Our stars :)     Asteroid Spejbl and Asteroid Hurvínek

PREPARED BY RADEK GABCAN

ASTEROIDS ARE SMALL BODIES USUALLY IRREGULAR IN SHAPE WITH A DIAMETER FROM SEVERAL TENS OF METERS TO SEVERAL HUNDRED KILOMETERS. THE ORBITS OF MOST KNOWN ASTEROIDS LIE BETWEEN THE ORBITS OF MARS AND JUPITER IN THE SO CALLED MAIN BELT. THE FIRST ASTEROID WAS DISCOVERED ON JANUARY 1ST IN 1801.      OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 200 YEARS, RULES FOR THE DESIGNATION AND NAMING OF ASTEROIDS WERE CREATED AND ESTABLISHED. AFTER THE MPC ( MINOR PLANET CENTER ) DESIGNATES AN ASTEROID AS A BODY WITH A VERY PRECISE ORBIT, THE DISCOVERER HAS THE FIRST RIGHT TO PROPOSE A NAME FOR IT AND MUST INCLUDE A BRIEF EXPLANATION, A SO CALLED CITATION, WITH HIS PROPOSAL. THE DISCOVERER MAY EVEN LEAVE THE NAMING OR WRITING OF THE CITATION TO SOMEONE ELSE. NAMES ARE EVALUATED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SMALL BODIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION. THIS COMMISSION ESTABLISHES GUIDELINES AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NAMING OF SMALL BODIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MOONS OF THE PLANETS. THE COMMISSION MAY CHANGE OR EVEN REJECT PROPOSED NAMES AND CITATIONS. ACCEPTED NAMES BECOME OFFICIAL WITH THEIR PUBLICATION IN THE PERIODICAL OF THE MPC. Asteroid SPEJBL Asteroid HURVÍNEK