<p>Rudolf Minkowski.</p>

<p>Its not likely to be the mathematician, Hermann. Nor the physiologist Oskar.  There's only one Minkowski who was an observational astronomer.</p>

<p>The paper describing M1-92 was <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/125855" rel="noreferrer">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/125855</a></p>

<p>The 2006 paper on Minkowski's object (<a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/505526" rel="noreferrer">Croft et al</a>) cites <a href="http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1958PASP...70..143M/0000143.000.html" rel="noreferrer">Minkowski, R. 1958, PASP, 70, 143</a></p>

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The lunar crater Minkowski is named after him and his uncle. Maybe the two objects are also named after him and his uncle? Or just after him?
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No. after him alone. He discovered them, published the first description of them.  Hermann had nothing to do with these objects!  Objects are not named in "honour" of people (like craters *are*) These names are purely "object discovered by" type names.
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1-92" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Minkowski 92</a> is a protoplanetary nebula. But after which Minkowski is it named? Same question for Minkowski's object (part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_541" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NGC 541</a>).</p>

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Whose name is Minkowski 92 bearing?
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# Whose name is Minkowski 92 bearing?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-29)

[Minkowski 92](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1-92) is a protoplanetary nebula. But after which Minkowski is it named? Same question for Minkowski's object (part of [NGC 541](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_541)).

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-29. Score: 13 | Accepted answer

Rudolf Minkowski.

Its not likely to be the mathematician, Hermann. Nor the physiologist Oskar. There's only one Minkowski who was an observational astronomer.

The paper describing M1-92 was <https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/125855>

The 2006 paper on Minkowski's object ([Croft et al](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/505526)) cites [Minkowski, R. 1958, PASP, 70, 143](http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1958PASP...70..143M/0000143.000.html)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: The lunar crater Minkowski is named after him and his uncle. Maybe the two objects are also named after him and his uncle? Or just after him?  
> **username_1**: No. after him alone. He discovered them, published the first description of them.  Hermann had nothing to do with these objects!  Objects are not named in "honour" of people (like craters *are*) These names are purely "object discovered by" type names.  

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