Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Lutz D. Schmadel's 2007 reference work on behalf of IAU Commission 20, Springer, documents every named minor planet's discovery and naming history; its entry for the asteroid Erato records the 14 September 1860 co discovery by Karl Theodor Robert Luther, also credited jointly to Wilhelm Foerster in some records, from the Berlin Observatory, and the naming for the muse. Its strength is that it is the standard International Astronomical Union reference for minor planet naming history. Its limit is that it is a specialist reference matching a narrow subject; it is not a source for the wider mythological or cultural meaning attached to a name, only for the discovery and naming record itself.
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Tier one: the standard International Astronomical Union reference documenting every named minor planet's discovery and naming history. Its limit is that it is a specialist naming record, not a source for the wider mythological or cultural meaning attached to a name. NotesThe standard International Astronomical Union reference documenting every named minor planet's discovery and naming history; its entry "(62) Erato" records the 14 September 1860 co-discovery by Karl Theodor Robert Luther (also credited jointly to Wilhelm Foerster in some records) from the Berlin Observatory and the naming for the muse. Specialist reference matching the fact's own narrow subject, the same role Schmadel plays for other asteroid-naming facts here.
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AuthorLutz D. Schmadel, on behalf of IAU Commission 20
PublisherSpringer
Publication Year2007
URLhttps://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7
Source TypeDictionary
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Erato, Deities This source names Erato directly: "history; its entry for the asteroid Erato records the 14 September 1860 co discovery by Karl Theodor Robert Luther, also credited jointly to Wilhelm Foerster in some records, from the Berlin..."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Deities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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