Asteroid Designation System

[LongbowEOD]

I came up with this system so I could tell, at a glance, the class and impactor status of my tracked asteroids. Any asteroids that enter Kerbin's SOI get a prefix to their systematic designation (like IMU-344 or whatever). The prefix includes the class, and what I call the Kerbin Trajectory Qualifier (KTQ), which is either X for impact, V for flyby and escape, or O for stable orbit. The KTQ can change if I send an ARM out and change the asteroid's orbit.

So, for example, in my current career game I tracked an asteroid, IMU-344. Class E, and on an impact trajectory with Kerbin! So I renamed it in the tracking station to EX-IMU-344. I sent a redirect mission to it, nudged it out of the path of Kerbin, and renamed it (again) to EV-IMU-344. The plan is to capture it in Kerbin orbit and rename it (you guessed it) to EO-IMU-344 (or whatever pet name I come up with for a third mun).

Anybody else do anything similar/different?

[cantab]

I renamed my tracked asteroids somewhat along the lines of real ones. A number in order, followed by the name of a notable Kerbal. So the first one was 1 Jebediah.

I might use a different pool of names next time though, but will stick with the same general scheme. It just feels nicer to visit a named object rather than an anonymous rock.

[LethalDose]

I would just love it if the game added a "-[X]" suffix or "[X]-" prefix, where [X] was the asteroid class.