After a long search, Qi Yunxing finally determined that the asteroid she found was a new asteroid that had not been recorded in the star map, so she immediately knocked on the office door of Researcher Zhao, who was in charge of intern work at the Purple Mountain Observatory, with the photos and the information she had found. Sui-dream-novel, wwwlā

"Xiao Qi, what's so happy?" Since this little girl with outstanding professionalism and enthusiasm for astronomical work arrived at the Purple Mountain Observatory, she quickly won the love of many staff members, and then again, who would not like such a girl! Researcher Zhao had already planned to ask her superiors to be admitted to the Purple Mountain Observatory after she graduated, so she was extremely enthusiastic now.

"Teacher Zhao, look at this!" Qi Yunxing walked up to Researcher Zhao, put the photos and materials on his desk, and pointed his finger at the asteroid, "This is the result of my observation last night, after verification, I think this asteroid should be discovered by humans for the first time!"

"Oh, let me take a good look!" The Purple Mountain Observatory discovered new asteroids as early as the sixties, and has achieved this achievement many times since then, and has discovered more than 400 asteroids so far, but most of those are the achievements of old researchers, and it is the first time that Qi Yunxing has made new discoveries not long after he came to the observatory for internship, researcher Zhao said with a smile while taking the information, Xiao Qi, I haven't encountered such a good thing when I have been working in Taiwan for so long, but I didn't expect to be met by you after only a few days!"

"That's different, your job is not to discover asteroids! I'm just lucky this time!" Qi Yunxing said obediently.

"Luck also has to have the strength to do the background, I believe that there may be someone who observed this asteroid earlier than you, but it is not easy to find that this asteroid has not been recorded in the star map!"

After looking at it for a while, Researcher Zhao preliminarily confirmed that this asteroid was indeed discovered for the first time, so he immediately stood up, and sorted out the information brought by Qi Yunxing in three and two clicks, "Let's go, follow me to Researcher Qu, who is responsible for reporting to the International Minor Planet Center and the Minor Planet Nomenclature Committee to submit a new asteroid for review." If he recognizes it, your achievement will be considered a reality!"

"The asteroid I observed last night orbits the Sun for 3.44 years, orbits the Sun at a speed of 21.2 km/s, and is at a distance of up to 548 million kilometers from Earth. The nearest 133 million kilometers, with an average distance of 330 million kilometers from the sun, was discovered on February 20, 2009, using our observatory's Schmidt-type near-Earth ladder telescope. Qi Yunxing didn't need to look at the information to report a series of numbers to Researcher Qu.

Among the 62 observatories in the world, the Purple Mountain Observatory has the fourth largest number of asteroids in the world. So Researcher Qu often deals with similar work, and his verification time is faster than the two of them imagined," Well, I've checked, this asteroid is indeed the first time it has been discovered, although it still needs to be observed in at least 4 returns, and the orbit is accurately determined before it can be officially determined, but these are only a matter of time; I will soon submit a report to the International Minor Planet Center and Minor Planet Nomenclature Committee at Harvard University for review; according to international practice, Xiao Qi, you can create a name for this asteroid!"

According to the International Astronomical Union, the naming of asteroids generally consists of two parts. The first part is the permanent number of the asteroid, such as the C-class asteroid 277, and the latter part is the name obtained by the discoverer, which can be a personal name, such as Shen Kuoxing, Guo Shoujingxing, Yang Zhenningxing, Jay Chou, Lin Qingxiaxing, etc., or it can be a place name, such as Beijing Star, Tubo Star, Purple Mountain Star, etc., and can also be named after a unit, such as Jinling University Star, Huaguo Academy of Sciences Star, Natural Science Foundation Star, etc.

Before exactly the naming, there will be a temporary number, which is made up of the year it was discovered and two letters. For example, 2004dw, according to this rule, the provisional number of the asteroid discovered by Qi Yunxing should start with 2009, and when the exact orbit of the asteroid is calculated, he can get an official number.

Since the discovery of the first asteroid in 1801, humans first used the name of characters from Roman and Greek mythology. For example, the first asteroid was named Ceres, followed by Homo sapiens, Justice, and so on.

But as time went on, asteroid after asteroid was discovered, and astronomers began to discover that there were not enough names in ancient Roman and Greek mythology, so they adopted a more liberal naming method, such as the discoverer could name the asteroid after his wife. This is of course a very romantic method, but unfortunately there are too few lucky people who can do it, and name historical or other important figures, cities, fairy tale characters, or other mythological gods, and thus give birth to the star Einstein, Cleopatra, and many other names.

But not just a person's name, event or unit name can be used to name it, for example, a political or military figure or event can only be named a hundred years after the person's death or event, so we can now name the star Qi Jiguang Star, Lin Zexu Star, but it is not allowed to be named Taizu Star, Huaguo Jianguo Star, etc.

At the same time, in general, the naming of asteroids should also avoid commercial elements as much as possible, such as the applications of Bill Gates and Google Stars, which were not approved by the Asteroid Nomenclature Committee.

Qi Yunxing had known this knowledge for a long time, and she had been busy all night in order to verify the information, and she hadn't had time to think about naming it, "I would like to name it Jinling University Star, but this name seems to be there?"

"Well, Jinling University has cultivated many astronomical talents, so in 2002, when the centennial celebration of the university, someone named the asteroid marked 3901 as the star of Jinling University as a gift for the centennial celebration of his alma mater!"

Qi Yunxing frowned and continued to think, but what would be a good name in a short period of time, her eyes wandered around the office, trying to find inspiration for the name, from the window to see the decorations on the wall, to Researcher Qu's desk, when she saw the front page of the newspaper on Researcher Qu's desk, she finally found inspiration, "Let's call it Lu Qiu Jianxing!" (To be continued.) )

ps: The naming of asteroids is actually not so fast! But the novel, everyone should have fun reading it