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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.