hasAsteroidNamedAfter

P17121
predicate

Indicates that an asteroid has been officially named in honor of a particular entity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
hasAsteroidNamedAfter canonical 25
hasAsteroidNamedAfterHer 2
hasAsteroidNamedAfterHim 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasAsteroidNamedAfter
Generated description
Indicates that an asteroid has been officially named in honor of a particular entity.

Sample triples (30)

Subject Object
Johannes Kepler 1134 Kepler ⓘ
linked to: Johannes Kepler
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 1590 Tsiolkovskaja ⓘ
Jan Oort 1691 Oort ⓘ
Clyde Tombaugh 1604 Tombaugh ⓘ
Clyde Tombaugh 2939 Coconino (discovered by him and associated with his work) ⓘ
linked to: Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh 1604 Tombaugh via predicate surface "hasMinorPlanetNamedAfter" ⓘ
Urbain Le Verrier 1997 Leverrier ⓘ
Vera Florence Cooper (5726) Rubin via predicate surface "hasAsteroidNamedAfterHer" ⓘ
linked to: asteroid 5726 Rubin
William Cranch Bond (Bond) family designation in astronomical nomenclature ⓘ
Brian May 52665 Brianmay via predicate surface "hasAsteroidNamedAfterHim" ⓘ
linked to: Brian May
George Biddell Airy
linked to: Sir George Airy
3112 Airy ⓘ
William Henry Pickering (784) Pickeringia ⓘ
John Herschel 2000 Herschel ⓘ
Arthur Auwers (1045) Michela (via his work’s influence on minor planet naming)? ⓘ
Nicolas de Lacaille 9135 Lacaille ⓘ
Jérôme Lalande 9136 Lalande ⓘ
Wilhelm Tempel 3808 Tempel via predicate surface "hasAsteroidNamedAfterHim" ⓘ
Camille Flammarion 1021 Flammario ⓘ
Friedrich Argelander 1551 Argelander ⓘ
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest 9133 d'Arrest ⓘ
Jane X. Luu 5430 Luu via predicate surface "hasAsteroidNamedAfterHer" ⓘ
Johann Elert Bode 998 Bodea ⓘ
Lewis M. Rutherfurd Rutherfurd (asteroid) ⓘ
Johannes Hevelius 5703 Hevelius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
linked to: Azophi
12621 Alsufi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simon Marius (7984) Marius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asaph Hall (1642) Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pavel Belyayev 2030 Belyaev ⓘ
Klim Ivanovich Churyumov 2627 Churyumov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viktor Ambartsumian 1905 Ambartsumian NERFINISHED ⓘ