Mashteroids

Misteers

P. G. Meesters (1887-1964) is the Nestor of amateur astronomy in the Netherlands. He also co-authored the book La Revue des Constellations. Citation provided by Donald R. Davis at the request of the discoverer.

Amamomarbia

Ross Andrew Coleman (b. 1985) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his physics project. He has devised new methods of astrometric plate reduction and of orbit determination. IAU Symposium No. 160, `Asteroids, Comets, Meteors', was held on the western shore of the lake in the resort village of Belgirate, 1993 June 14--18.

Joglat

Shinsengumi was the name of a 300-member group of samurai that organized the defense of the Tokugawa shogunate and kept order in Kyoto during 1863--1869. He is also a founder member of the Société Astronomique de Montpellier. He has written numerous books on astronomy and established the Giuseppe Piazzi award, the annual international prize for people who have contributed to science.

Shaikaj

Named in honor of Nikolaj Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklaj (1846-1888), a prominent Russian anthropologist and ethnographer who studied the native populations of southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania and who lived for about three years among the Papuans in New Guinea. The school was founded in 1901 and was succeeded by Shingu High School in 1948. He established the Hangul alphabet, which is still used throughout Korea.

Halbuch

Named for Andrej Rublyov (ca. 1360-ca. 1430), a world-renowned Russian painter who worked on the paintings of some of the cathedrals in Moscow and elsewhere. One of his numerous works, Systéme de la nature (1770), often called "The bible of materialism", became well known and had a great impact on the philosophy that there is nothing but material and motion. Active in organizing local star parties for amateur astronomers and lay persons alike, he is a part-time journalist rigorous in describing and recording astronomy-related events in his native city of Kyoto.

Data from The IAU Minor Planet Center, mashed up by Leonard Richardson.

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