Rock Legends by Paul Murdin

Author:Paul Murdin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Universitas : Commemorating Universities

Academia and observatories are commemorated in a good share of the names of asteroids. (905) Universitas looks as if it commemorates universities in general but was intended by its discoverer, Arnold Schwassmann , to commemorate the University of Hamburg in Germany. Academic institutions that are overtly commemorated in the name of asteroids include (226) Weringia (named for Währing, the part of Vienna in which the university observatory is located), (1465) Autonoma (Universidad Autonoma de El Salvador), and (736) Harvard , (1312) Vassar , and (1420) Radcliffe , all in the United States. (391795) Univofutah is obvious. Some university names have been feminized, such as (325) Heidelberga (discovered at Heidelberg observatory), (508) Princetonia (named after Princeton University), (516) Amherstia (Amherst University) and (620) Drakonia (Drake University). (694) Ekard is a disguised university name (Drake backwards). (740) Cantabia also commemorates Harvard , which is located in Cambridge , Mass., whose Latin form is Cantabrigia, but (2531) Cambridge celebrates both Harvard University in the United States and Cambridge University in the UK .

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