10000 Myriostos is a main-belt asteroid

Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 discovered by A. G. Wilson

Albert George Wilson

Albert George Wilson is an American astronomer.He was born in Houston, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Caltech in 1947; his thesis title was Axially Symmetric Thermal Stresses in a Semi-Infinite Solid....

 on September 30, 1951 at the Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory

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 on Palomar Mountain

Palomar Mountain

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, California

California

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Given the provisional designation 1951 SY, it was renamed "(10000) Myriostos" (Greek

Greek language

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 for "ten thousandth") to honor all astronomer

Astronomer

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s who helped discover ten thousand such bodies. This occurred after some debate as to whether Pluto

Pluto

Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun...

 should have been reclassified as a minor planet

Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...

 and given the number 10000, with strong resistance coming from the American Astronomical Society

American Astronomical Society

The American Astronomical Society is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC...

's Division for Planetary Sciences

Division for Planetary Sciences

The Division for Planetary Sciences is a division within the American Astronomical Society devoted to solar system research. It was founded in 1968. The first organizing committee members were: Edward Anders, L. Branscomb, J. W. Chamberlain, R. Goody, J. S. Hall, A. Kliore, M. B. Elroy, Tobias...

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