hasAsteroidNamedAfter

P17121
predicate

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

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 Johannes Kepler self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1134 Kepler
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 1590 Tsiolkovskaja
Jan Oort 1691 Oort
Clyde Tombaugh 1604 Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh Clyde Tombaugh self-linksurface differs
surface form: 2939 Coconino (discovered by him and associated with his work)
Clyde Tombaugh 1604 Tombaugh via predicate surface "hasMinorPlanetNamedAfter"
Urbain Le Verrier 1997 Leverrier
Vera Florence Cooper asteroid 5726 Rubin via predicate surface "hasAsteroidNamedAfterHer"
surface form: (5726) Rubin
William Cranch Bond (Bond) family designation in astronomical nomenclature
Brian May Brian May via predicate surface "hasAsteroidNamedAfterHim" self-linksurface differs
surface form: 52665 Brianmay
Sir George Airy
surface form: George Biddell 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
Azophi
surface form: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
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