New asteroid name releases from the MPC have been a bit erratic in the last year, with repeats and other glitches that have left me unsure if I might have missed any new names. The latest MPC Update (dated late September but I just saw it a few days ago) has only two new names, but one of them is quite historic.
Asteroid 120461 has been named Gandhi, for Mahatma Gandhi (2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948). Since the namesake Gandhi was known for nonviolence, nationalism, anti-colonialism, civil rights, women’s rights, equality, ethics, asceticism, and much more, and he died by assassination, it will be interesting to see how the asteroid works in charts. (This Wikipedia page is obviously just a little of what is available about him.)
Below are brief ephemerides (with geocentric longitude, latitude, and declination, and heliocentric longitude and latitude) for Gandhi’s birth and death months, and a few months of current transits to cover the 2020 U. S. election through inauguration in 2021.
October 1869 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 6Vi22 1n51 10n54 24Le54 2n25 2 6 46 1n51 10n45 25Le 7 2n24 3 7 9 1n50 10n35 25Le19 2n23 4 7 33 1n49 10n26 25Le32 2n22 5 7 57 1n49 10n17 25Le45 2n21 6 8 20 1n48 10n 7 25Le57 2n20 7 8 44 1n48 9n58 26Le10 2n18 8 9 7 1n47 9n48 26Le23 2n17 9 9 31 1n46 9n39 26Le35 2n16 10 9 54 1n46 9n30 26Le48 2n15 11 10 17 1n45 9n20 27Le 1 2n14 12 10 41 1n45 9n11 27Le13 2n13 13 11 4 1n44 9n 2 27Le26 2n12 14 11 27 1n43 8n52 27Le38 2n11 15 11 50 1n43 8n43 27Le51 2n 9 16 12 12 1n42 8n34 28Le 4 2n 8 17 12 35 1n42 8n24 28Le16 2n 7 18 12 58 1n41 8n15 28Le29 2n 6 19 13 21 1n40 8n 6 28Le41 2n 5 20 13 43 1n40 7n56 28Le54 2n 4 21 14 6 1n39 7n47 29Le 6 2n 3 22 14 28 1n38 7n38 29Le19 2n 2 23 14 50 1n38 7n29 29Le31 2n 0 24 15 12 1n37 7n20 29Le44 1n59 25 15 34 1n37 7n11 29Le56 1n58 26 15 56 1n36 7n 1 0Vi 9 1n57 27 16 18 1n35 6n52 0Vi21 1n56 28 16 40 1n35 6n43 0Vi34 1n55 29 17 2 1n34 6n34 0Vi46 1n54 30 17 23 1n33 6n25 0Vi58 1n52 31 17 45 1n33 6n16 1Vi11 1n51 November 1869 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 18Vi 6 1n32 6n 7 1Vi23 1n50 2 18 28 1n32 5n58 1Vi36 1n49 3 18 49 1n31 5n49 1Vi48 1n48 4 19 10 1n30 5n41 2Vi 0 1n47 5 19 31 1n30 5n32 2Vi13 1n46 6 19 52 1n29 5n23 2Vi25 1n44 7 20 12 1n28 5n14 2Vi38 1n43 8 20 33 1n28 5n 5 2Vi50 1n42 9 20 54 1n27 4n57 3Vi 2 1n41 10 21 14 1n26 4n48 3Vi15 1n40 11 21 34 1n26 4n40 3Vi27 1n39 12 21 54 1n25 4n31 3Vi39 1n38 13 22 14 1n24 4n22 3Vi51 1n36 14 22 34 1n24 4n14 4Vi 4 1n35 15 22 54 1n23 4n 6 4Vi16 1n34 16 23 13 1n22 3n57 4Vi28 1n33 17 23 33 1n22 3n49 4Vi41 1n32 18 23 52 1n21 3n41 4Vi53 1n31 19 24 11 1n20 3n32 5Vi 5 1n30 20 24 30 1n20 3n24 5Vi17 1n28 21 24 49 1n19 3n16 5Vi30 1n27 22 25 8 1n18 3n 8 5Vi42 1n26 23 25 27 1n18 2n60 5Vi54 1n25 24 25 45 1n17 2n52 6Vi 6 1n24 25 26 3 1n16 2n44 6Vi18 1n23 26 26 21 1n15 2n36 6Vi31 1n22 27 26 39 1n15 2n28 6Vi43 1n20 28 26 57 1n14 2n21 6Vi55 1n19 29 27 15 1n13 2n13 7Vi 7 1n18 30 27 32 1n12 2n 5 7Vi19 1n17 December 1869 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 27Vi49 1n12 1n58 7Vi31 1n16 2 28 6 1n11 1n50 7Vi44 1n15 3 28 23 1n10 1n43 7Vi56 1n14 4 28 40 1n 9 1n36 8Vi 8 1n12 5 28 56 1n 9 1n28 8Vi20 1n11 6 29 13 1n 8 1n21 8Vi32 1n10 7 29 29 1n 7 1n14 8Vi44 1n 9 8 29 45 1n 6 1n 7 8Vi56 1n 8 9 0Li 0 1n 5 0n60 9Vi 9 1n 7 10 0 16 1n 5 0n53 9Vi21 1n 5 11 0 31 1n 4 0n46 9Vi33 1n 4 12 0 46 1n 3 0n39 9Vi45 1n 3 13 1 1 1n 2 0n33 9Vi57 1n 2 14 1 16 1n 1 0n26 10Vi 9 1n 1 15 1 30 1n 1 0n20 10Vi21 0n60 16 1 44 0n60 0n13 10Vi33 0n59 17 1 58 0n59 0n 7 10Vi45 0n57 18 2 12 0n58 0n 1 10Vi57 0n56 19 2 25 0n57 0s 6 11Vi 9 0n55 20 2 39 0n56 0s12 11Vi21 0n54 21 2 51 0n55 0s18 11Vi33 0n53 22 3 4 0n54 0s23 11Vi45 0n52 23 3 17 0n53 0s29 11Vi57 0n50 24 3 29 0n52 0s35 12Vi 9 0n49 25 3 41 0n52 0s41 12Vi21 0n48 26 3 52 0n51 0s46 12Vi33 0n47 27 4 4 0n50 0s51 12Vi45 0n46 28 4 15 0n49 0s57 12Vi57 0n45 29 4 26 0n48 1s 2 13Vi 9 0n43 30 4 36 0n47 1s 7 13Vi21 0n42 31 4 47 0n46 1s12 13Vi33 0n41 January 1948 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 26Sa24 3s56 27s19 20Sa49 5s33 2 26 54 3s56 27s20 21Sa 6 5s33 3 27 24 3s56 27s21 21Sa22 5s33 4 27 55 3s56 27s22 21Sa39 5s33 5 28 25 3s56 27s22 21Sa56 5s33 6 28 55 3s56 27s23 22Sa13 5s33 7 29 26 3s57 27s23 22Sa30 5s33 8 29 56 3s57 27s23 22Sa48 5s33 9 0Cp26 3s57 27s24 23Sa 5 5s33 10 0 57 3s57 27s24 23Sa22 5s33 11 1 27 3s57 27s23 23Sa39 5s33 12 1 58 3s57 27s23 23Sa56 5s32 13 2 28 3s58 27s23 24Sa13 5s32 14 2 59 3s58 27s22 24Sa31 5s32 15 3 29 3s58 27s22 24Sa48 5s32 16 4 0 3s58 27s21 25Sa 5 5s32 17 4 30 3s58 27s20 25Sa23 5s32 18 5 1 3s58 27s19 25Sa40 5s32 19 5 32 3s59 27s18 25Sa58 5s32 20 6 2 3s59 27s17 26Sa15 5s31 21 6 33 3s59 27s16 26Sa33 5s31 22 7 3 3s59 27s14 26Sa50 5s31 23 7 34 3s59 27s13 27Sa 8 5s31 24 8 5 3s60 27s11 27Sa25 5s31 25 8 35 3s60 27s 9 27Sa43 5s31 26 9 6 3s60 27s 7 28Sa 1 5s30 27 9 37 4s 0 27s 5 28Sa18 5s30 28 10 8 4s 0 27s 3 28Sa36 5s30 29 10 38 4s 0 27s 1 28Sa54 5s30 30 11 9 4s 1 26s58 29Sa12 5s29 31 11 40 4s 1 26s56 29Sa29 5s29 October 2020 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 26Li21 2s45 12s43 3Sc 8 3s43 2 26 46 2s45 12s53 3 21 3s44 3 27 11 2s45 13s 2 3 34 3s44 4 27 36 2s46 13s12 3 46 3s45 5 28 1 2s46 13s21 3 59 3s46 6 28 26 2s47 13s31 4 12 3s47 7 28 52 2s47 13s40 4 24 3s48 8 29 17 2s48 13s50 4 37 3s49 9 29 42 2s48 13s59 4 50 3s50 10 0Sc 7 2s49 14s 9 5 2 3s51 11 0 33 2s49 14s18 5 15 3s52 12 0 58 2s50 14s28 5 28 3s52 13 1 24 2s50 14s37 5 41 3s53 14 1 49 2s51 14s46 5 53 3s54 15 2 15 2s51 14s56 6 6 3s55 16 2 40 2s52 15s 5 6 19 3s56 17 3 6 2s52 15s14 6 32 3s57 18 3 31 2s53 15s24 6 45 3s58 19 3 57 2s53 15s33 6 58 3s59 20 4 22 2s54 15s42 7 10 3s59 21 4 48 2s55 15s52 7 23 4s 0 22 5 14 2s55 16s 1 7 36 4s 1 23 5 40 2s56 16s10 7 49 4s 2 24 6 5 2s56 16s19 8 2 4s 3 25 6 31 2s57 16s28 8 15 4s 4 26 6 57 2s57 16s37 8 28 4s 5 27 7 23 2s58 16s46 8 41 4s 5 28 7 49 2s58 16s55 8 54 4s 6 29 8 15 2s59 17s 4 9 7 4s 7 30 8 41 2s60 17s13 9 20 4s 8 31 9 7 3s 0 17s22 9 33 4s 9 November 2020 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 9Sc33 3s 1 17s31 9Sc46 4s10 2 9 59 3s 1 17s40 9 59 4s10 3 10Sc25 3s 2 17s49 10Sc12 4s11 4 10 51 3s 2 17s58 10 25 4s12 5 11 17 3s 3 18s 7 10 38 4s13 6 11 43 3s 4 18s15 10 51 4s14 7 12 9 3s 4 18s24 11 4 4s14 8 12 35 3s 5 18s33 11 17 4s15 9 13 1 3s 5 18s41 11 30 4s16 10 13 28 3s 6 18s50 11 43 4s17 11 13 54 3s 7 18s59 11 56 4s18 12 14 20 3s 7 19s 7 12 10 4s18 13 14 46 3s 8 19s16 12 23 4s19 14 15 13 3s 9 19s24 12 36 4s20 15 15 39 3s 9 19s32 12 49 4s21 16 16 5 3s10 19s41 13 2 4s22 17 16 32 3s11 19s49 13 16 4s22 18 16 58 3s11 19s57 13 29 4s23 19 17 24 3s12 20s 6 13 42 4s24 20 17 51 3s13 20s14 13 55 4s25 21 18 17 3s13 20s22 14 9 4s26 22 18 43 3s14 20s30 14 22 4s26 23 19 10 3s15 20s38 14 35 4s27 24 19 36 3s15 20s46 14 49 4s28 25 20 2 3s16 20s54 15 2 4s29 26 20 29 3s17 21s 2 15 15 4s29 27 20 55 3s17 21s 9 15 29 4s30 28 21 22 3s18 21s17 15 42 4s31 29 21 48 3s19 21s25 15 56 4s32 30 22 14 3s20 21s32 16 9 4s32 December 2020 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 22Sc41 3s20 21s40 16Sc22 4s33 2 23 7 3s21 21s48 16 36 4s34 3 23 34 3s22 21s55 16 49 4s35 4 24 0 3s23 22s 2 17 3 4s35 5 24 27 3s23 22s10 17 16 4s36 6 24 53 3s24 22s17 17 30 4s37 7 25 20 3s25 22s24 17 44 4s37 8 25 46 3s26 22s32 17 57 4s38 9 26 12 3s27 22s39 18 11 4s39 10 26 39 3s27 22s46 18 24 4s40 11 27 5 3s28 22s53 18 38 4s40 12 27 32 3s29 22s60 18 52 4s41 13 27 58 3s30 23s 7 19 5 4s42 14 28 25 3s31 23s13 19 19 4s42 15 28 51 3s31 23s20 19 33 4s43 16 29 17 3s32 23s27 19 46 4s44 17 29 44 3s33 23s34 20 0 4s44 18 0Sa10 3s34 23s40 20 14 4s45 19 0 37 3s35 23s47 20 28 4s46 20 1 3 3s36 23s53 20 41 4s46 21 1 29 3s37 23s59 20 55 4s47 22 1 56 3s37 24s 6 21 9 4s48 23 2 22 3s38 24s12 21 23 4s48 24 2 48 3s39 24s18 21 37 4s49 25 3 15 3s40 24s24 21 50 4s50 26 3 41 3s41 24s30 22 4 4s50 27 4 7 3s42 24s36 22 18 4s51 28 4 33 3s43 24s42 22 32 4s52 29 5 0 3s44 24s48 22 46 4s52 30 5 26 3s45 24s54 23 0 4s53 31 5 52 3s46 24s59 23 14 4s54 January 2021 (Gregorian) 0 UT Tropical ephemeris Dy Gandhi LONGIT LATIT DECLIN H.LONG H.LAT 1 6Sa18 3s47 25s 5 23Sc28 4s54 2 6 44 3s48 25s10 23 42 4s55 3 7 11 3s49 25s16 23 56 4s56 4 7 37 3s50 25s21 24 10 4s56 5 8 3 3s51 25s27 24 24 4s57 6 8 29 3s52 25s32 24 38 4s57 7 8 55 3s53 25s37 24 52 4s58 8 9 21 3s54 25s42 25 7 4s59 9 9 47 3s55 25s47 25 21 4s59 10 10 13 3s56 25s52 25 35 4s60 11 10 39 3s57 25s57 25 49 5s 0 12 11 5 3s58 26s 2 26 3 5s 1 13 11 30 3s59 26s 6 26 18 5s 1 14 11 56 4s 0 26s11 26 32 5s 2 15 12 22 4s 1 26s16 26 46 5s 3 16 12 48 4s 3 26s20 27 0 5s 3 17 13 14 4s 4 26s25 27 15 5s 4 18 13 39 4s 5 26s29 27 29 5s 4 19 14 5 4s 6 26s33 27 43 5s 5 20 14Sa30 4s 7 26s38 27Sc58 5s 5 21 14 56 4s 8 26s42 28 12 5s 6 22 15 21 4s 9 26s46 28 27 5s 6 23 15 47 4s11 26s50 28 41 5s 7 24 16 12 4s12 26s54 28 56 5s 8 25 16 38 4s13 26s58 29 10 5s 8 26 17 3 4s14 27s 1 29 25 5s 9 27 17 28 4s16 27s 5 29 39 5s 9 28 17 53 4s17 27s 9 29 54 5s10 29 18 18 4s18 27s12 0Sa 8 5s10 30 18 44 4s19 27s16 0 23 5s11 31 19 9 4s21 27s19 0 37 5s11