▁Names ▁of ▁the ▁Minor ▁Plan ets ▁by ▁Paul ▁Her get ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁( ). ▁ ▁Meta - nam ing ▁▁ ▁The ▁initial s ▁of ▁the ▁minor ▁plan ets ▁ ▁through ▁, ▁all ▁discovered ▁by ▁Rein m uth , ▁spell ▁out ▁" G . ▁Stra cke ". ▁Gustav ▁Stra cke ▁was ▁a ▁German ▁astronom er ▁and ▁orbit ▁computer , ▁who ▁had ▁asked ▁that ▁no ▁planet ▁be ▁named ▁after ▁him . ▁In ▁this ▁manner ▁Rein m uth ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁honour ▁the ▁man ▁whilst ▁hon oring ▁his ▁wish . ▁Nevertheless , ▁Rein m uth ▁directly ▁hon ored ▁Stra cke ▁by ▁naming ▁planet ▁ ▁later ▁on . ▁The ▁astronom er ▁Brian ▁Mars den ▁was ▁hon ored ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁type ▁of ▁meta - nam ing ▁using ▁consecutive ▁initial ▁letters ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁sp elling ▁out ▁" B rian ▁M ." ▁in ▁the ▁sequence ▁of ▁minor ▁plan ets ▁ ▁through ▁. ▁ ▁Rein m uth ' s ▁flowers ▁▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁many ▁discover ies , ▁Karl ▁Rein m uth ▁submitted ▁a ▁large ▁list ▁of ▁ 6 6 ▁newly ▁named ▁astero ids ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁The ▁list ▁covered ▁his ▁discover ies ▁with ▁numbers ▁between ▁ ▁and ▁. ▁This ▁list ▁also ▁contained ▁a ▁sequence ▁of ▁ 2 8 ▁astero ids , ▁starting ▁with ▁ 1 0 5 4 ▁F ors yt ia , ▁that ▁were ▁all ▁named ▁after ▁plants , ▁in ▁particular ▁flow ering ▁plants ▁( also ▁see ▁list ▁of ▁minor ▁plan ets