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Naming an asteroid requires approval from a committee of the International Astronomical Union and can take, in some cases, decades

562971 Johannhagen, 551878 Stoeger, 565184 Janusz and 560974 Ugoboncompagni. These are the names of the four asteroids named after three astronomers from the Vatican Observatory, and Pope Gregory XIII.Pope Gregory, who was born Ugo Boncompagni, is the Pope to whom we owe the ref...

International Astronomical Union approved of honoring Pope Gregory XIII who commissioned the globally accepted calendar

Three Jesuit astronomers and the 16th-century pope who commissioned the Gregorian calendar have recently been honored with having asteroids named after them.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Three Jesuit astronomers and the 16th-century pope who commissioned the Gregorian calendar have recently been honored with having asteroids named after them. The new additions include: 562971 Johannhagen, honoring Austrian Jesuit Father Johann Hagen, who was serving as director of the Georgetown University Observatory when Pope Pius X called him to Rome in 1906 to be the first Jesuit director of the new Vatican Observatory; 551878 Stoeger, honoring U.S. Jesuit Father B