– DO D ▁and ▁Observ atory ▁code : ▁displays ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁birth ▁and ▁death ▁for ▁astronom ers , ▁and ▁al phan umeric ▁I AU ▁code ( s ) ▁for ▁institutions , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁Country : ▁national ity ▁of ▁the ▁astronom er ▁or ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁discover ing ▁dedicated ▁institution , ▁respectively . ▁Some ▁discover ers ▁have ▁assigned ▁two ▁flags , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁being ▁the ▁most ▁appropriate ▁to ▁allow ▁for ▁a ▁sensible ▁sorting ▁by ▁country . ▁ ▁Link - label ; ▁info , ▁links ▁and , ▁notes : ▁The ▁link - label ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁pip ed ▁discover er ▁links , ▁intended ▁for ▁a ▁consistent ▁usage ▁in ▁minor - plan et ▁object ▁articles ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁List ▁of ▁minor ▁plan ets ▁( see ▁index ). ▁After ▁the ▁link - label , ▁additional ▁information ▁is ▁given : ▁this ▁includes ▁links ▁to ▁external ▁sources ▁( S rc ), ▁links ▁to ▁the ▁M PC ▁database ▁( see ▁here ) ▁for ▁objects ▁discovered ▁or ▁co - dis cover ed ▁by ▁the ▁astronom er , ▁and ▁trans - wiki ▁links ▁to ▁existing ▁articles ▁on ▁French , ▁German ▁and ▁Italian ▁Wikipedia . ▁( Note ▁that ▁the ▁link - label ▁should ▁be ▁separated ▁by ▁a ▁semi - colon ▁from ▁all ▁other ▁information ). ▁ ▁Name ( s ) ▁at ▁M PC : ▁displays ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁discover er ▁as ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁M PC ▁( non - dia crit ical ▁version ; ▁where ▁the ▁abbre vi ated ▁first ▁name ▁is ▁written ▁before ▁the ▁family ▁name ). ▁Some