel Max Havelaar (1860) which then brings Multatuli to conduct his defense and demanded justice in Java and satirize middle-class mentality of the Dutch nation. Multatuli names submitted by the inventor of the asteroid and is supported by the CF Merks and J. Meeus.
Naming Asteroids itself takes a long time because at the beginning found he was only given a special code and given a number if its orbit is known well. Submission of names conducted by the inventor will be discussed by the IAU and approved before given an official name.
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