Talk:Minor-planet designation

1 Ceres vs. (1) Ceres

From the link: "Cunningham (1988) asserts that the symbol of a number enclosed by a circle was the official designation for asteroids until 1931 when the current nomenclature of the number, sometimes enclosed in parentheses in paper titles and indices, followed by the name without a separating comma was adopted" (Though he quibbles about the dating, he uses the parentheses-free version, and Cunningham himself is a citable source for no parentheses being a possible form, even if his timeline is disputed.)

Admittedly, that's a long article, and it's easy to miss parts. I've clarified in the cite. Adam Cuerden ^talk 12:16, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The recent (13.09.2006) decision to number Eris contained the parentheses: [1], first link on [2] -- Jordi·✆ 13:34, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

True. And the article does show that both are in use. I'll make a tweak. Adam Cuerden ^talk 13:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore the IAU search form page for MP designations [3] states the following:

Enter either a minor-planet number, name or combination of number and name in one of the following forms:

(433)

Eros

(433) Eros

Note that numbers should be enclosed within parentheses (snip)

My bolding. -- Jordi·✆ 13:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]