Pronunciation of asteroid names
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This page alphabetically lists the first thousand asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...

s to be numbered, which are mostly in the main belt.

See also Pronunciation of Trojan asteroids.

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Name Pronunciation Source Adjective Pronunciation
677 Aaltje
677 Aaltje
677 Aaltje is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It is named after the Dutch singer Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius. -External links:*...

 
ˈɒltʃə
864 Aase
864 Aase
864 Aase is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.The object A917 CB discovered February 13, 1917 by Max Wolf was named 864 Aase, and the object 1926 XB discovered December 7, 1926 by Karl Reinmuth was named 1078 Mentha. In 1958 it was discovered that these were one and...

 
ˈɒsə
456 Abnoba
456 Abnoba
456 Abnoba is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on June 4, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FH....

 
æbˈnoʊbə Celtic Abnōbā
151 Abundantia
151 Abundantia
151 Abundantia is a stony main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 1, 1875, from the Austrian Naval Observatory in Pula...

 
ˌæbənˈdæntiə
829 Academia
829 Academia
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ˌækəˈdiːmiə
588 Achilles
588 Achilles
588 Achilles is an asteroid discovered on February 22, 1906, by the German astronomer Max Wolf. It was the first of the trojan asteroids to be discovered, and is named after Achilles, the fictional hero from the Iliad. It orbits in the Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system...

 
əˈkɪliːz Greek Αχιλλεύς Achillean əˈkɪliɪn
523 Ada
523 Ada
523 Ada is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈeɪdə
330 Adalberta
330 Adalberta
330 Adalberta is a small main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 2, 1910, in Heidelberg.An object discovered March 18, 1892, by Max Wolf with provisional designation "1892 X" was named 330 Adalberta, but was lost and never recovered. In 1982, it was determined that the...

 
525 Adelaide  ˈædɪleɪd
812 Adele
812 Adele
812 Adele is an S-type Eunomian asteroid. Its rotation period is 5.859 hours.-External links:*...

 
əˈdɛl
647 Adelgunde
647 Adelgunde
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276 Adelheid
276 Adelheid
276 Adelheid is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified by IRAS satellite as a combination of P-type and C-type asteroids and so is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous materials....

 
ˈadəlhaɪt
229 Adelinda
229 Adelinda
229 Adelinda is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It is part of the Cybele asteroid group and probably in 4:7 orbital resonance with planet Jupiter....

 
145 Adeona
145 Adeona
145 Adeona is a rather large main-belt asteroid. Its surface is very dark, and probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. The Adeona family of asteroids is named after it....

 
398 Admete
398 Admete
398 Admete is a typical main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 28, 1894 in Nice.-External links:...

 
ædˈmiːtiː Greek Αδμήτη
608 Adolfine
608 Adolfine
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268 Adorea
268 Adorea
268 Adorea is a very large Themistian asteroid. It is classified as a primitive carbonaceous F-type/C-type asteroid.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on June 8, 1887 in Marseilles.- References :...

 
əˈdoʊriː.ə Latin Adōrea Adorian
239 Adrastea
239 Adrastea
239 Adrastea is a typical main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 18, 1884 in Vienna. It is named after the Greek nymph Adrasteia.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]*...

 
ˌædrəˈstiː.ə Greek Αδράστεια Adrastean
143 Adria
143 Adria
143 Adria is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. This dark-coloured asteroid has probably a primitive carbonaceous chondritic composition.It was discovered by J. Palisa on February 23, 1875, at Pula, and named after the Adriatic Sea, on the coast of which the discovery was made.One occultation by...

 
ˈeɪdriə
820 Adriana
820 Adriana
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ˌeɪdriˈænə
91 Aegina
91 Aegina
91 Aegina is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface coloring is very dark and the asteroid has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by a French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan on November 4, 1866. It was his second and final asteroid discovery. The first was 89...

 
ɪˈdʒaɪnə Greek Αίγινα Aeginetan ˌiːdʒɪˈniːtɪn
96 Aegle
96 Aegle
96 Aegle is a very large main-belt asteroid. It has a dark-colored surface and probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by Jérôme Coggia on February 17, 1868, and named after one of the three Aegles in Greek mythology. Aegle has been observed occulting three stars.-...

 
ˈiːɡliː Greek Αίγλη
159 Aemilia
159 Aemilia
159 Aemilia is a large main-belt asteroid. This slowly rotating, dark asteroid has a primitive carbonaceous composition.It orbits within the Hygiea family, although it may be an unrelated interloping asteroid, as it is too big to have arisen from the cratering process that most probably produced...

 
ɪˈmiːliə Latin Æmilia Aemilian
396 Aeolia
396 Aeolia
396 Aeolia is a typical main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 1, 1894 in Nice....

 
iːˈoʊliə Greek Αιολία Aeolian
369 Aëria
369 Aëria
369 Aëria is a large main belt asteroid. It is classified as an M-type asteroid.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on July 4, 1893 in Marseilles....

 
eɪˈɪəriə, ˈeɪriə Latin Āerius
446 Aeternitas
446 Aeternitas
446 Aeternitas is a main belt asteroid. It is classified as an A-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....

 
ɪˈtɜrnɪtəs
132 Aethra
132 Aethra
Discovered by James Craig Watson in 1873, 132 Aethra is an M-type main-belt asteroid. It has a rather eccentric orbit that sometimes brings it closer to the Sun than the planet Mars. It was the first such Mars-crosser asteroid to be identified...

 
ˈiːθrə Greek Αίθρα
911 Agamemnon
911 Agamemnon
911 Agamemnon is a trojan asteroid that orbits the Sun at the same distance as the planet Jupiter. It is located in the leading Lagrangian point ....

 
ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn Greek Αγαμέμνων Agamemnonian ˌæɡəmɛmˈnoʊniɪn
228 Agathe
228 Agathe
228 Agathe is a small main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 19, 1882 in Vienna.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]*...

 
əˈɡɑːtə
47 Aglaja
47 Aglaja
47 Aglaja is a large, dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 15, 1857 from Düsseldorf. The name was chosen by the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn and refers to Aglaea, one of the Charites in Greek mythology....

 
əˈɡlaɪ.ə Greek Αγλαΐα Aglajan
641 Agnes
641 Agnes
641 Agnes is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its temporary name was 1907 ZX.-External links:* *...

 
ˈæɡnɪs
847 Agnia
847 Agnia
847 Agnia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is approximately 28 kilometers in diameter.-External links:* *...

 
645 Agrippina
645 Agrippina
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ˌæɡrɪˈpaɪnə
744 Aguntina
744 Aguntina
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950 Ahrensa
950 Ahrensa
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861 Aïda
861 Aïda
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ɑːˈiːdə
978 Aidamina
978 Aidamina
978 Aidamina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
738 Alagasta
738 Alagasta
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702 Alauda
702 Alauda
702 Alauda is a large binary minor planet.Alauda is 194.73 km in diameter. Since it is a binary system, Rojo and Margot have estimated it to have a mass of 6.06 kg with a density of 1.57 g/cm³.-Satellite:...

 
əˈlɔːdə
719 Albert
719 Albert
719 Albert is a Mars-crossing, Amor asteroid; it was the second one discovered after 433 Eros.-Discovery:Discovered in 1911 by Johann Palisa, the asteroid was named after one of the Imperial Observatory in Vienna's major benefactors, Albert Salomon von Rothschild, who had died some months before...

 
ˈælbərt
465 Alekto
465 Alekto
465 Alekto is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 13, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 FW....

 
əˈlɛktoʊ Greek Αληκτώ
418 Alemannia
418 Alemannia
418 Alemannia is a typical main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896 in Heidelberg....

 
ˌælɪˈmæniə
259 Aletheia
259 Aletheia
259 Aletheia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is composed of primitive carbonaceous materials and is very dark in colour, darker than coal.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 28, 1886, in Clinton, New York....

 
ˌælɪˈθiːə
54 Alexandra
54 Alexandra
54 Alexandra is a very large and dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 10, 1858, and named after the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt; it was the first asteroid to be named after a male....

 
ˌælɪkˈsændrə
929 Algunde
929 Algunde
929 Algunde is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.-External links:*...

 
291 Alice
291 Alice
291 Alice is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the main belt.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 25, 1890 at the Vienna Observatory....

 
ˈælɪs
887 Alinda
887 Alinda
887 Alinda is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was originally discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf in 1918. It lies within the main asteroid belt and is the namesake for the Alinda family group of asteroids, although it is also classified as an Amor III asteroid...

 
266 Aline
266 Aline
266 Aline is a fairly large main belt asteroid. It is a dark C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 17, 1887 in Vienna and is thought to have been named after the daughter of astronomer Edmund Weiss.- References...

 
əˈliːn ?, ˈæliːn ?
124 Alkeste
124 Alkeste
124 Alkeste is a large main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type in composition. C.H.F. Peters discovered the asteroid on August 23, 1872 from the observatory at Hamilton College, New York State...

 
ælˈkɛstiː
82 Alkmene
82 Alkmene
82 Alkmene is a main-belt asteroid. Alkmene was discovered by R. Luther on November 27, 1864, and named after Alcmene, the mother of Herakles in Greek mythology. A satellite has been suggested based on the lightcurve data. -References:...

 
ælkˈmiːniː Greek Αλκμήνη
457 Alleghenia
457 Alleghenia
457 Alleghenia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 15, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FJ....

 
ˌælɪˈɡɛniə
390 Alma
390 Alma
390 Alma is a typical medium-sized Eunomian asteroid. It was Guillaume Bigourdan's only asteroid discovery. He discovered it on March 24, 1894 in Paris.-References:###...

 
ˈɑːlmə
925 Alphonsina
925 Alphonsina
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971 Alsatia
971 Alsatia
971 Alsatia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ælˈseɪʃiə Alsatian
955 Alstede
955 Alstede
955 Alstede is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
119 Althaea
119 Althaea
119 Althaea is a sizable main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872, and named after Althaea, the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology. Two occultations by Althaea were observed in 2002, only a month apart....

 
ælˈθiː.ə Greek Αλθαία
850 Altona
850 Altona
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650 Amalasuntha
650 Amalasuntha
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ˌæmələˈsʌnθə
284 Amalia
284 Amalia
284 Amalia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 29, 1889 in Nice....

 
ˌæməˈliːə
113 Amalthea
113 Amalthea
113 Amalthea is a fairly typical rocky main-belt asteroid orbiting in the inner regions of the belt. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 12, 1871....

 
ˌæməlˈθiː.ə Greek Αμάλθεια
725 Amanda
725 Amanda
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əˈmændə
193 Ambrosia
193 Ambrosia
193 Ambrosia is a main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Coggia on February 28, 1879 and named after Ambrosia, the food of the gods in Greek mythology....

 
æmˈbroʊʒ(i)ə Greek Αμβροσίη
986 Amelia
986 Amelia
986 Amelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
əˈmiːliə
916 America
916 America
916 America is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.It was discovered on 7 August 1915 by the Soviet astronomer Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin at Simeis, Ukraine...

 
əˈmɛrɪ
516 Amherstia
516 Amherstia
516 Amherstia was the 8th asteroid discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan, and was named after Amherst College, his alma mater. Amherstia is a large M-type asteroid, with an estimated diameter of 73 km. It follows an eccentric orbit between Jupiter and Mars, with an orbital period of 4.39 years....

 
æmˈhɝːstiə
367 Amicitia
367 Amicitia
367 Amicitia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nice.Amicitia is also latin for Friendship....

 
ˌæmɪˈsɪʃiə Latin amīcitia Amicitian
871 Amneris
871 Amneris
871 Amneris is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is the namesake of the Amneris family, a subgroup of the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids.This asteroid was named after Amneris, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.-External links:*...

 
198 Ampella
198 Ampella
198 Ampella is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 13, 1879. The name seems to be the feminine form of Ampelos, a satyr and good friend of Dionysus in Greek mythology...

 
æmˈpɛlə < Greek Αμπελος
29 Amphitrite
29 Amphitrite
29 Amphitrite is one of the largest S-type asteroids, probably third in diameter after Eunomia and Juno, although Iris and Herculina are similar in size.-Discovery:...

 
ˌæmfɪˈtraɪtiː Greek Αμφιτρίτη
980 Anacostia
980 Anacostia
980 Anacostia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ˌænəˈkɒstiə Anacostian
270 Anahita
270 Anahita
270 Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8, 1887 in Clinton, New York.It was named after the Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita.- References :...

 
824 Anastasia
824 Anastasia
824 Anastasia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It is approximately 34.14km in diameter. It was discovered on March 25, 1916 by Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory in Ukraine...

 
ˌænəˈsteɪʒ(i)ə Anastasian
175 Andromache
175 Andromache
175 Andromache is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 1, 1877, and named after Andromache, wife of Hector during the Trojan War....

 
ænˈdrɒməkiː Greek Ανδρομάχη
965 Angelica
965 Angelica
965 Angelica is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ænˈdʒɛlɪ
64 Angelina
64 Angelina
64 Angelina is a medium-sized main belt E-type asteroid discovered in 1861. It is an unusually bright form of E-type asteroid.-Discovery and naming:...

 
ˌændʒɪˈliːnə
791 Ani
791 Ani
791 Ani is a minor planet orbiting the Sun named after the medieval Armenian kingdom capital, Ani.- External links :*...

 
ˈɑːni
265 Anna
265 Anna
265 Anna is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 25, 1887 in Vienna and was probably named after the daughter of astronomer Edmund Weiss.- References :...

 
ˈænə
910 Anneliese
910 Anneliese
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ˌænɪˈliːs
817 Annika
817 Annika
817 Annika is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid.-External links:*...

 
129 Antigone
129 Antigone
129 Antigone is a large main-belt asteroid. Radar observations indicate that it is composed of almost pure nickel-iron. It and other similar asteroids probably originate from the core of a shattered Vesta-like planetesimal which had a differentiated interior. It was discovered by C. H. F...

 
ænˈtɪɡɵniː Greek Αντιγόνη
651 Antikleia
651 Antikleia
651 Antikleia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1907 by August Kopff at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. It is named for Anticlea the mother of Odysseus.- References :...

 
ˌæntɪˈklaɪə Greek Αντίκλεια
90 Antiope
90 Antiope
The most remarkable feature of Antiope is that it consists of two components of almost equal size , making it a truly "double" asteroid. Its binary nature was discovered on 10 August 2000 by a group of astronomers using adaptive optics at the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea. The "secondary" is...

 
ænˈtaɪ.ɵpiː Greek Αντιόπη
272 Antonia
272 Antonia
272 Antonia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 4, 1888 in Nice....

 
ænˈtoʊniə
358 Apollonia
358 Apollonia
358 Apolonia sex y is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by [auguste charlois]] on March 8, 1893 in Nice....

 
ˌæpɵˈloʊniə Greek Απολλώνιος Apollonian
988 Appella
988 Appella
988 Appella is a Themistian asteroid.-External links:*...

 
əˈpɛlə
387 Aquitania
387 Aquitania
387 Aquitania is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux. It was second of his two asteroid discoveries. The first was 384 Burdigala.-External links:...

 
ˌækwɪˈteɪniə
849 Ara
849 Ara
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ˈeɪrə
841 Arabella
841 Arabella
841 Arabella is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 3.39 hours.-External links:*...

 
407 Arachne
407 Arachne
407 Arachne is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg....

 
əˈrækniː Greek Αράχνη
973 Aralia
973 Aralia
973 Aralia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
əˈreɪliə
394 Arduina
394 Arduina
394 Arduina is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on November 19, 1894 in Marseilles....

 
737 Arequipa
737 Arequipa
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ˌarəˈkiːpə
197 Arete  əˈriːtiː Greek Αρήτη
95 Arethusa
95 Arethusa
95 Arethusa is a large main-belt asteroid. Its coloring is dark, its composition carbonaceous and primitive. It was discovered by Robert Luther on November 23, 1867, and named after one of the various Arethusas in Greek mythology...

 
ˌærɪˈθjuːzə Greek Αρέθουσα
469 Argentina
469 Argentina
469 Argentina is an asteroid that was discovered by Luigi Carnera on February 20, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GE. 469 Argentina has an estimated rotation period of 12.3 hours.- References :...

 
ˌɑrdʒɪnˈtiːnə
43 Ariadne
43 Ariadne
43 Ariadne is a fairly large and bright main-belt asteroid. It is the second-largest member of the Flora asteroid family. It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on April 15, 1857, and named after the Greek heroine Ariadne.-Characteristics:...

 
ˌæriˈædniː Greek Αριάδνη
793 Arizona
793 Arizona
793 Arizona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered in 1907 by Percival Lowell. It was named for the state of Arizona.-External links:*-References:...

 
ˌærɪˈzoʊnə
780 Armenia
780 Armenia
780 Armenia is a minor planet in the asteroid belt orbiting the Sun. Named after Kingdom of Armenia, now Armenia-External links:*...

 
ɑrˈmiːniə
514 Armida
514 Armida
514 Armida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
774 Armor
774 Armor
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ˈɑrmər
959 Arne
959 Arne
959 Arne is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ˈɑrniː Greek Άρνη
404 Arsinoë
404 Arsinoë
404 Arsinoë is a large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on June 20, 1895, in Nice....

 
ɑrˈsɪnɵʊiː Greek Αρσινόη
105 Artemis
105 Artemis
105 Artemis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is a C-type asteroid, meaning that it is very dark and composed of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 16, 1868, and named after Artemis, The goddess of the hunt, moon, and crossways in Greek Mythology. Several...

 
ˈɑrtɪmɪs Greek Άρτεμις Artemisian ˌɑrtɪˈmiːziɪn
214 Aschera
214 Aschera
214 Aschera is a Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an E-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 29, 1880 in Pola and was named after Sidonian goddess Asherah.- References :...

 
ˈæʃərə
67 Asia
67 Asia
67 Asia is a bright asteroid from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by N.R. Pogson on April 17, 1861, from the Madras Observatory.Pogson chose the name to refer both to Asia, a Titaness in Greek mythology, and to the continent of Asia, because the asteroid was the first to be discovered from...

 
ˈeɪʃ(i)ə, ˈeɪʒ(i)ə Greek Ασία
962 Aslög
962 Aslög
962 Aslög is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
409 Aspasia
409 Aspasia
409 Aspasia is a very large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 9, 1895, in Nice....

 
əˈspeɪʒ(i)ə
958 Asplinda
958 Asplinda
958 Asplinda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
246 Asporina
246 Asporina
246 Asporina is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is classified as one of the few R-type asteroids.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on March 6, 1885 in Marseilles and was named after Asporina, a goddess worshipped in Asia Minor.- References :...

 
672 Astarte
672 Astarte
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əˈstɑrtiː
658 Asteria
658 Asteria
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əˈstiːriə Greek Αστερία
233 Asterope
233 Asterope
233 Asterope is a quite large main-belt asteroid. It is a rare T-type asteroid and has a relatively dark surface.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on May 11, 1883, in Marseilles, France.The asteroid was named after Asterope , one of the Pleiades....

 
əˈstɛrɵpiː Greek Αστερόπη
5 Astraea
5 Astraea
5 Astraea is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface is highly reflective and its composition is probably a mixture of nickel-iron with magnesium- and iron-silicates....

 
əˈstriːə Greek Αστραία Astraean
152 Atala
152 Atala
152 Atala is a very large, dark main belt asteroid. It is a type D asteroid, meaning that it is composed of carbon, organic rich silicates and possibly water ice...

 
36 Atalante
36 Atalante
36 Atalante is a large, dark main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855, and named after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta .-References:...

 
ˌætəˈlæntiː Greek Αταλάντη
111 Ate
111 Ate
111 Ate is a large, dark, and carbonaceous main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 14, 1870, and named after Ate, The goddess of mischief and destruction in Greek mythology. Two stellar occultations by Ate were observed in 2000, only two months apart....

 
ˈeɪtiː Greek Άτη
515 Athalia
515 Athalia
515 Athalia is a Themistian asteroid....

 
ˌæθəˈlaɪə
230 Athamantis
230 Athamantis
230 Athamantis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid, and was discovered by K. de Ball on September 3, 1882, in Bothkamp...

 
ˌæθəˈmæntɪs
730 Athanasia
730 Athanasia
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ˌæθəˈneɪʒ(i)ə
881 Athene
881 Athene
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əˈθiːniː Greek Αθηνά Athenean, Athenian əˈθiːniɪn or ˌæθɪˈniːɪn
161 Athor
161 Athor
161 Athor is an M-type Main belt asteroid that was discovered by James Craig Watson on April 19, 1876 at the Detroit Observatory and named after Hathor, an Egyptian fertility goddess. An occultation by Athor was observed, on October 15, 2002 resulting in an estimated diameter of .- References :...

 
ˈæθɔr
810 Atossa
810 Atossa
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273 Atropos
273 Atropos
273 Atropos is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 8, 1888 in Vienna....

 
ˈætrɵpəs
254 Augusta
254 Augusta
254 Augusta is a typical small Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid. The Augusta family of asteroids is named after it as it is the first-numbered member of the family.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 31, 1886 in Vienna....

 
ɒˈɡʌstə
700 Auravictrix  ˌɔrəˈvɪktrɪks
419 Aurelia
419 Aurelia
419 Aurelia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an F-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg....

 
ɒˈriːliə
94 Aurora
94 Aurora
94 Aurora is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. With an albedo of only 0.04, it is darker than soot, and has a primitive compositions consisting of carbonaecous material. It was discovered by J. C...

 
ɒˈroʊrə Aurorean ɒˈroʊriɪn
63 Ausonia
63 Ausonia
63 Ausonia is a large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on February 10, 1861 from the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Naples. The initial choice of name for the asteroid was "Italia", after Italy, but this was modified to Ausonia, an ancient classical name for...

 
ɒˈsoʊniə
136 Austria
136 Austria
136 Austria is a main-belt asteroid. It has an M-type spectrum. It was found by the prolific asteroid discoverer Johann Palisa on March 18, 1874. It was his first asteroid discovery and was given the Latin name of his homeland....

 
ˈɔːstriə

B

856 Backlunda
856 Backlunda
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333 Badenia
333 Badenia
333 Badenia is a large C-type asteroid in the outer asteroid belt.It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 22, 1892 in Heidelberg.-References:###...

 
770 Bali
770 Bali
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ˈbɑːli
324 Bamberga
324 Bamberga
324 Bamberga is one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 25, 1892 in Vienna, making it one of the last large asteroids discovered...

 
bæmˈbɜrɡə ?
597 Bandusia
597 Bandusia
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bænˈdjuːʒ(i)ə ?
298 Baptistina
298 Baptistina
298 Baptistina is a main belt asteroid, part of the Baptistina family of asteroids. It was discovered on September 9, 1890 by Auguste Charlois of Nice. The reason for its name is unknown. It measures around 13–30 km in diameter. Although it has an orbit similar to the Flora family...

 
ˌbæptɪsˈtiːnə
234 Barbara
234 Barbara
234 Barbara is a Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 12, 1883 in Clinton, New York.In 2009, it was discovered that 234 Barbara might be a double asteroid.- References :...

 
ˈbɑrbərə
945 Barcelona
945 Barcelona
- Introduction :It is an asteroid found on 3 February 1921 from Barcelona by the Catalan astronomer Josep Comas Solá . Its diameter is 25.5 km....

 
ˌbɑrsɪˈloʊnə
819 Barnardiana
819 Barnardiana
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441 Bathilde
441 Bathilde
441 Bathilde is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 8, 1898 in Nice....

 
592 Bathseba
592 Bathseba
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bætˈsiːbə
172 Baucis
172 Baucis
172 Baucis is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid. The adjectival form is Baucidian.It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on February 5, 1877 and named after a character in the Greek legend of Baucis and Philemon....

 
ˈbɔːsɪs Baucidian bɒˈsɪdiɪn
813 Baumeia
813 Baumeia
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301 Bavaria
301 Bavaria
301 Bavaria is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 16, 1890 in Vienna....

 
bəˈveɪriə
656 Beagle
656 Beagle
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ˈbiːɡəl
83 Beatrix
83 Beatrix
83 Beatrix is a quite large asteroid orbiting in the inner part of the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on April 26, 1865. It was his last asteroid discovery. A diameter of at least 68 km was determined from the Beatrician stellar occultation observed on June 15,...

 
ˈbeɪ.ətrɪks, ˈbiː.ətrɪks
943 Begonia
943 Begonia
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bɪˈɡoʊniə
178 Belisana
178 Belisana
178 Belisana is a rocky Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 6, 1877. It is named after the Celtic goddess Belisana....

 
695 Bella
695 Bella
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ˈbɛlə
28 Bellona
28 Bellona
28 Bellona is a large main-belt asteroid.Bellona was discovered by R. Luther on March 1, 1854. It is named after Bellona, the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of the Crimean War.-External links:...

 
bɪˈloʊnə Latin Bellōna
734 Benda
734 Benda
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ˈbɛndə
976 Benjamina
976 Benjamina
976 Benjamina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
863 Benkoela
863 Benkoela
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bɛnˈkuːlə
776 Berbericia
776 Berbericia
776 Berbericia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. A main-belt asteroid, it was discovered by A. Massinger at Heidelberg on January 24, 1914...

 
653 Berenike
653 Berenike
653 Berenike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 27, 1907 by Joel Hastings Metcalf at Taunton, Massachusetts. It is named after Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the constellation Coma Berenices is also named.- References :...

 
ˌbɛrɪˈnaɪkiː
716 Berkeley
716 Berkeley
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ˈbɜrkliː
629 Bernardina
629 Bernardina
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ˌbɜrnərˈdiːnə
422 Berolina
422 Berolina
422 Berolina is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by G. Witt on October 8, 1896 in Berlin. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was the famous asteroid 433 Eros....

 
ˌbɛrɵˈlaɪnə ?
154 Bertha
154 Bertha
154 Bertha is a very dark and very large outer main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on November 4, 1875, but the credit from the discovery was given to Prosper. It is probably named after Berthe Martin-Flammarion, sister of the astronomer Camille Flammarion....

 
ˈbɜrθə
420 Bertholda
420 Bertholda
420 Bertholda is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a P-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg....

 
937 Bethgea
937 Bethgea
937 Bethgea is an S or R-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 8.356 hours.-External links:*...

 
ˈbɛtɡiə
250 Bettina
250 Bettina
250 Bettina is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an M-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 3, 1885 in Vienna...

 
bɪˈtiːnə
218 Bianca
218 Bianca
218 Bianca is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 4, 1880, in Pola and was named after the Austro-Hungarian opera singer Bianca Bianchi...

 
biːˈaŋkə
585 Bilkis
585 Bilkis
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ˈbɪlkɪs
960 Birgit
960 Birgit
960 Birgit is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ˈbɪrjɪt
998 Bodea
998 Bodea
998 Bodea is a main-belt asteroid.-External links:*...

 
ˈboʊdiə
371 Bohemia
371 Bohemia
371 Bohemia is a sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 16, 1893 in Nice....

 
boʊˈhiːmiə
720 Bohlinia
720 Bohlinia
720 Bohlinia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.720 Bohlinia was discovered by Franz Kaiser, a German astronomer in 1911. It is named for Karl Petrus Theodor Bohlin, Swedish astronomer to mark his 65th birthday....

 
712 Boliviana
712 Boliviana
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bɵˌlɪviˈænə
767 Bondia
767 Bondia
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361 Bononia
361 Bononia
361 Bononia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a D-type asteroid and is probably composed of organic rich silicates, carbon and anhydrous silicates.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 11, 1893, in Nice....

 
bɵˈnoʊniə
741 Botolphia
741 Botolphia
741 Botolphia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 10, 1913 from Winchester. It is named after Saint Botolph, the semi-legendary founder of a 7th century monastery that would become the town of Boston, Lincolnshire, England.-External links:*...

 
859 Bouzaréah
859 Bouzaréah
859 Bouzaréah is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, named after the Algerian town of Bouzaréah, where the Algiers Observatory was erected.-External links:*...

 
640 Brambilla
640 Brambilla
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606 Brangäne
606 Brangäne
606 Brangäne is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.The asteroid is named after a character from the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner.-External links:*...

 
293 Brasilia
293 Brasilia
293 Brasilia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 20, 1890 in Nice....

 
brəˈzɪliə
786 Bredichina
786 Bredichina
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761 Brendelia
761 Brendelia
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450 Brigitta
450 Brigitta
450 Brigitta is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 10, 1899 in Heidelberg....

 
brɪˈɡiːtə ?
655 Briseïs
655 Briseïs
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braɪˈsiːɪs Greek Βρισηίς Briseidian ˌbraɪsiːˈɪdiɪn
521 Brixia
521 Brixia
521 Brixia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈbrɪksiə Latin Brixia Brixian ˈbrɪksiɪn
455 Bruchsalia
455 Bruchsalia
455 Bruchsalia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on May 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FG....

 
323 Brucia
323 Brucia
323 Brucia was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography. It was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by Max Wolf, a pioneer in that method of finding astronomical objects...

 
ˈbruʃ(i)ə
290 Bruna
290 Bruna
290 Bruna is a small main belt asteroid.It was discovered on March 20, 1890 by Johann Palisa, an Austrian astronomer at the Vienna Observatory....

 
123 Brunhild
123 Brunhild
123 Brunhild is a fairly typical stony S-type main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Brünnehilde, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology....

 
ˈbrʊnhɪlt
901 Brunsia
901 Brunsia
901 Brunsia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 3.136 hours.-External links:*...

 
908 Buda
908 Buda
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ˈbuːdə
338 Budrosa
338 Budrosa
338 Budrosa is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an M-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 25, 1892 in Nice....

 
384 Burdigala
384 Burdigala
384 Burdigala is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by F. Courty on February 11, 1894 in Bordeaux. It was the first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was 387 Aquitania. Burdigala is the Latin name of the city of Bordeaux....

 
374 Burgundia
374 Burgundia
374 Burgundia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893 in Nice. It was named for the former French region of Burgandy...

 
bərˈɡʌndiə Burgundian
834 Burnhamia
834 Burnhamia
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199 Byblis
199 Byblis
199 Byblis is a relatively large main belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 9, 1879 in Clinton, New York and named after Byblis, an incestuous lover in Greek mythology....

 
ˈbɪblɪs Greek Βυβλίς Byblian ˈbɪbliɪn

C

297 Caecilia
297 Caecilia
297 Caecilia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 9, 1890 in Nice....

 
sɪˈsɪliə
952 Caia
952 Caia
952 Caia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ˈkaɪə
341 California
341 California
341 California is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt, that has an unusually high albedo.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.-References:...

 
ˌkælɪˈfɔrniə
957 Camelia
957 Camelia
957 Camelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
kəˈmiːliə
107 Camilla
107 Camilla
107 Camilla is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It orbits within the Cybele Group, beyond most main-belt asteroids. It has a very dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by N. R...

 
kəˈmɪlə
377 Campania
377 Campania
377 Campania is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 20, 1893 in Nice....

 
kæmˈpɑːniə
740 Cantabia
740 Cantabia
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kænˈteɪbiə
479 Caprera
479 Caprera
479 Caprera is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
kəˈprɛrə
491 Carina
491 Carina
491 Carina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
kəˈraɪnə
360 Carlova
360 Carlova
360 Carlova is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 11 March 1893 in Nice....

 
kɑrˈloʊvə
558 Carmen
558 Carmen
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ˈkɑrmɪn
671 Carnegia
671 Carnegia
-External links:*...

 
kɑrˈneɪɡiə
235 Carolina
235 Carolina
235 Carolina is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 28, 1883 in Vienna.The asteroid was named after Caroline Island, now part of Kiribati.- References :...

 
ˌkærɵˈlaɪnə
505 Cava
505 Cava
505 Cava is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈkɑːvə
186 Celuta
186 Celuta
186 Celuta is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on April 6, 1878. This was the last discovery credited to Prosper. The meaning of the name is unknown....

 
513 Centesima
513 Centesima
513 Centesima is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
sɛnˈtɛsɪ
807 Ceraskia
807 Ceraskia
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1 Ceres
1 Ceres
Ceres, formally 1 Ceres, is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the asteroid belt. With a diameter of about 950 km, Ceres is by far the largest and most-massive asteroid, comprising about a third of the mass of the asteroid belt. Discovered on 1 January 1801...

 
ˈsiːriz Latin Cerēs Cererian sɪˈrɪriɪn
313 Chaldaea
313 Chaldaea
313 Chaldaea is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 30, 1891 in Vienna....

 
kælˈdiːə
627 Charis
627 Charis
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ˈkarɪs Greek Χάρις Charitian kəˈrɪsiɪn
543 Charlotte
543 Charlotte
543 Charlotte is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈʃɑrlɒt
388 Charybdis
388 Charybdis
388 Charybdis is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive carbonates.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 7, 1894, in Nice....

 
kəˈrɪbdɪs Greek Χάρυβδις Charybdian kəˈrɪbdiɪn
568 Cheruskia
568 Cheruskia
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334 Chicago
334 Chicago
334 Chicago is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 23, 1892, in Heidelberg....

 
ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ Chicagoan ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊɪn
623 Chimaera
623 Chimaera
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kɪˈmiːrə Greek Χίμαιρα Chimaerian kɪˈmɪriɪn
402 Chloë
402 Chloë
402 Chloë is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a K-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 21, 1895 in Nice....

 
ˈkloʊ.iː Greek Χλόη
410 Chloris
410 Chloris
410 Chloris is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It is the namesake of the Chloris family of asteroids....

 
ˈkloʊrɪs Greek Χλώρις Chloridian kləˈrɪdiɪn
938 Chlosinde
938 Chlosinde
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628 Christine
628 Christine
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krɪˈstiːn
202 Chryseïs
202 Chryseïs
202 Chryseïs is a large, lightly coloured Main belt asteroid. It is probably composed of silicate rocks.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 11, 1879 in Clinton, New York.It was named after the mythical Trojan woman Chryseis.-References:...

 
kraɪˈsiːɪs Greek Χρυσηίς Chryseidian ˌkraɪsiːˈɪdiɪn
637 Chrysothemis
637 Chrysothemis
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krɪˈsɒθɪmɪs Greek Χρυσόθεμις
34 Circe
34 Circe
34 Circe is a large, very dark main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Chacornac on April 6, 1855, and named after Circe, a goddess in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ˈsɜrsiː Greek Κίρκη Circean sɚˈsiːɪn
642 Clara
642 Clara
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ˈklɑrə or ˈklærə
302 Clarissa
302 Clarissa
302 Clarissa is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 14, 1890 in Nice....

 
kləˈrɪsə
311 Claudia
311 Claudia
311 Claudia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on June 11, 1891 in Nice. The origin of the name of this asteroid remains unknown, as do many other of his discoveries....

 
ˈklɔːdiə
252 Clementina
252 Clementina
252 Clementina is a main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Perrotin on October 11, 1885 in Nice.Source of the name is not known, but is believed to be the name of Perrotin's first cat.- References :...

 
ˌklɛmɪnˈtaɪnə
935 Clivia
935 Clivia
935 Clivia is belongs to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids. Its diameter is about 7.9 km and it has an albedo of 0.197 .-External links:*...

 
ˈklaɪviə
661 Cloelia
661 Cloelia
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ˈkliːliə Latin Cloelia Cloelian
282 Clorinde
282 Clorinde
282 Clorinde is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 28, 1889 in Nice....

 
kləˈrɪndiː ?
237 Coelestina
237 Coelestina
237 Coelestina is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on June 27, 1884 in Vienna and was named after Coelestine, wife of astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer.- References :...

 
sɪˈlɛstɪ
972 Cohnia
972 Cohnia
972 Cohnia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In 2007 lightcurve data showed that Cohnia rotates every 18.472 ± 0.004 hours.-External links:*...

 
ˈkoʊniə
327 Columbia
327 Columbia
327 Columbia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 22, 1892 in Nice....

 
kəˈlʌmbiə
489 Comacina
489 Comacina
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ˌkɒməˈtʃiːnə
58 Concordia
58 Concordia
58 Concordia is a fairly large asteroid-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid, meaning that its surface is very dark and it is likely carbonaceous in composition.Concordia was discovered by Robert Luther on March 24, 1860...

 
kəŋˈkɔrdiə
315 Constantia
315 Constantia
315 Constantia is a small asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 4, 1891 in Vienna....

 
kɒnˈstæntʃiə
815 Coppelia
815 Coppelia
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koʊˈpeɪliə
504 Cora
504 Cora
504 Cora is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈkoʊrə
365 Corduba
365 Corduba
365 Corduba is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 21, 1893, in Nice....

 
ˈkɔrdəbə
425 Cornelia
425 Cornelia
425 Cornelia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 28, 1896 in Nice....

 
kɔrˈniːliə
915 Cosette
915 Cosette
915 Cosette is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids. Its rotation period is 4.445 hours.-External links:*...

 
kɒˈzɛt
644 Cosima
644 Cosima
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ˈkɒzɪmə ?
486 Cremona
486 Cremona
486 Cremona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
krɪˈmoʊnə
660 Crescentia
660 Crescentia
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krɪˈsɛntʃiə
589 Croatia
589 Croatia
589 Croatia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, discovered by Dr. August Kopff from Königstuhl-Heidelberg Observatory, with the use of the photographic method. In the moment of the discovery, the asteroid was 12,5mv and was in the constellation of Virgo...

 
kroʊˈeɪʃiə
763 Cupido
763 Cupido
-External links:*...

 
kjuˈpaɪdoʊ Latin Cupīdo Cupidinian ˌkjuːpɪˈdɪniɪn
403 Cyane
403 Cyane
403 Cyane is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 18, 1895 in Nice....

 
ˈsaɪ.əniː Greek Κυανή Cyanean saɪˈeɪniɪn
65 Cybele
65 Cybele
65 Cybele is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System and is located in the outer asteroid belt. It gives its name to the Cybele family of asteroids that orbit outward from the Sun from the 2:1 orbital resonance with Jupiter. Cybele is a C-type asteroid, meaning that it is dark in color...

 
ˈsɪbɪliː Greek Κυβέλη Cybelean ˌsɪbɪˈliːɪn ?
133 Cyrene
133 Cyrene
133 Cyrene is a fairly large and very bright main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type.It was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 16, 1873, and named after Cyrene, a nymph, daughter of king Hypseus and beloved of Apollo in Greek mythology....

 
saɪˈriːniː Greek Κυρήνη Cyrenian, Cyrenean saɪˈriːniɪn, ˌsairɪˈniːɪn

D

61 Danaë
61 Danaë
61 Danaë is a moderately large, rocky main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 9, 1860 from his balcony in Paris....

 
ˈdænɪ.iː Greek Δανάη
41 Daphne
41 Daphne
41 Daphne is a large main-belt asteroid. This dark-surfaced body is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous chondrites. It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on May 22, 1856, and named after Daphne, the nymph in Greek mythology who was turned into a laurel tree. Daphne has been observed to...

 
ˈdæfniː Greek Δάφνη Daphnean ˈdæfniɪn
511 Davida
511 Davida
511 Davida is a large main-belt C-type asteroid. It was discovered by R. S. Dugan in 1903. It is one of the ten most massive asteroids. It is approximately 270–310 km in diameter and comprises an estimated 1.5% of the total mass of the asteroid belt...

 
dəˈviːdə Davidian dəˈvɪdiɪn
541 Deborah
541 Deborah
541 Deborah is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 4, 1904....

 
ˈdɛbərə
157 Dejanira
157 Dejanira
157 Dejanira is a main belt asteroid.The Dejanira asteroid family is named after it.It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on December 1, 1875 and named after the warlike princess Deianira in Greek mythology....

 
ˌdiː.əˈnaɪrə
184 Dejopeja
184 Dejopeja
184 Dejopeja is a large M-type Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Palisa on February 28, 1878. It is named after Deiopea, a Roman nymph....

 
ˌdiː.ɵˈpiː.ə ?
395 Delia
395 Delia
395 Delia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 30, 1894 in Nice....

 
ˈdiːliə Greek Δήλιος Delian
560 Delila
560 Delila
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dɪˈlaɪlə
349 Dembowska
349 Dembowska
Asteroid 349 Dembowska is named in honor of the Baron Hercules Dembowski, an Italian astronomer who made significant contributions to research on double and multiple stars. The asteroid was discovered over a century ago on December 9, 1892, by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois while working at...

 
dɛmˈbaʊskə
667 Denise
667 Denise
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dɪˈniːs
666 Desdemona
666 Desdemona
666 Desdemona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It may often be confused with Desdemona, a moon of the planet Uranus.-External links:*...

 
ˌdɛzdɪˈmoʊnə
344 Desiderata
344 Desiderata
344 Desiderata is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 15, 1892, in Nice....

 
dɪˌsɪdɪˈrɑːtə, dɪˌsɪdɪˈreɪtə
337 Devosa
337 Devosa
337 Devosa is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an M-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 22, 1892 in Nice....

 
78 Diana
78 Diana
78 Diana is a large and dark main-belt asteroid. Its composition is carbonaceous and primitive. It was discovered by Robert Luther on March 15, 1863, and named after Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt. 78 Diana occulted a star on September 4, 1980. A diameter of 116 km was measured, closely...

 
daɪˈænə Latin Diāna
209 Dido
209 Dido
209 Dido is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive carbonaceous materials. Like many asteroids of its type, it has an extremely low albedo.It was discovered by C. H. F...

 
ˈdaɪdoʊ Latin Dīdō, Greek Διδώ Didonian dɪˈdoʊniɪn
99 Dike
99 Dike
99 Dike is a quite large and dark main-belt asteroid. Dike was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on May 28, 1868. It was his first asteroid discovery. It is named after Dike, the Greek goddess of moral justice.-References:...

 
ˈdaɪkiː Greek Δίκη
106 Dione
106 Dione
106 Dione is a large main-belt asteroid. It probably has a composition similar to 1 Ceres. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 10, 1868, and named after Dione, a Titaness in Greek mythology who was sometimes said to have been the mother of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty....

 
daɪˈoʊniː Greek Διώνη Dionean? ˌdaɪəˈniːɪn ?
423 Diotima
423 Diotima
423 Diotima is a one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material....

 
ˌdaɪ.ɵˈtaɪmə Latin Diotīma, from Greek
382 Dodona
382 Dodona
382 Dodona is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a M-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 29, 1894 in Nice....

 
dɵˈdoʊnə
668 Dora
668 Dora
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ˈdoʊrə
48 Doris
48 Doris
48 Doris is one of the largest main belt asteroids. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 from his balcony in Paris.-Name:...

 
ˈdoʊrɪs Greek Δωρίς Dorian ˈdoʊriɪn
339 Dorothea
339 Dorothea
339 Dorothea is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg, Germany....

 
ˌdɒrəˈθiːə
620 Drakonia
620 Drakonia
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drəˈkoʊniə
263 Dresda
263 Dresda
263 Dresda is a typical Main belt asteroid. It belongs to the Koronis family of asteroids.It has a lightly coloured surface and likely is not composed of carbonaceus materials, but is similar in composition as another Koronis family member, 243 Ida....

 
ˈdrɛzdə
400 Ducrosa
400 Ducrosa
400 Ducrosa is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 15, 1895 in Nice....

 
564 Dudu
564 Dudu
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ˈduːduː
571 Dulcinea
571 Dulcinea
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ˌdʌlsɪˈniːə
200 Dynamene
200 Dynamene
200 Dynamene is a large and very dark main-belt asteroid. It probably has a primitive composition similar to the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites....

 
daɪˈnæmɪniː Greek Δυναμένη

E

60 Echo
60 Echo
60 Echo is a quite large main-belt S-type asteroid. It was discovered by James Ferguson of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C., on September 14, 1860. It was his third and final asteroid discovery. It is named after Echo, a nymph in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ˈɛkoʊ Greek Ηχώ Echoan? ɛˈkoʊɪn
413 Edburga
413 Edburga
413 Edburga is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 7, 1896 in Heidelberg....

 
673 Edda
673 Edda
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ˈɛdə
742 Edisona
742 Edisona
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ˌɛdɪˈsoʊnə Edisonian ˌɛdɪˈsoʊniɪn
517 Edith
517 Edith
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ˈiːdɪθ
445 Edna
445 Edna
445 Edna is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 2, 1899 at Mount Hamilton, California. It was his third and final asteroid discovery.It was discovered almost a year after the other two. It and Neptune are were both discovered after Uranus but before Eris...

 
ˈɛdnə
340 Eduarda
340 Eduarda
340 Eduarda is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg....

 
ɛdˈwɑrdə
13 Egeria
13 Egeria
13 Egeria is a large main-belt G-type asteroid.It was discovered by A. de Gasparis on November 2, 1850, and was named by Urbain J. J. Le Verrier, whose computations led to the discovery of Neptune. Egeria was a goddess of Aricia, in Italy, and the wife of Numa Pompilius, second king of...

 
ɪˈdʒiːriə Latin Ēgeria Egerian
442 Eichsfeldia
442 Eichsfeldia
442 Eichsfeldia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A...

 
aɪksˈfɛldiə
694 Ekard
694 Ekard
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858 El Djezaïr
858 El Djezaïr
858 El Djezaïr is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. El Djezaïr is Arabic for Algeria . It is one of the three largest members of the Leto family , along with 68 Leto and 236 Honoria, all of which are spectral type S.-External links:*...

 
130 Elektra
130 Elektra
130 Elektra is a very large outer main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on February 17, 1873, and named after Electra, an avenger in Greek mythology.Its spectrum is of the G type, hence it probably has a Ceres-like composition...

 
ɪˈlɛktrə Greek Ηλέκτρα
354 Eleonora
354 Eleonora
354 Eleonora is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 17, 1893, in Nice....

 
ˌɛliəˈnɔrə
567 Eleutheria
567 Eleutheria
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ˌɛljʊˈθiːriə
618 Elfriede
618 Elfriede
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956 Elisa
956 Elisa
956 Elisa is a V-type asteroid in the Main Belt, orbiting not far from the Vesta family, but not within it. It is, however, probably a fragment of 4 Vesta ejected during an impact. Its rotation period is 3.888 hours.-External links:*...

 
ɪˈliːzə
412 Elisabetha
412 Elisabetha
412 Elisabetha is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 7, 1896 in Heidelberg....

 
ɪˌliːzəˈbiːθə Elisabethan ɪˌliːzəˈbiːθɪn
435 Ella
435 Ella
435 Ella is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on September 11, 1898 in Heidelberg....

 
ˈɛlə
616 Elly
616 Elly
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ˈɛli
59 Elpis
59 Elpis
59 Elpis is a very large main belt asteroid. It is a C-type asteroid, meaning that it is very dark and carbonaceous in composition.Elpis was discovered by Jean Chacornac from Paris, on September 12, 1860. It was Chacornac's sixth and final asteroid discovery.A controversy arose over the naming of...

 
ˈɛlpɪs Greek Ελπίς Elpidian ɛlˈpɪdiɪn
182 Elsa
182 Elsa
182 Elsa is a Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 7, 1878. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may be named after the character in the legend of Lohengrin perpetuated by Richard Wagner's opera of the same name.It rotates very slowly; its...

 
ˈɛlzə
277 Elvira
277 Elvira
277 Elvira is a typical main belt asteroid and a member of the Koronis asteroid family.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 3, 1888 in Nice...

 
ɛlˈvaɪrə
576 Emanuela
576 Emanuela
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481 Emita
481 Emita
481 Emita is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
283 Emma
283 Emma
283 Emma is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 8, 1889, in Nice.-Satellite:A companion for 283 Emma was detected on 14 July 2003 by W. J. Merline et al. using the Keck II telescope. It is about 12 km in diameter and is designated S/2003 1...

 
ˈɛmə
342 Endymion
342 Endymion
342 Endymion is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 17, 1892 in Heidelberg....

 
ɛnˈdɪmiən Greek Ενδυμίων
221 Eos
221 Eos
221 Eos is a rather large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a K-type asteroid. It is a member of the extensive Eos asteroid family, which is named after it.Eos was discovered by Johann Palisa on January 18, 1882, in Vienna...

 
ˈiː.ɒs Greek Ηώς
802 Epyaxa
802 Epyaxa
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62 Erato
62 Erato
62 Erato is a large and dark, probably carbonaceous Themistian asteroid.Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on September 14, 1860 from the Berlin Observatory. It was their first and only asteroid discovery...

 
ɪˈreɪtoʊ Greek Ερᾱτώ
894 Erda
894 Erda
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ˈɛrdə
718 Erida
718 Erida
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163 Erigone
163 Erigone
163 Erigone is a dark-coloured, fairly big Main belt asteroid, the namesake of the Erigone family of asteroids. It was discovered by J. Perrotin on April 26, 1876 and named after one of the two Erigones in Greek mythology....

 
ɪˈrɪɡɵniː Greek Ηριγόνη
636 Erika
636 Erika
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ɪˈraɪkə, ˈɛrɪ
462 Eriphyla
462 Eriphyla
462 Eriphyla is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FQ....

 
ˌɛrɪˈfaɪlə Greek Εριφύλη
705 Erminia
705 Erminia
705 Erminia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its name derives from the comic opera Erminie.- External links :*...

 
406 Erna
406 Erna
406 Erna is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a P-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceus chondritic materials.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 22, 1895 in Nice....

 
698 Ernestina
698 Ernestina
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ˌɛrnɪˈstiːnə
433 Eros
433 Eros
433 Eros is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1898, and the first asteroid to be orbited by a probe . It is an S-type asteroid approximately 34.4×11.2×11.2 km in size, the second-largest NEA after 1036 Ganymed, and belongs to the Amor group.Eros is a Mars-crosser asteroid, the first known...

 
ˈiːrɒs Greek Έρως Erotian ɪˈroʊʃiɪn
889 Erynia
889 Erynia
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622 Esther
622 Esther
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ˈɛstər
331 Etheridgea
331 Etheridgea
331 Etheridgea is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on April 1, 1892 in Nice....

 
181 Eucharis
181 Eucharis
181 Eucharis is a large, slowly rotating main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a K-type asteroid. It is named after Eucharis, a Greek nymph....

 
ˈjuːkərɪs Greek Εύχαρις
217 Eudora
217 Eudora
217 Eudora is a large Main belt asteroid. It probably has a composition similar to carbonaceous chondrites. In 2007, a study showed it rotates every 25.253 ± 0.003 hours, based on lightcurve data....

 
jʊˈdoʊrə Greek Ευδώρη
45 Eugenia
45 Eugenia
45 Eugenia is a large main-belt asteroid. It is famed as one of the first asteroids to be found to have a moon orbiting it. It is also the second known triple asteroid, after 87 Sylvia.- Discovery :...

 
juːˈdʒiːniə Greek Ευγένεια, Ευγενία
743 Eugenisis
743 Eugenisis
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juːˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
247 Eukrate
247 Eukrate
247 Eukrate is a rather large main-belt asteroid. It is dark and probably a primitive carbonaceus body.It was discovered by Robert Luther on March 14, 1885, in Düsseldorf.It was named after Eukrate, a Nereid in Greek mythology.- References :...

 
juːˈkreɪtiː ? Greek Ευκράτη
495 Eulalia
495 Eulalia
495 Eulalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
juːˈleɪliə Greek Ευλαλία
185 Eunike
185 Eunike
185 Eunike is a dark and very large main-belt asteroid, with an approximate diameter of 157 kilometres. It has a primitive carbonaceous composition....

 
ˈjuːnɪkiː Greek Ευνίκη
15 Eunomia
15 Eunomia
15 Eunomia is a very large asteroid in the inner asteroid belt. It is the largest of the stony asteroids, and somewhere between the 8th-to-12th-largest main-belt asteroid overall...

 
jʊˈnoʊmiə Greek Ευνομία
630 Euphemia
630 Euphemia
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juːˈfiːmiə Greek Ευφημία
31 Euphrosyne
31 Euphrosyne
31 Euphrosyne is one of the largest main-belt asteroids, discovered by James Ferguson on September 1, 1854. It was the first asteroid found from North America. It is named after Euphrosyne, one of the Charites in Greek mythology....

 
jʊˈfrɒzɪniː Greek Ευφροσύνη
52 Europa
52 Europa
52 Europa is one of the larger asteroids in the asteroid belt, having a diameter of 300 km. It was discovered on February 4, 1858, by Hermann Goldschmidt from his balcony in Paris...

 
jʊˈroʊpə Greek Ευρώπη
527 Euryanthe
527 Euryanthe
527 Euryanthe is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1904 by Max Wolf and named after the heroine of an opera by the German composer Carl Maria von Weber....

 
ˌjuːriˈænθiː
75 Eurydike
75 Eurydike
75 Eurydike is a main-belt asteroid. It has an M-type spectrum and a relatively high albedo and may be rich in nickel-iron. Eurydike was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 22, 1862. It was second of his numerous asteroid discoveries. It is named after Eurydice, the wife of...

 
jʊˈrɪdɪkiː Greek Ευρυδίκη
195 Eurykleia
195 Eurykleia
195 Eurykleia is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It has a dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 19, 1879 and named after Euryclea, the wet-nurse of Odysseus in The Odyssey....

 
ˌjuːrɪˈklaɪə Greek Ευρύκλεια
79 Eurynome
79 Eurynome
79 Eurynome is a quite large and bright main-belt asteroid composed of silicate rock. Eurynome was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 14, 1863. It was his first asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the many Eurynomes in Greek mythology....

 
jʊˈrɪnɵmiː Greek Ευρυνόμη
27 Euterpe
27 Euterpe
27 Euterpe is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. R. Hind on November 8, 1853, and named after Euterpe, the Muse of music in Greek mythology....

 
juːˈtɜrpiː Greek Ευτέρπη Euterpean jʊˈtɝːpiɪn
164 Eva
164 Eva
164 Eva is a large and very dark main-belt asteroid. It is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous chondritic materials.It has a somewhat irregular orbit.It was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on July 12, 1876....

 
ˈiːvə
503 Evelyn
503 Evelyn
503 Evelyn is a main belt asteroid discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan on 19 January 1903. The asteroid was named after Evelyn Smith Dugan, mother of the discoverer....

 
ˈɛvɪlɪn

F

751 Faïna
751 Faïna
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ˈfaɪnə
408 Fama
408 Fama
408 Fama is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg....

 
ˈfæmə ?
821 Fanny
821 Fanny
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ˈfæni
866 Fatme
866 Fatme
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ˈfætmiː
294 Felicia
294 Felicia
294 Felicia is a sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 15, 1890 in Nice....

 
fɪˈliːʃ(i)ə
109 Felicitas
109 Felicitas
109 Felicitas is a dark and fairly large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 9, 1869, and named after Felicitas, the Roman goddess of success. The only observed stellar occultation by Felicitas is one from Japan .-References:...

 
fɪˈlɪsɪtəs ?
72 Feronia
72 Feronia
72 Feronia is a quite large and dark main belt asteroid. It was the first asteroid discovery by C. H. F. Peters, on May 29, 1861 from Hamilton College, New York State. It was initially thought that Peters had merely seen the already known asteroid 66 Maja, but T.H. Safford showed that it was a new...

 
fɪˈroʊniə ?
524 Fidelio
524 Fidelio
524 Fidelio is a large minor planet with a diameter of 71 km, orbiting the Sun near the center of the main asteroid belt. Fidelio contains both metals and carbon ....

 
fɪˈdeɪli.oʊ
37 Fides
37 Fides
37 Fides is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by R. Luther on October 5, 1855, and named after Fides, the Roman goddess of loyalty.-References:...

 
ˈfaɪdiːz
380 Fiducia
380 Fiducia
380 Fiducia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 8, 1894 in Nice....

 
faɪˈdjuːʃiə
795 Fini
795 Fini
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8 Flora
8 Flora
8 Flora is a large, bright main-belt asteroid. It is the innermost large asteroid: no asteroid closer to the Sun has a diameter above 25 kilometres or two-elevenths that of Flora itself, and not until the tiny 149 Medusa was discovered was a single asteroid orbiting at a closer mean distance...

 
ˈfloʊrə Latin Flōra Florian ˈfloʊriɪn
321 Florentina
321 Florentina
321 Florentina is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa October 15, 1891 in Vienna. He named the asteroid for his daughter, Florentina...

 
ˌflɒrənˈtiːnə
19 Fortuna
19 Fortuna
19 Fortuna is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It has a composition similar to 1 Ceres: a darkly colored surface that is heavily space-weathered with the composition of primitive organic compounds, including tholins....

 
fɔrˈtjuːnə
982 Franklina
982 Franklina
982 Franklina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
862 Franzia
862 Franzia
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ˈfræntsiə
520 Franziska  frænˈtsɪskə
309 Fraternitas
309 Fraternitas
309 Fraternitas is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 6, 1891 in Vienna....

 
frəˈtɜrnɪtəs ?
678 Fredegundis
678 Fredegundis
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76 Freia
76 Freia
76 Freia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It orbits in the outer part of the asteroid belt and is classified as a Cybele asteroid. Its composition is very primitive and it is extremely dark in color. Freia was discovered by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on October 21, 1862, in Copenhagen,...

 
ˈfraɪ.ə
722 Frieda
722 Frieda
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ˈfriːdə
538 Friederike
538 Friederike
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77 Frigga
77 Frigga
77 Frigga is a large, M-type, possibly metallic main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on November 12, 1862. It is named after Frigg, the Norse goddess.-References:...

 
ˈfrɪɡə
709 Fringilla
709 Fringilla
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frɪnˈdʒɪlə
854 Frostia
854 Frostia
854 Frostia is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It is named after Edwin Brant Frost, an American astronomer.A satellite, designated S/2004 1, was identified based on lightcurve observations in July 2004 by Raoul Behrend, Laurent Bernasconi, Alain Klotz, and Russell I. Durkee...

 
609 Fulvia
609 Fulvia
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ˈfʊlviə

G

355 Gabriella
355 Gabriella
355 Gabriella is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 20, 1893 in Nice....

 
ˌɡæbriːˈɛlə
74 Galatea
74 Galatea
74 Galatea is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface is very dark in color. Galatea was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on August 29, 1862, in Marseilles, France. It was his third asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the two Galateas in Greek mythology. A stellar...

 
ˌɡæləˈtiːə Greek Γαλατεία
427 Galene
427 Galene
427 Galene is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 27, 1897 in Nice.It was named after one of the Nereids of Greek Mythology...

 
ɡəˈliːniː Greek Γαλήνη
697 Galilea
697 Galilea
697 Galilea is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named in honour of Galileo Galilei, as it was discovered just after the 300th anniversary of his discovery of the Galilean moons.-External links:*...

 
ˌɡælɪˈleɪə
148 Gallia
148 Gallia
148 Gallia is a large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as one of the few R-type asteroids.Gallia was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on August 7, 1875, but the credit for this discovery was given to Prosper. It is named after the Latin name for Gaul .- References :...

 
ˈɡæliə
180 Garumna
180 Garumna
180 Garumna is a Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Perrotin on January 29, 1878. Its name comes from the ancient Latin name for the Garonne River in France....

 
ɡəˈrʌmnə
951 Gaspra
951 Gaspra
951 Gaspra is an S-type asteroid that orbits very close to the inner edge of the asteroid belt. Gaspra was the first asteroid ever to be closely approached when it was visited by the Galileo spacecraft, which flew by on its way to Jupiter on 29 October 1991.-Characteristics:Apart from a multitude...

 
ˈɡæsprə
764 Gedania
764 Gedania
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680 Genoveva
680 Genoveva
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485 Genua
485 Genua
485 Genua is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈdʒɛnuːə
376 Geometria
376 Geometria
376 Geometria is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893 in Nice....

 
ˌdʒiː.ɵˈmɛtriə
359 Georgia
359 Georgia
359 Georgia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an X-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 10, 1893 in Nice. It was named by the daughter of Felix Klein at a meeting of the Astronomische Gesselschaft in 1902 held at the Georg August University of Göttingen,...

 
ˈdʒɔrdʒiə
300 Geraldina
300 Geraldina
300 Geraldina is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on October 3, 1890 in Nice....

 
ˌdʒɛrəlˈdiːnə
122 Gerda
122 Gerda
122 Gerda is a fairly large outer main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Gerðr, the wife of the god Freyr in Norse mythology....

 
ˈɡɜrdə
663 Gerlinde
663 Gerlinde
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241 Germania
241 Germania
241 Germania is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of dark, privitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 12, 1884 in Düsseldorf....

 
dʒərˈmeɪniə
686 Gersuind
686 Gersuind
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710 Gertrud
710 Gertrud
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ˈɡɛrtruːt
613 Ginevra
613 Ginevra
-External links:*...

 
352 Gisela
352 Gisela
352 Gisela is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt that has an unusually high albedo.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 12, 1893 in Heidelberg.-External links:...

 
492 Gismonda
492 Gismonda
492 Gismonda is a Themistian asteroid....

 
857 Glasenappia
857 Glasenappia
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288 Glauke
288 Glauke
288 Glauke is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered by Robert Luther in 1890. It was the last of his asteroid discoveries. It is named after Glauke, a daughter of Creon a king of Corinth in Greek mythology....

 
ˈɡlɔːkiː Greek Γλαύκη
316 Goberta
316 Goberta
316 Goberta is a mid-sized Themistian asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 8, 1891 in Nice, France.-References:...

 
305 Gordonia
305 Gordonia
305 Gordonia is a fairly typical, although sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 16, 1891 in Nice and named after James Gordon Bennett Jr, patron.-References:...

 
ɡɔrˈdoʊniə
681 Gorgo
681 Gorgo
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ˈɡɔrɡoʊ Greek Γοργώ
424 Gratia
424 Gratia
424 Gratia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 31, 1896 in Nice....

 
ˈɡreɪʃ(i)ə
984 Gretia
984 Gretia
984 Gretia is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It orbits about twice as far out as Mars and takes 4.7 years to orbit the Sun.-External links:* -References:...

 
493 Griseldis
493 Griseldis
493 Griseldis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
496 Gryphia
496 Gryphia
496 Gryphia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 15 km and it has an albedo of 0.168 ....

 
328 Gudrun
328 Gudrun
328 Gudrun is a main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 18, 1892, in Heidelberg....

 
ˈɡʊdruːn
799 Gudula
799 Gudula
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891 Gunhild
891 Gunhild
-External links:*...

 
983 Gunila
983 Gunila
983 Gunila is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
657 Gunlöd
657 Gunlöd
657 Gunlöd is a C-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt near the Eunomia family. However, it is not a family member but an un-related interloper in the region because its composition is inconsistent with membership. Its diameter is about 43 km, its albedo around 0.042, and its rotation...

 
961 Gunnie
961 Gunnie
961 Gunnie is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
777 Gutemberga
777 Gutemberga
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ˌɡuːtənˈbɜrɡə
806 Gyldenia
806 Gyldenia
806 Gyldenia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Hugo Gyldén.-External links:*...

 
444 Gyptis
444 Gyptis
444 Gyptis is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by J...

 
ˈdʒɪptɪs

H

682 Hagar
682 Hagar
682 Hagar is a presumed Eunomian asteroid. Its spectral characteristics are unknown.- External links :*...

 
ˈhæɡər
368 Haidea
368 Haidea
368 Haidea is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nice....

 
518 Halawe
518 Halawe
518 Halawe is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the middle-eastern confectionery Halva....

 
həˈlɑːwi
449 Hamburga
449 Hamburga
449 Hamburga is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 31, 1899 in Heidelberg....

 
452 Hamiltonia
452 Hamiltonia
452 Hamiltonia is an asteroid. It was discovered by James Edward Keeler on December 6, 1899, but was then lost until 1987. Its provisional name was 1899 FD. The asteroid is named for Mount Hamilton, the site of Lick Observatory where Keeler was working when he discovered the asteroid.L. K...

 
ˌhæməlˈtoʊniə
723 Hammonia
723 Hammonia
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480 Hansa  ˈhɑːnzə
724 Hapag
724 Hapag
724 Hapag is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt. It was found by Johann Palisa in 1911. Its provisional name was 1911 NC.It was a lost asteroid that was rediscovered in 1988 as 1988 VG2 by T. Hioki and N. Kawasato at Okutama, Japan....

 
578 Happelia
578 Happelia
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40 Harmonia
40 Harmonia
40 Harmonia is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on March 31, 1856, and named after Harmonia, the Greek goddess of harmony. The name was chosen to mark the end of the Crimean War.-External links:* from JPL *...

 
hɑrˈmoʊniə
736 Harvard
736 Harvard
736 Harvard is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after Harvard University.-External links:*...

 
ˈhɑrvərd
362 Havnia
362 Havnia
362 Havnia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 12, 1893 in Nice, France....

 
6 Hebe
6 Hebe
6 Hebe is a large main-belt asteroid, containing around half a percent of the mass of the belt. Its apparently high bulk density , however, means that by volume it does not rank among the top twenty asteroids...

 
ˈhiːbiː Greek ‘Ήβη Hebean
108 Hecuba
108 Hecuba
108 Hecuba is a fairly large and bright main-belt asteroid.Hecuba orbits within the Hygiea family of asteroids but is not otherwise related to other family members because it has a silicate composition; Hygieas are dark C-type asteroids....

 
ˈhɛkjʊ
207 Hedda
207 Hedda
207 Hedda is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is a C-type asteroid, meaning it is primitive in composition and dark in colour.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 17, 1879 in Pola and was named after Hedwig, wife of astronomer Friedrich A. T. Winnecke.- References...

 
ˈhɛdə
476 Hedwig
476 Hedwig
476 Hedwig is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 17, 1901, by Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.-External links:* -See also:*List of Solar System objects by size...

 
ˈhɛdwɪɡ
325 Heidelberga
325 Heidelberga
325 Heidelberga is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 4, 1892 in Heidelberg....

 
ˌhaɪdəlˈbɜrɡə ?
100 Hekate
100 Hekate
100 Hekate is a large main-belt asteroid. It orbits in the same region of space as the Hygiea asteroid family, though it is actually an unrelated interloper. Its albedo of 0.19 is too high, and it is of the wrong spectral class to be part of the dark carbonaceous Hygiea family.Hekate was the...

 
ˈhɛkətiː Greek ‘Εκάτη
624 Hektor
624 Hektor
624 Hektor is the largest Jupiter Trojan. It was discovered in 1907 by August Kopff.Hektor is a D-type asteroid, dark and reddish in colour. It lies in Jupiter's leading Lagrangian point, , called the 'Greek' node after one of the two sides in the legendary Trojan War...

 
ˈhɛktɔr Greek ‘Έκτωρ
949 Hel
949 Hel
-External links:*...

 
hɛl
699 Hela
699 Hela
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101 Helena
101 Helena
101 Helena is a fairly small, rocky main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 15, 1868. It is named after Helen of Troy in Greek mythology....

 
ˈhɛlənə Greek ‘Ελένη
522 Helga
522 Helga
522 Helga is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is notable for being the first such object to be shown to be in a stable but chaotic orbit in resonance with Jupiter, its Lyapunov time being relatively short, at 6,900 yr. Despite this, its orbit appears to be stable, as the eccentricity and...

 
ˈhɛlɡə
895 Helio
895 Helio
-External links:*...

 
ˈhiːli.oʊ ? ?, < Greek ‘Έλειος
967 Helionape
967 Helionape
967 Helionape is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids. Its diameter is about 12 km and it has an albedo of 0.178 .-External links:*...

 
801 Helwerthia
801 Helwerthia
801 Helwerthia is a C-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt near the Eunomia family. However, it is not a family member but an un-related interloper in the region because its composition is inconsistent with membership. Its diameter is about 33 km, its albedo around 0.038.-External links:*...

 
225 Henrietta
225 Henrietta
225 Henrietta is a very large outer main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive carbonaceous material...

 
ˌhɛnriːˈɛtə
826 Henrika
826 Henrika
-External links:*...

 
103 Hera
103 Hera
103 Hera is a moderately large main-belt asteroid. It has a silicate surface composition. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 7, 1868, and named after Hera, queen and fifth in power of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ˈhiːrə or ˈhɛrə Greek ‘Ήρα
880 Herba
880 Herba
-External links:*...

 
532 Herculina
532 Herculina
- Discovery :It was discovered on April 20, 1904, by Max Wolf in Heidelberg, and initially catalogued as 1904 NY. The origin of its name is not known; it may be named after the mythical Hercules, or after an unknown woman of that name...

 
ˌhɜːkjʊˈliːnə
458 Hercynia
458 Hercynia
458 Hercynia is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on September 21, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FK....

 
hərˈsaɪniə ? ?, < Greek ‘Έρκυνα
923 Herluga
923 Herluga
-External links:*...

 
346 Hermentaria
346 Hermentaria
346 Hermentaria is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 25, 1892, in Nice....

 
685 Hermia
685 Hermia
685 Hermia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 11 km and it has an albedo of 0.281 .-External links:*...

 
ˈhɜrmiə
121 Hermione
121 Hermione
121 Hermione is a very large asteroid of the dark C spectral type, orbiting in the Cybele group in the far outer asteroid belt. As a C-type, it is probably composed of carbonaceous materials. It was discovered in 1872, and it also has small asteroid moon discovered in 2002.-Discovery:Hermione was...

 
hərˈmaɪ.ɵniː Greek ‘Ερμιόνη
546 Herodias
546 Herodias
546 Herodias is a C-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt near the Eunomia family. However, it is not a family member but an un-related interloper in the region because its composition is inconsistent with membership. Its diameter is about 66 km, its albedo around 0.053, and its rotation...

 
həˈroʊdiəs
206 Hersilia
206 Hersilia
206 Hersilia is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a primitive, dark carbon-rich C-type asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 13, 1879 in Clinton, New York.It was named after Hersilia, Roman wife of Romulus....

 
hərˈsɪliə
135 Hertha
135 Hertha
135 Hertha is a large main-belt asteroid. Named Hertha, another name for Nerthus, a Germanic fertility goddess. It orbits among the Nysa asteroid family but its classification as an M-type asteroid does not match the more common F-type asteroid for this family, suggesting that it may be an interloper...

 
ˈhɜrθə
69 Hesperia
69 Hesperia
69 Hesperia is a large, M-type main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli on April 26, 1861 from Milan. It was his only asteroid discovery. Schiaparelli named it Hesperia in honour of Italy .- External links :*...

 
hɛsˈpiːriə Greek ‘Εσπερία
46 Hestia
46 Hestia
46 Hestia is a large, dark main-belt asteroid. It is also the primary body of the Hestia clump, a group of asteroids with similar orbits.Hestia was discovered by N. R. Pogson on August 16, 1857, at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford. Pogson awarded the honour of naming it to William Henry Smyth,...

 
ˈhɛstiə Greek ‘Εστία
944 Hidalgo
944 Hidalgo
944 Hidalgo is a small Solar System body with a semi-major axis beyond Jupiter's and an orbital period of 13.77 years. This makes it a centaur, but it was discovered in 1920 and has hence traditionally been considered an asteroid....

 
hɪˈdælɡoʊ
996 Hilaritas
996 Hilaritas
996 Hilaritas is a Themistian asteroid.-External links:*...

 
hɪˈlærɪtəs ?
153 Hilda
153 Hilda
153 Hilda is a large asteroid in the outer main belt, with a diameter of 170 km. Because it is composed of primitive carbonaceous materials, it has a very dark surface. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 2, 1875 from the Austrian Naval Observatory at Pula...

 
ˈhɪldə
684 Hildburg
684 Hildburg
-External links:*...

 
898 Hildegard
898 Hildegard
-External links:*...

 
ˈhɪldəɡɑrd
928 Hildrun
928 Hildrun
-External links:*...

 
426 Hippo
426 Hippo
426 Hippo is a very large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 25, 1897, in Nice....

 
ˈhɪpoʊ Greek ‘Υππώ
692 Hippodamia  ˌhɪpɵdəˈmaɪ.ə Greek ‘Υπποδάμεια
706 Hirundo
706 Hirundo
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804 Hispania
804 Hispania
804 Hispania is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered from Barcelona on 20 March 1915 by Josep Comas Solá , the first asteroid to be discovered by a Spaniard.-External links:*...

 
hɪˈspæniə
788 Hohensteina
788 Hohensteina
788 Hohensteina is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 4, 1914, by Franz Kaiser at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. Named for castle Hohenstein located in the Taunus mountains.- References :...

 
872 Holda
872 Holda
-External links:*...

 
378 Holmia
378 Holmia
378 Holmia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 6, 1893 in Nice....

 
ˈhɔːlmiə
236 Honoria
236 Honoria
236 Honoria is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 26, 1884 in Vienna....

 
ɒˈnoʊriə
932 Hooveria
932 Hooveria
932 Hooveria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named for president Herbert Hoover.-External links:*...

 
805 Hormuthia
805 Hormuthia
805 Hormuthia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. This asteroid follows an elliptical orbit through the main asteroid belt that reaches perihelion just outside the Kirkwood gap at 2.5 AU. The estimated diameter is 73 km, and it is one of the 500 largest asteroids.-External links:* * at the...

 
260 Huberta
260 Huberta
260 Huberta is a large asteroid orbiting near the outer edge of the Main belt. It is dark and rich in carbon.It belongs to the Cybele group of asteroids and may have been trapped in a 4:7 orbital resonance with Jupiter....

 
hjuːˈbɜrtə ?
379 Huenna
379 Huenna
379 Huenna is a large Themistian asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 8, 1894 in Nice...

 
434 Hungaria
434 Hungaria
434 Hungaria is a relatively small inner Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an E-type asteroid. It is the namesake for Hungaria asteroids which orbit the sun on the inside of the 1:4 Kirkwood gap, standing out of the core of the main belt....

 
həŋˈɡeɪriə
430 Hybris
430 Hybris
430 Hybris is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 18, 1897 in Nice.- External links :*...

 
ˈhaɪbrɪs Greek ‘Ύβρις
10 Hygiea
10 Hygiea
10 Hygiea is an asteroid located in the asteroid belt. With somewhat oblong diameters of 350–500 km, and a mass estimated to be 2.9% of the total mass of the belt, it is the fourth largest asteroid by volume and mass...

 
haɪˈdʒiːə Greek ‘Υγίεια
238 Hypatia
238 Hypatia
238 Hypatia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. Like many asteroids of this type, its surface is very dark in colour....

 
haɪˈpeɪʃ(i)ə
587 Hypsipyle
587 Hypsipyle
-External links:*...

 
hɪpˈsɪpɪli Greek ‘Υψιπύλη

I

98 Ianthe
98 Ianthe
98 Ianthe is a large main-belt asteroid. Named for the various Ianthe in Greek mythology. It is very dark and is composed of carbonates. It was one of the numerous discoveries by C. H. F. Peters, who found it on April 18, 1868, from Clinton, New York.-References:...

 
aɪˈænθiː Greek Ιάνθη
286 Iclea
286 Iclea
286 Iclea is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 3, 1889 in Vienna....

 
243 Ida
243 Ida
243 Ida is an asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 29 September 1884 by Johann Palisa and named after a nymph from Greek mythology. Later telescopic observations categorized Ida as an S-type asteroid, the most numerous type in the inner asteroid belt. On 28...

 
ˈaɪdə Greek Ίδη
963 Iduberga
963 Iduberga
963 Iduberga is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids. Its rotation period is 3.02 hours.-External links:*...

 
176 Iduna
176 Iduna
176 Iduna is a large main-belt asteroid. It has a composition similar to that of the largest main-belt asteroid, 1 Ceres.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 14, 1877, in Clinton, New York. It is named after the Ydun, a club in Stockholm that hosted an astronomical conference.An...

 
385 Ilmatar
385 Ilmatar
385 Ilmatar is a large Main Belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 1, 1894, in Heidelberg....

 
ˈɪlmətɑr [check]
249 Ilse
249 Ilse
249 Ilse is a Main belt asteroid. It has an unusually slow rotation period, about 3.5 days.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 16, 1885 in Clinton, New York and was named after Ilse, a legendary German princess....

 
ˈɪlzə
919 Ilsebill
919 Ilsebill
-External links:*...

 
979 Ilsewa
979 Ilsewa
979 Ilsewa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
926 Imhilde
926 Imhilde
-External links:*...

 
389 Industria
389 Industria
389 Industria is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 8, 1894 in Nice....

 
ɪnˈdʌstriə
391 Ingeborg
391 Ingeborg
391 Ingeborg is a Mars-crossing asteroid that was discovered by Max Wolf on November 1, 1894 at Heidelberg observatory.-References:* * telnet://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 telnet for JPL Horizons, easier and more comprehensive than web version...

 
ˈɪŋəbɔrɡ
561 Ingwelde
561 Ingwelde
- External links :*...

 
848 Inna
848 Inna
-External links:*...

 
173 Ino
173 Ino
173 Ino is a large main-belt asteroid. It has a dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition.It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on August 1, 1877, and named after Ino, a queen in Greek mythology. The adjectival form is Inoan....

 
ˈaɪnoʊ Greek Ινώ
704 Interamnia
704 Interamnia
704 Interamnia is a very large asteroid, with an estimated diameter of 350 kilometres. Its mean distance from the Sun is 3.067 . It was discovered on October 2, 1910 by Vincenzo Cerulli, and named after the Latin name for Teramo, Italy, where Cerulli worked...

 
ˌɪntəˈræmniə Latin Interamna, -ium Interamnian
85 Io
85 Io
85 Io is a large, dark main-belt asteroid of the C spectral class. It is probably a primitive body composed of carbonates. Like 70 Panopaea it orbits within the Eunomia asteroid family but it is not related to the shattered parent body....

 
ˈaɪ.oʊ Greek Ιώ Ionian aɪˈoʊniɪn
509 Iolanda
509 Iolanda
509 Iolanda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
112 Iphigenia
112 Iphigenia
112 Iphigenia is a fairly large and exceedingly dark main-belt asteroid. It has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 19, 1870, and named after Iphigenia, the princess sacrificed by her father in Greek mythology....

 
ˌɪfɪɪˈnaɪə Greek Ιφιγένεια
794 Irenaea
794 Irenaea
-External links:*...

 
ˌaɪrɪˈniːə
14 Irene
14 Irene
14 Irene is a very large main-belt asteroid.14 Irene was discovered by J. R. Hind on May 19, 1851, and named after Eirene, a personification of peace in Greek mythology. She was one of the Horae, daughter of Zeus and Themis. The name was suggested by Sir John Herschel...

 
aɪˈriːniː
7 Iris
7 Iris
7 Iris is a large main-belt asteroid. Among the S-type asteroids, it ranks fifth in geometric mean diameter after Eunomia, Juno, Amphitrite and Herculina....

 
ˈaɪrɪs Greek Ίρις Iridian aɪˈrɪdiən
177 Irma
177 Irma
177 Irma is a fairly large and dark Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on November 5, 1877. Paul was credited for this discovery....

 
ˈɜrmə
591 Irmgard
591 Irmgard
-External links:*...

 
773 Irmintraud
773 Irmintraud
773 Irmintraud is a minor planet that orbits the Sun between the planets Mars and Jupiter. Discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser at Heidelberg, Germany, on December 22, 1913, the planetoid was named for Irmtraud, an old German woman's name that appears frequently in old songs and sagas. This...

 
210 Isabella
210 Isabella
210 Isabella is a large and dark Main belt asteroid and is probably composed of material similar to carbonaceous chondrites.The asteroid is classified as a member of the Nemesis asteroid family....

 
ˌɪzəˈbɛlə
364 Isara
364 Isara
364 Isara is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 19, 1893 in Nice....

 
939 Isberga
939 Isberga
939 Isberga is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids. It rotates quickly, with a period of 2.9173 hours. Isberga is also suspected to be a binary asteroid, due to a second periodicity observed in its lightcurve from 24 Feb to 4 Mar 2006. The secondary object has an...

 
42 Isis
42 Isis
42 Isis is a large main-belt asteroid, measuring 100.2km in diameter. It was discovered by N.R. Pogson on May 23, 1856, at Oxford. It was Pogson's first asteroid discovery....

 
ˈaɪsɪs Greek Ίσις Isidian aɪˈsɪdiən
190 Ismene
190 Ismene
190 Ismene is a very large main belt asteroid. Being a P-type asteroid, it has a very dark surface and may contain water.Ismene orbits near the outer edge of the asteroid belt. It is one of the Hilda asteroids, which are locked in 3:2 resonance with the planet Jupiter.It was discovered by C. H. F...

 
ɪzˈmiːniː Greek Ισμήνη
211 Isolda
211 Isolda
211 Isolda is a very large, dark main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material....

 
ɪˈzɔːldə
183 Istria
183 Istria
183 Istria is a stony main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Palisa on February 8, 1878, from Pula, Croatia, and named after the Istrian peninsula, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and where city of Pula is situated.-External links:...

 
ɪˈstriːə
477 Italia
477 Italia
477 Italia is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on August 23, 1901 Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.- External links :*...

 
ɪˈtæliə
918 Itha
918 Itha
-External links:*...

 
497 Iva
497 Iva
497 Iva is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun, not to be confused with 1627 Ivar....

 
ˈaɪvə

J

383 Janina
383 Janina
383 Janina is a mid-sized Themistian asteroid. It is spectral C-type and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous chondritic material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 29, 1894 in Nice....

 
526 Jena
526 Jena
526 Jena is a Themistian asteroid. It was discovered in Heidelberg by the German astronomer Max Wolf on March 14, 1904 and named after the city of Jena....

 
ˈjeɪnə
607 Jenny
607 Jenny
-External links:*...

 
549 Jessonda
549 Jessonda
549 Jessonda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
544 Jetta
544 Jetta
544 Jetta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is estimated to be 12 km in diameter.- References :*...

 
726 Joëlla
726 Joëlla
726 Joëlla is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on November 22, 1911, by Joel Hastings Metcalf, in Winchester, Massachusetts, in the United States.-External links:*...

 
dʒoʊˈɛlə
127 Johanna
127 Johanna
127 Johanna is a large main-belt asteroid. It has a very dark surface and is probably a primitive composition of carbonates. It was discovered by P. M. Henry on November 5, 1872, and is believed to be named after Joan of Arc.-References:...

 
dʒoʊˈ(h)ænə
899 Jokaste
899 Jokaste
899 Jokaste is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope. Not to be...

 
dʒɵˈkæstiː < joˈkaste Greek Ιοκάστη
836 Jole
836 Jole
-External links:*...

 
ˈdʒoʊliː < ˈjole Greek Ιόλη
649 Josefa
649 Josefa
-External links:*...

 
dʒɵˈsiːfə
303 Josephina
303 Josephina
303 Josephina is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Elia Millosevich on February 12, 1891 in Rome. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was 306 Unitas....

 
ˌdʒoʊzɪˈfiːnə
921 Jovita
921 Jovita
-External links:*...

 
652 Jubilatrix
652 Jubilatrix
-External links:*...

 
ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪtrɪks
948 Jucunda
948 Jucunda
-External links:*...

 
664 Judith
664 Judith
-External links:*...

 
ˈdʒuːdɪθ
139 Juewa
139 Juewa
139 Juewa is a very large and dark main belt asteroid. It is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It was the first asteroid discovered from China.-Discovery and name:...

 
dʒuːˈeɪwɑː (ʐuêixuǎ)
89 Julia
89 Julia
89 Julia is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on August 6, 1866. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries; the other was 91 Aegina. It is believed to be named after Saint Julia of Corsica. A stellar occultation by Julia was observed on December...

 
ˈdʒuːliə
816 Juliana
816 Juliana
816 Juliana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It measures 59.85k in diameter. It was discovered on February 8, 1916 by Max Wolf at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory in Heidelberg, Germany....

 
3 Juno
3 Juno
Juno , formal designation 3 Juno in the Minor Planet Center catalogue system, was the third asteroid to be discovered and is one of the larger main-belt asteroids, being one of the two largest stony asteroids, along with 15 Eunomia. Juno is estimated to contain 1% of the total mass of the asteroid...

 
ˈdʒuːnoʊ   Junonian
269 Justitia
269 Justitia
269 Justitia is a fairly sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 21, 1887 in Vienna.The asteroid was named after Justitia, the Roman equivalent of Themis, the Greek goddess of justice .- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital...

 
dʒəˈstɪʃ(i)ə
605 Juvisia
605 Juvisia
-External links:*...

 

K

22 Kalliope
22 Kalliope
22 Kalliope is a large main belt M-type asteroid discovered by J. R. Hind on November 16, 1852. It is named after Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry...

 
kəˈlaɪ.ɵpiː Greek Καλλιόπη
204 Kallisto
204 Kallisto
204 Kallisto is a fairly typical, although sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid. Like other asteroids of its type, it is light in colour.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 8, 1879 in Pola....

 
kəˈlɪstoʊ Greek Καλλιστώ
53 Kalypso
53 Kalypso
53 Kalypso is a large and very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on April 4, 1858 at Düsseldorf. It is named after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology, a name it shares with Calypso, a moon of Saturn.- References :...

 
kəˈlɪpsoʊ Greek Καλυψώ
818 Kapteynia
818 Kapteynia
This asteroid is named for the Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn.818 Kapteynia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
832 Karin
832 Karin
832 Karin is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after Queen Karin Månsdotter It is the largest member of the Karin Cluster, which is named after it. Found in 2002, the Karin cluster is notable for being very young...

 
ˈkɑrɪn
781 Kartvelia
781 Kartvelia
781 Kartvelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Named after Georgia.-External links:*...

 
kartˈviːliə
114 Kassandra
114 Kassandra
114 Kassandra is a large and dark main-belt asteroid. It belongs to the rare class T. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 23, 1871, and is named after Cassandra, the prophetess in the tales of the Trojan War. The asteroid is featured in the 2009 film Meteor: Path to Destruction, in which...

 
kəˈsændrə Greek Κασσάνδρα
646 Kastalia
646 Kastalia
646 Kastalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, not to be confused with the near-Earth asteroid 4769 Castalia.-External links:*...

 
kæsˈteɪliə Greek Κασταλία
320 Katharina
320 Katharina
320 Katharina is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 11, 1891 in Vienna....

 
ˌkætəˈriːnə
842 Kerstin
842 Kerstin
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470 Kilia
470 Kilia
470 Kilia is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on April 21, 1901 by Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.- External links :*...

 
216 Kleopatra
216 Kleopatra
216 Kleopatra is a trinary main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 10, 1880, in Pola. It is named after Cleopatra, Queen of Ancient Egypt....

 
ˌkliː.ɵˈpætrə Greek Κλεοπάτρα
84 Klio
84 Klio
84 Klio is a quite large and very dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by R. Luther on August 25, 1865, and named after Clio, the Muse of history in Greek mythology. The name Clio had previously been suggested by the discoverer of 12 Victoria, and that is the name B. A...

 
ˈklaɪ.oʊ or ˈkliː.oʊ Greek Κλειώ
97 Klotho
97 Klotho
97 Klotho is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. While it is an M-type, its radar albedo is too low to allow a nickel-iron composition. Klotho is similar to 21 Lutetia and 22 Kalliope in that all three are M-types of unknown composition. Klotho was found by Ernst Tempel on February 17, 1868. It...

 
ˈkloʊθoʊ Greek Κλωθώ
583 Klotilde
583 Klotilde
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klɵˈtɪldə
104 Klymene
104 Klymene
104 Klymene is a large, dark Themistian asteroid. It probably has a carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 13, 1868, and named after one of the many Clymenes in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ˈklɪməniː Greek Κλυμένη
179 Klytaemnestra
179 Klytaemnestra
179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by J. C. Watson on November 11, 1877. It was the last of his 22 asteroid discoveries. It is named after Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon in Greek mythology....

 
ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstrə Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα
73 Klytia
73 Klytia
73 Klytia is a main-belt asteroid. It was the second and last asteroid discovery by the prolific comet discoverer Horace Tuttle, on April 7, 1862. It is named after Clytia, who loved Apollo in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ˈklaɪtiə Greek Κλυτία
191 Kolga
191 Kolga
191 Kolga is a large and extremely dark main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 30, 1878, in Clinton, New York. It is named after Kolga, the daughter of Ægir in Norse mythology....

 
ˈkɔːlɡə
940 Kordula
940 Kordula
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158 Koronis
158 Koronis
158 Koronis is a main-belt, S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Viktor Knorre on January 4, 1876, from the Berlin observatory. It was the first of his four asteroid discoveries....

 
kɵˈroʊnɪs Greek Κορωνίς
867 Kovacia
867 Kovacia
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548 Kressida
548 Kressida
548 Kressida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈkrɛsɪ
800 Kressmannia
800 Kressmannia
800 Kressmannia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 4.464 hours.-External links:*...

 
488 Kreusa  kriːˈjuːsə Greek Κρέουσα
242 Kriemhild
242 Kriemhild
242 Kriemhild is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 22, 1884 in Vienna and was named after Kriemhild, a mythological Germanic princess, by Moriz von Kuffner, a Viennese industrialist and sponsor of astronomy....

 
ˈkriːmhɪlt
553 Kundry
553 Kundry
553 Kundry is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 12.605 hours.-External links:*...

 
936 Kunigunde
936 Kunigunde
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669 Kypria
669 Kypria
-External links:*...

 
ˈkɪpriə ?
570 Kythera
570 Kythera
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kɪˈθiːrə

L

336 Lacadiera
336 Lacadiera
336 Lacadiera is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a D-type asteroid and is probably composed of organic rich silicates, carbon and anhydrous silicates.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 19, 1892 in Nice....

 
120 Lachesis
120 Lachesis
120 Lachesis is a very large and very dark main-belt asteroid. As a primitive C-type asteroid it is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on April 10, 1872, and named after Lachesis, one of the Moirae, or Fates, in Greek mythology...

 
ˈlækəsɪs Greek Λάχεσις
208 Lacrimosa
208 Lacrimosa
208 Lacrimosa is a main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It is also one of the largest members of the Koronis asteroid family and probably a piece of the original asteroid which was shattered in an ancient impact that created the family....

 
ˌlækrɪˈmoʊzə
39 Laetitia
39 Laetitia
39 Laetitia is a large, bright main-belt asteroid.Laetitia was discovered by J. Chacornac on February 8, 1856, and named after Laetitia, a minor Roman goddess of gaiety....

 
ləˈtiːʃ(i)ə
822 Lalage
822 Lalage
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ˈlælədʒiː
187 Lamberta
187 Lamberta
187 Lamberta is a large and very dark main-belt asteroid. It has a composition of primitive carbonaceous materials.It was discovered by J. Coggia on April 11, 1878. It was the second of his five asteroid discoveries. It is named after the astronomer Johann Heinrich Lambert....

 
248 Lameia
248 Lameia
248 Lameia is a quite typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on June 5, 1885 in Vienna and was named after Lamia, a lover of Zeus.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]**...

 
ˈleɪmiːə Greek Λάμια
393 Lampetia
393 Lampetia
393 Lampetia is a fairly large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 4, 1894 in Heidelberg....

 
læmˈpiːʃ(i)ə Greek Λαμπετίη
683 Lanzia
683 Lanzia
683 Lanzia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It is named after the fungus Lanzia. Observations during two last occultation 18 and 22 december 2010 683 Lanzia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It is named after the fungus Lanzia. Observations during two last occultation 18 and 22 december 2010 683...

 
507 Laodica
507 Laodica
507 Laodica is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
leɪˈɒdɪ Greek Λαοδίκη
639 Latona
639 Latona
-External links:* -References:...

 
ləˈtoʊnə
467 Laura
467 Laura
467 Laura is Main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...

 
ˈlɔːrə
162 Laurentia
162 Laurentia
162 Laurentia is a large and dark main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on April 21, 1876, and named after A. Laurent, an amateur astronomer who discovered asteroid 51 Nemausa....

 
lɔːˈrɛntʃiə
38 Leda
38 Leda
38 Leda is a large, dark main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Chacornac on January 12, 1856, and named after Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology.Leda is also the name of a satellite of Jupiter and a catalogue of galaxies....

 
ˈliːdə Greek Λήδα
691 Lehigh
691 Lehigh
691 Lehigh is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named "Lehigh" after Lehigh University, where its orbit was calculated in the Masters Thesis of Joseph B. Reynolds, following Metcalf's observations.-External links:*...

 
ˈliːhaɪ
789 Lena
789 Lena
789 Lena is a medium-sized X-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt near the Eunomia family. However, true family members have an S-type composition, so it is almost certainly an unrelated interloper. Lena has an unusual lightcurve, which indicates that...

 
ˈliːnə
969 Leocadia
969 Leocadia
969 Leocadia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
319 Leona
319 Leona
319 Leona is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on October 8, 1891 in Nice, France....

 
liːˈoʊnə
728 Leonisis
728 Leonisis
728 Leonisis is an asteroid of the Flora family, discovered by J. Palisa in 1912 in Vienna.There is some uncertainty as to its spectral class. It has been previously placed in the rare A and Ld classes . These are generally "stony" spectra, but with significant deviations from the usual S-type...

 
696 Leonora
696 Leonora
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ˌliː.ɵˈnɔrə
844 Leontina
844 Leontina
-External links:*...

 
893 Leopoldina
893 Leopoldina
893 Leopoldina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It was named after the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.-External links:*...

 
68 Leto
68 Leto
68 Leto is a large main belt asteroid. Its spectral type is S. It was discovered by Robert Luther on April 29, 1861. The asteroid is named after Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology.-External links:* from JPL *...

 
ˈliːtoʊ Greek Λητώ
35 Leukothea
35 Leukothea
35 Leukothea is a large, dark main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by R. Luther on April 19, 1855, and named after Leukothea, a sea goddess in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ljuːˈkɒθiə Greek Λευκοθέα
954 Li
954 Li
954 Li is a Themistian asteroid. It has the second-shortest name of any minor planet, bested only by 85 Io.-External links:*...

 
ˈliː
771 Libera
771 Libera
-External links:*...

 
ˈlɪbərə
125 Liberatrix
125 Liberatrix
125 Liberatrix is a main-belt asteroid. It has a relatively reflective surface and an M-type spectrum. Liberatrix is a member of an asteroid family bearing its own name.-Discovery and name:...

 
ˌlɪbəˈreɪtrɪks ?
264 Libussa
264 Libussa
264 Libussa is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on December 22, 1886 in Clinton, New York and was named after Libussa, the legendary founder of Prague.- References :...

 
356 Liguria
356 Liguria
356 Liguria is a very large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 21, 1893, in Nice. It was named for the Italian region of the same name. It is one of seven of Charlois's discoveries that was expressly named by the Astromomisches Rechen-Institut ....

 
laɪˈɡuːriə
213 Lilaea
213 Lilaea
213 Lilaea is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an F-type asteroid. As with C-type asteroids, its composition is primitive and rich in carbon.It was discovered by C. H. F...

 
laɪˈliː.ə
756 Lilliana
756 Lilliana
756 Lilliana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It rotates around its axis of rotation every 9.3 hours.- References :...

 
468 Lina
468 Lina
468 Lina is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 18, 1901 at Heidelberg. Its provisional name was 1901 FZ. This asteroid was named Lina after the housemaid of Max Wolf's family. It is a core member of the Themis family of asteroids....

 
ˈliːnə
828 Lindemannia
828 Lindemannia
828 Lindemannia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named for the astronomer Adolph Friedrich Lindemann.-External links:*...

 
974 Lioba
974 Lioba
974 Lioba is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
846 Lipperta
846 Lipperta
-External links:*...

 
414 Liriope
414 Liriope
414 Liriope is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 16, 1896 in Nice....

 
lɪˈraɪ.ɵpiː
463 Lola
463 Lola
463 Lola is Main-belt asteroid discovered on October 31, 1900 Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*...

 
ˈloʊlə
117 Lomia
117 Lomia
117 Lomia is a rather large main-belt asteroid that has a nearly circular orbit. It has a very dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on September 12, 1871 from the Marseilles Observatory. The reason for the name is uncertain, but Lutz D...

 
165 Loreley
165 Loreley
165 Loreley is a very large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 9, 1876, in Clinton, New York and named after the Lorelei, a figure in German folklore....

 
ˈlɔrəlaɪ
429 Lotis
429 Lotis
429 Lotis is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a probable C-type asteroid and is likely composed of primitive carbonaceous materials.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 23, 1897 in Nice....

 
ˈloʊtɪs Greek Λωτίς
868 Lova
868 Lova
-External links:*...

 
222 Lucia
222 Lucia
222 Lucia is a large Themistian asteroid. It is spectral C-type and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 9, 1882 in Vienna and named after Lucia, daughter of Austro-Hungarian explorer Graf Wilczek.- References...

 
ˈljuːʃ(i)ə
146 Lucina
146 Lucina
146 Lucina is a main-belt asteroid. It is large, dark and has a carbonaceous composition.It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 8, 1875, and named after Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth....

 
ljuːˈsaɪnə
281 Lucretia
281 Lucretia
281 Lucretia is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 31, 1888 in Vienna. It is named for the middle name of Caroline Herschel, one of the first female astronomers.-References:...

 
ljuːˈkriːʃ(i)ə
675 Ludmilla
675 Ludmilla
-External links:*...

 
lʊdˈmɪlə
292 Ludovica
292 Ludovica
292 Ludovica is a Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 25, 1890 in Vienna.-References:...

 
ˌluːdɵˈviːkə
599 Luisa
599 Luisa
-External links:*...

 
luːˈiːzə
141 Lumen
141 Lumen
141 Lumen is a dark , large rocky asteroid 130 km in diameter orbiting in the main belt near the Eunomia family of asteroids. It is not, however, physically related to the group, being of the wrong spectral class...

 
ˈljuːmən
775 Lumière
775 Lumière
-External links:*...

 
ˌljuːmiˈɛr
809 Lundia
809 Lundia
809 Lundia is a small, binary, V-type asteroid orbiting within the Flora family in the Main Belt. It is named after Lund Observatory, Sweden....

 
ˈlʌndiə
713 Luscinia
713 Luscinia
-External links:*...

 
ljuːˈsɪniə ?
21 Lutetia
21 Lutetia
21 Lutetia is a large main-belt asteroid of an unusual spectral type. It measures about 100 kilometers in diameter . It was discovered in 1852 by Hermann Goldschmidt, and is named after Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris....

 
ljuːˈtiːʃ(i)ə
110 Lydia
110 Lydia
110 Lydia is a quite large main-belt asteroid with an M-type spectrum, which may contain nickel-iron. The asteriod has a fairly circular orbit around the sun. The Lydia asteroid family is named after it. It was discovered by A. Borrelly on April 19, 1870...

 
ˈlɪdiə
917 Lyka
917 Lyka
-External links:*...

 
ˈlaɪkə ?
897 Lysistrata
897 Lysistrata
-External links:*...

 
ˌlɪsɪˈstrɑːtə or laɪˈsɪstrətə

M

510 Mabella
510 Mabella
510 Mabella is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
318 Magdalena
318 Magdalena
318 Magdalena is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 24, 1891 in Nice.On April 15, 2005 UT Magdalena occulted a 10.7 mag star in the constellation Scutum for observers along a path across Australia....

 
ˌmæɡdəˈleɪnə
66 Maja
66 Maja
66 Maja is a dark, quite large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Horace Tuttle on April 9, 1861, and named after Maia, one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ˈmaɪ.ə ? Greek Μαία
754 Malabar
754 Malabar
754 Malabar is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1906 by August Kopff.-External links:*...

 
ˈmæləbɑr
749 Malzovia
749 Malzovia
-External links:*...

 
758 Mancunia
758 Mancunia
-External links:*...

 
mænˈkjuːniə
739 Mandeville
739 Mandeville
-External links:*...

 
ˈmændɪvɪl
870 Manto
870 Manto
870 Manto is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It was named after Manto, a prophetess in Greek mythology.-External links:*...

 
ˈmæntoʊ Greek Μαντώ
565 Marbachia
565 Marbachia
565 Marbachia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the German city of Marbach on the river Neckar, birthplace of the writer Friedrich Schiller.-External links:*...

 
310 Margarita
310 Margarita
310 Margarita is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 16, 1891 in Nice....

 
ˌmɑrɡəˈriːtə
735 Marghanna
735 Marghanna
-External links:*...

 
mɑrɡˈhænə
170 Maria
170 Maria
170 Maria is a Main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It is the namesake of the Maria asteroid family.It was discovered by J. Perrotin on January 10, 1877. Its orbit was computed by Antonio Abetti, and the asteroid was named after his sister, Maria....

 
məˈriːə
602 Marianna
602 Marianna
-External links:*...

 
ˌmæriˈɑːnə
506 Marion
506 Marion
506 Marion is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan in February 1903, and was later named for a cousin of his. It is designated as a C-type asteroid with a size of approximately .- References :...

 
ˈmæriən
912 Maritima
912 Maritima
-External links:*...

 
ˌmærɪˈtaɪmə
746 Marlu
746 Marlu
-External links:*...

 
711 Marmulla
711 Marmulla
711 Marmulla is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.The name is derived from the Old High German word 'marmul', which means 'marble'.-External links:*...

 
205 Martha
205 Martha
205 Martha is a large Main belt asteroid. It is a dark, primitive carbonaceous C-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 13, 1879 in Pola and was named after Martha, a woman in the New Testament.- References :...

 
ˈmɑrθə
981 Martina
981 Martina
981 Martina is a Themistian asteroid.-External links:*...

 
mɑrˈtiːnə
20 Massalia
20 Massalia
20 Massalia is a large and fairly bright main-belt asteroid. It is also the largest member of the Massalia family of asteroids. Its name is the Greek name for Marseille, the city from which one of the two independent co-discovers, Jean Chacornac, first sighted it.- Characteristics :Massalia is an...

 
məˈsæliə
760 Massinga
760 Massinga
-External links:*...

 
454 Mathesis
454 Mathesis
454 Mathesis is an asteroid. It was discovered by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on March 28, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FC....

 
ˈmæθɪsɪs or məˈθiːsɪs
253 Mathilde
253 Mathilde
253 Mathilde is a main-belt asteroid about 50 km in diameter that was discovered by Johann Palisa in 1885. It has a relatively elliptical orbit that requires more than four years to circle the Sun. This asteroid has an unusually slow rate of rotation, requiring 17.4 days to complete a...

 
məˈtɪldə
883 Matterania
883 Matterania
883 Matterania is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its rotation period is 5.64 hours.-External links:*...

 
765 Mattiaca
765 Mattiaca
-External links:*...

 
745 Mauritia
745 Mauritia
-External links:*...

 
mɔːˈriːʃ(i)ə
348 May
348 May
348 May is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 28, 1892 in Nice....

 
meɪ
991 McDonalda
991 McDonalda
991 McDonalda is a Themistian asteroid. It was discovered by Otto Struve in 1922 at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It is named after the McDonald Observatory, which Struve helped found in 1939.-External links:*...

 
873 Mechthild
873 Mechthild
-External links:*...

 
212 Medea
212 Medea
212 Medea is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is rather dark in colour.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 6, 1880, in Pola, and was named after Medea, a figure in Greek mythology....

 
mɪˈdiːə Greek Μήδεια
149 Medusa
149 Medusa
149 Medusa is a bright-coloured, stony main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Perrotin on September 21, 1875 and named after the Gorgon Medusa, a snake-haired monster in Greek mythology....

 
mɪˈdjuːsə Greek Μέδουσα
464 Megaira
464 Megaira
464 Megaira is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 9, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 FV. It lies close to the Gefion family, but is not a member....

 
mɪˈdʒiːrə Greek Μέγαιρα
688 Melanie
688 Melanie
-External links:*...

 
ˈmɛləni
56 Melete
56 Melete
56 Melete is a large and dark main belt asteroid. It is a rather unusual P-type asteroid, probably composed of organic rich silicates, carbon and anhydrous silicates, with possible internal water ice....

 
ˈmɛlɪtiː Greek Μελέτη
137 Meliboea
137 Meliboea
137 Meliboea is a large and very dark main-belt asteroid. It is composed of carbonaceous materials. It is the largest body in the Meliboea family of asteroids. Only 791 Ani approaches its size. It was discovered by J. Palisa on April 21, 1874, the second of his many asteroid discoveries. It is...

 
ˌmɛlɪˈbiːə Greek Μελίβοια
676 Melitta
676 Melitta
-External links:*...

 
mɪˈlɪtə
869 Mellena
869 Mellena
-External links:*...

 
18 Melpomene
18 Melpomene
18 Melpomene is a large, bright main-belt asteroid. It is composed of silicates and metals.It was discovered by J. R. Hind on June 24, 1852, and named after Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology....

 
mɛlˈpɒmɪniː Greek Μελπομένη
373 Melusina
373 Melusina
373 Melusina is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 15, 1893 in Nice....

 
188 Menippe
188 Menippe
188 Menippe is a main belt asteroid. It has a bright surface and rocky composition.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 18, 1878 in Clinton, New York and named after Menippe, one of the daughters of Orion in Greek mythology....

 
mɪˈnɪpiː Greek Μενίππη
536 Merapi
536 Merapi
536 Merapi is an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is classified as a minor planet, which orbits the Sun. It was discovered by George Henry Peterson May 11, 1904 in Washington, D.C. in the United States....

 
məˈræpi
808 Merxia
808 Merxia
-External links:*...

 
ˈmɜrksiə
545 Messalina
545 Messalina
545 Messalina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˌmɛsəˈlaɪnə
792 Metcalfia
792 Metcalfia
-External links:*...

 
9 Metis
9 Metis
9 Metis is one of the larger main-belt asteroids. It is composed of silicates and metallic nickel-iron, and may be the core remnant of a large asteroid that was destroyed by an ancient collision...

 
ˈmiːtɪs Greek Μήτις
878 Mildred
878 Mildred
878 Mildred is a minor planet in the main belt orbiting the Sun. It is the lowest numbered, and thus the namesake, of the Mildred family of asteroids, a subgroup of the Nysa family...

 
ˈmɪldrɪd
93 Minerva
93 Minerva
93 Minerva is a large trinary main-belt asteroid. It is a C-type asteroid, meaning that it has a dark surface and possibly a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 24, 1867, and named after Minerva, the Roman equivalent of Athena, goddess of wisdom...

 
mɪˈnɜrvə
594 Mireille
594 Mireille
-External links:*...

 
mɪˈreɪ
102 Miriam
102 Miriam
102 Miriam is a moderately large, very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 22, 1868 from the Litchfield Observatory.Peters named the asteroid after Miriam, the sister of Moses in the Old Testament...

 
ˈmɪriəm
569 Misa
569 Misa
- External links :*...

 
57 Mnemosyne
57 Mnemosyne
57 Mnemosyne is a large main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid in composition. It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 22, 1859 from Düsseldorf. Its name was chosen by Martin Hoek, director of the Utrecht Observatory, in reference to Mnemosyne, a Titaness in Greek...

 
nɪˈmɒsɪniː Greek Μνημοσύνη
733 Mocia
733 Mocia
733 Mocia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. A possible occultation was observed by Oscar Canales Moreno on October 1, 2001.-External links:*...

 
370 Modestia
370 Modestia
370 Modestia is probably a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 14, 1893 in Nice....

 
mɵˈdɛstiə
766 Moguntia
766 Moguntia
-External links:*...

 
638 Moira
638 Moira
-External links:*...

 
ˈmɔɪrə Greek Μοίρα
428 Monachia
428 Monachia
428 Monachia is an asteroid orbiting within the Flora family in the Main Belt.It was discovered by Walther Villiger on November 18, 1897 in Munich, Germany. It was his only asteroid discovery. The asteroid's name comes from the Latin name for Munich....

 
833 Monica
833 Monica
-External links:*...

 
ˈmɒnɪ
535 Montague
535 Montague
535 Montague is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈmɒntəɡjuː
797 Montana
797 Montana
-External links:*...

 
mɒnˈtænə
782 Montefiore
782 Montefiore
782 Montefiore is a minor planet orbiting the Sun named for Clarice Sebag-Montefiore, wife of Alfons von Rothschild of Vienna.-External links:*...

 
ˌmɒntɪˈfjɔri
947 Monterosa
947 Monterosa
-External links:*...

 
787 Moskva
787 Moskva
787 Moskva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.The object 1914 UQ discovered April 20, 1914 by Grigory Neujmin was named 787 Moskva for the capital of Russia Moscow . The object 1934 FD discovered on March 19, 1934 by C. Jackson was given the sequence number 1317. In 1938, G. N...

 
mɒskˈvɑː
993 Moultona
993 Moultona
993 Moultona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
941 Murray
941 Murray
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ˈmʌriː
600 Musa
600 Musa
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966 Muschi
966 Muschi
966 Muschi is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered on November 9, 1921 by the German astronomer Walter Baade out of the Hamburger Sternwarte. Baade named the asteroid after his wife's nickname.-External links:*...

 
381 Myrrha
381 Myrrha
381 Myrrha is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 10, 1894, in Nice....

 
ˈmɪrə Greek Μύρρα

N

845 Naëma
845 Naëma
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ˈnaɪmə
559 Nanon
559 Nanon
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853 Nansenia
853 Nansenia
853 Nansenia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Norwegian polar explorer Fritjof Nansen.-External links:*...

 
534 Nassovia
534 Nassovia
534 Nassovia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Koronis family of asteroids....

 
448 Natalie
448 Natalie
448 Natalie is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....

 
ˈnætəliː
811 Nauheima
811 Nauheima
811 Nauheima is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Bad Nauheim, a spa town in western Germany.-External links:*...

 
192 Nausikaa
192 Nausikaa
192 Nausikaa is a large main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 17, 1879 at Pula, then in Austria, now in Croatia. The name derives from Nausicaä, a princess in Homer's Odyssey....

 
nɔːˈsɪkeɪ.ə Greek Ναυσικάα
903 Nealley
903 Nealley
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51 Nemausa
51 Nemausa
51 Nemausa is a large asteroid-belt asteroid similar to 1 Ceres in composition. It was discovered by one "A. Laurent", an obscure figure about whom little is known. Laurent made the discovery from the private observatory of Benjamin Valz in Nîmes, France. The house, at 32 rue Nationale in Nîmes,...

 
nɪˈmɔːzə
128 Nemesis
128 Nemesis
128 Nemesis is a very large and very dark main-belt asteroid, of carbonaceous composition. It rotates rather slowly, taking about one and half Earth days to complete one revolution. Nemesis is the largest member of the Nemesian asteroid family bearing its name. It was discovered by J. C...

 
ˈnɛmɪsɪs Greek Νέμεσις
289 Nenetta
289 Nenetta
289 Nenetta is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 10, 1890 in Nice....

 
431 Nephele
431 Nephele
431 Nephele is a large Themistian asteroid. It is spectral C-type and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 18, 1897 in Nice....

 
ˈnɛfəliː Greek Νεφέλη
287 Nephthys
287 Nephthys
287 Nephthys is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 25, 1889 in Clinton, New York....

 
ˈnɛfθɪs
601 Nerthus
601 Nerthus
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ˈnɜrθəs
659 Nestor
659 Nestor
659 Nestor is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid orbiting the Sun. Along with the other Jupiter Trojans in the Greek Camp, it orbits along Jupiter's path, about 60 degrees ahead of the planet....

 
ˈnɛstɵr Greek Νέστωρ
855 Newcombia
855 Newcombia
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662 Newtonia
662 Newtonia
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njuːˈtoʊniə
843 Nicolaia
843 Nicolaia
843 Nicolaia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was a lost asteroid for 65 years before being rediscovered by Heidelberg Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in 1981. -External links:* -External links:...

 
ˌniːkɵˈlaɪ.ə
307 Nike  ˈnaɪkiː Greek Νίκη
779 Nina
779 Nina
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ˈniːnə
357 Ninina
357 Ninina
357 Ninina is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 11, 1893, in Nice....

 
71 Niobe
71 Niobe
71 Niobe is a quite large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on August 13, 1861, and named after Niobe, a character in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
ˈnaɪ.ɵbiː Greek Νιόβη'
727 Nipponia
727 Nipponia
727 Nipponia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.Nipponia was originally discovered by Shin Hirayama in Tokyo on March 6, 1900. However, he was not able to determine its orbit. After it was rediscovered by A...

 
703 Noëmi
703 Noëmi
- Introduction :It is an asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa on October 3, 1910 with an estimated diameter of 13 km. It was named for Baroness Valentine Noémi von Rothschild to celebrate her engagement to Baron Sigismund von Springer . Noémi von Rothschild's father, Baron Rothschild, had...

 
ˈnoʊ.əmiː
473 Nolli
473 Nolli
473 Nolli is a rather small asteroid that may be in the Eunomia family. It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 13, 1901, but unusually it remained a "lost asteroid" for many decades, until it was recovered finally in 1987 , 86 years later. Almost nothing is known about its...

 
783 Nora
783 Nora
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ˈnɔrə
555 Norma
555 Norma
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ˈnɔrmə
626 Notburga
626 Notburga
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150 Nuwa
150 Nuwa
150 Nuwa is a large main-belt asteroid. It is composed of primitive carbonaceous chondritic material. The surface is exceedingly dark.It was discovered by J. C...

 
875 Nymphe
875 Nymphe
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ˈnɪmfiː Greek Νύμφη
44 Nysa
44 Nysa
44 Nysa is a large and very bright main-belt asteroid, and the brightest member of the Nysian asteroid family. It is classified as a rare class E asteroid and is probably the largest of this type .-Discovery:...

 
ˈnaɪsə

O

224 Oceana
224 Oceana
224 Oceana is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It is an M-type, but is not metallic.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 30, 1882 in Vienna.It was named after the Pacific Ocean....

 
ˌoʊʃiːˈænə
475 Ocllo
475 Ocllo
475 Ocllo is an asteroid. It was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on August 14, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 HN....

 
ˈɒkjoʊ
598 Octavia
598 Octavia
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ɒkˈteɪviə
215 Oenone
215 Oenone
215 Oenone is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Viktor Knorre on April 7, 1880 in Berlin. It was first of his four asteroid discoveries.It was named after Oenone, a nymph in Greek mythology.- References :...

 
ɪˈnoʊniː Greek Οινώνη
439 Ohio
439 Ohio
439 Ohio is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 13, 1898 at Mount Hamilton, California. It was first of his total of three asteroid discoveries.-References:...

 
oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ
304 Olga
304 Olga
304 Olga is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 14, 1891 in Vienna....

 
ˈɔːlɡə
835 Olivia
835 Olivia
835 Olivia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ɵˈlɪviə
582 Olympia
582 Olympia
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ɵˈlɪmpiə Greek Όλυμπος
171 Ophelia
171 Ophelia
171 Ophelia is a large, dark Themistian asteroid. It probably has a primitive composition, similar to that of the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites....

 
oʊˈfiːliə
255 Oppavia
255 Oppavia
255 Oppavia is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. It classified as a dark P-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 31, 1886 in Vienna and was named after Opava, town in the Czech Republic , where Palisa was born....

 
701 Oriola
701 Oriola
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350 Ornamenta
350 Ornamenta
350 Ornamenta is a relatively large main-belt asteroid, measuring 118k in diameter. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material....

 
551 Ortrud
551 Ortrud
551 Ortrud is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is located in the Main Belt....

 
750 Oskar
750 Oskar
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ˈɒskər
343 Ostara
343 Ostara
343 Ostara is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 15, 1892 in Heidelberg....

 
913 Otila
913 Otila
913 Otila is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids-External links:*...

 
670 Ottegebe
670 Ottegebe
670 Ottegebe is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In 2007 lightcurve data showed that Ottegebe rotates every 10.041 ± 0.002 hours.-External links:*...

 
994 Otthild
994 Otthild
994 Otthild is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
401 Ottilia
401 Ottilia
401 Ottilia is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 16, 1895, in Heidelberg....

 

P

363 Padua
363 Padua
363 Padua a Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 17, 1893 in Nice. It was named after the city of Padova, which is located near Venice, Italy....

 
ˈpædjuːə Paduan
953 Painleva
953 Painleva
953 Painleva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 29 April 1921 by the Russian astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky. The planet was named in honor of the French statesman and mathemetician Paul Painlevé.-External links:*...

 
415 Palatia
415 Palatia
415 Palatia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 7, 1896 in Heidelberg....

 
pəˈleɪʃ(i)ə Palatian pəˈleɪʃiɪn
49 Pales
49 Pales
49 Pales is a large, dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 from his balcony in Paris.The asteroid is named after Pales, the goddess of shepherds in Roman mythology. Since it was discovered on the same night as 48 Doris, geologist Élie de Beaumont...

 
ˈpeɪliːz
914 Palisana
914 Palisana
914 Palisana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa.-External links:*...

 
2 Pallas
2 Pallas
Pallas, formally designated 2 Pallas, is the second asteroid to have been discovered , and one of the largest. It is estimated to constitute 7% of the mass of the asteroid belt, and its diameter of 530–565 km is comparable to, or slightly larger than, that of 4 Vesta. It is however 20%...

 
ˈpæləs Greek Πάλλας Palladian pəˈleɪdiɪn
372 Palma
372 Palma
372 Palma is one of the largest main-belt asteroids.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1893, in Nice. It is thought to be named for the capital city of Majorca, an island in the Balearics , which are located south of France...

 
ˈpɑːlmə
539 Pamina
539 Pamina
539 Pamina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
55 Pandora
55 Pandora
55 Pandora is a fairly large and very bright main belt asteroid. Pandora was discovered by George Mary Searle on September 10, 1858 from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, NY. It was his first and only asteroid discovery....

 
pænˈdoʊrə Greek Πανδώρα
70 Panopaea
70 Panopaea
70 Panopaea is a large main belt asteroid. Its orbit is close to those of the Eunomia asteroid family; however, Panopaea is a dark, primitive carbonaceous C-type asteroid in contrast to the S-type asteroids of the Eunomian asteroids....

 
ˌpænɵˈpiːə ?
471 Papagena
471 Papagena
471 Papagena is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on June 7, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GN.Papagena comes to a favorable near-opposition apparent magnitude of better than magnitude 9.8 every five years...

 
347 Pariana
347 Pariana
347 Pariana is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an M-type asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 28, 1892 in Nice.- References :...

 
11 Parthenope
11 Parthenope
11 Parthenope is a large, bright main-belt asteroid.Parthenope was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on May 11, 1850, the second of his nine asteroid discoveries. It was named after one of the Sirens in Greek mythology, said to have founded the city of Naples...

 
pɑrˈθɛnɵpiː Greek Παρθενόπη Parthenopian, Parthenopean ˌpɑrθɪˈnoʊpiɪn, ˌpɑrθɪnəˈpiːɪn
888 Parysatis
888 Parysatis
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451 Patientia
451 Patientia
451 Patientia is an asteroid of the asteroid belt and with a diameter of 225 km is one of the larger asteroids in the belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 4, 1899...

 
peɪʃiˈɛntʃ(i)ə
436 Patricia
436 Patricia
436 Patricia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on September 13, 1898 in Heidelberg....

 
pəˈtrɪʃ(i)ə Patrician pəˈtrɪʃiɪn
617 Patroclus
617 Patroclus
617 Patroclus is a binary minor planet made up of two similarly-sized objects orbiting their common centre of gravity. It is a Trojan asteroid, sharing an orbit with Jupiter. It was discovered in 1906 by August Kopff, and was the second trojan to be discovered...

 
pəˈtroʊkləs Greek Πάτροκλος Patroclean ˌpætrəˈkliːɪn
278 Paulina
278 Paulina
278 Paulina is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 16, 1888 in Vienna....

 
pɔːˈliːnə Paulinian pɔːˈlɪniɪn
537 Pauly
537 Pauly
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ˈpɔːli Paulian ? ˈpɔːliɪn
679 Pax
679 Pax
679 Pax is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after Pax, a Roman goddess.-External links:*...

 
ˈpæks
118 Peitho
118 Peitho
118 Peitho is a main-belt asteroid. It is probably an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 15, 1872, and named after one of the two Peithos in Greek mythology. There have been two observed Peithoan occultations of a dim star: one was in 2000 and the other in 2003.-References:...

 
ˈpaɪθoʊ Greek Πειθώ
201 Penelope
201 Penelope
201 Penelope is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a M-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 7, 1879 in Pola. It was his 17th discovery.The asteroid is named after Penelope, the wife of Odysseus in Homer's The Odyssey....

 
pɪˈnɛlɵpiː Greek Πηνελόπη Penelopean ˌpɛnɪləˈpiːɪn
271 Penthesilea
271 Penthesilea
271 Penthesilea is a large Main belt asteroid. It was named after Penthesilea, the mythical Greek queen of the Amazons.It was discovered by Viktor Knorre on October 13, 1887 in Berlin. It was his last asteroid discovery.-References:...

 
ˌpɛnθɪsɪˈliːə Greek Πενθεσίλεια
554 Peraga
554 Peraga
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399 Persephone
399 Persephone
399 Persephone is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on February 23, 1895 in Heidelberg.-External links:...

 
pərˈsɛfɵniː Greek Περσεφόνη
975 Perseverantia
975 Perseverantia
975 Perseverantia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
482 Petrina
482 Petrina
482 Petrina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
830 Petropolitana
830 Petropolitana
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968 Petunia
968 Petunia
968 Petunia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
pɪˈtjuːniə
174 Phaedra
174 Phaedra
174 Phaedra is a sizable, rocky main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 2, 1877 and named after Phaedra, the tragic lovelorn queen in Greek mythology....

 
ˈfiːdrə Greek Φαίδρα
322 Phaeo
322 Phaeo
322 Phaeo is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a M-type asteroid.The asteroid was discovered by A. Borrelly on November 27, 1891 in Marseilles, France. It was named for the Greek mythological figure Phaeo, one of the Hyades or nymphs. Several other asteroids were named for other of...

 
ˈfiː.oʊ
296 Phaëtusa
296 Phaëtusa
296 Phaëtusa is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1890 in Nice....

 
ˌfeɪəˈtjuːsə
274 Philagoria
274 Philagoria
274 Philagoria is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 3, 1888 in Vienna....

 
ˌfɪləˈɡoʊriə ?
280 Philia
280 Philia
280 Philia is a fairly large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 29, 1888 at the Vienna Observatory....

 
ˈfɪliə
977 Philippa
977 Philippa
977 Philippa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
fɪˈlɪpə
631 Philippina
631 Philippina
631 Philippina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. In 2007 lightcurve data showed that it rotates every 5.899 ± 0.001 hours.-External links:*...

 
fɪˈlɪpɪ
196 Philomela
196 Philomela
196 Philomela is a large and bright main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 14, 1879, in Clinton, New York and named after Philomela, the woman who became a nightingale in Greek mythology....

 
ˌfɪlɵˈmiːlə Greek Φιλομήλα
227 Philosophia
227 Philosophia
227 Philosophia is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by P.P. Henry on August 12, 1882, in Paris and named after philosophy.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]*...

 
ˌfɪlɵˈsɒfiə
25 Phocaea
25 Phocaea
25 Phocaea is a main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Chacornac at Marseille, on April 6. 1853. It was his first asteroid discovery out of a total of six. It is named after Phocaea, the ancient Greek name for Foça in Turkey, from where came the founders of Marseille.-References:...

 
foʊˈsiːə
443 Photographica
443 Photographica
443 Photographica is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on February 17, 1899 in Heidelberg....

 
ˌfoʊtɵˈɡræfɪ
189 Phthia
189 Phthia
189 Phthia is a bright-coloured, rocky main belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 9, 1878 in Clinton, New York and named after Phthia, a region of Ancient Greece....

 
ˈθaɪ.ə Greek Φθία
556 Phyllis
556 Phyllis
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ˈfɪlɪs
614 Pia
614 Pia
614 Pia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The planet is native to the asteroid belt and was first seen and discovered on October 11, 1906 by August Kopff-External links:*...

 
ˈpiː.ə
1000 Piazzia
1000 Piazzia
1000 Piazzia, discovered in 1923, is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was the 1000th minor planet to be numbered, and was named in honour of Giuseppe Piazzi, who discovered the first asteroid, 1 Ceres....

 
803 Picka
803 Picka
-External links:*...

 
784 Pickeringia
784 Pickeringia
-External links:*...

 
312 Pierretta
312 Pierretta
312 Pierretta is a Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 28, 1891 in Nice....

 
ˌpiː.ɛˈrɛtə ?
648 Pippa
648 Pippa
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ˈpɪpə
484 Pittsburghia
484 Pittsburghia
Pittsburghia is an asteroid that is in orbit around the Sun 150 million miles from Earth. It is named in honor of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its scientific and industrial heritage that produced some of the finest astronomy equipment of the day ....

 
pɪtsˈbɜrɡiə Pittsburghian pɪtsˈbɝrɡiɪn
946 Poësia
946 Poesia
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poʊˈɛziə ?
142 Polana
142 Polana
142 Polana is a very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on January 28, 1875, and named after the city of Pola , home of the Austrian Naval Observatory where he made the discovery....

 
33 Polyhymnia
33 Polyhymnia
33 Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns....

 
ˌpɒlɪˈhɪmniə
595 Polyxena
595 Polyxena
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pɒˈlɪksɪ Greek Πολυξένη
308 Polyxo
308 Polyxo
308 Polyxo is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a rare T-type asteroid.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on March 31, 1891, in Marseilles....

 
pɒˈlɪksoʊ Greek Πολυξώ
32 Pomona
32 Pomona
32 Pomona is a main-belt asteroid.Pomona was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 26, 1854. It is named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees.-Observations:...

 
pɵˈmoʊnə
203 Pompeja
203 Pompeja
203 Pompeja is a quite large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 25, 1879, in Clinton, New York, and named after Pompeii, the Roman town destroyed in volcanic eruption in 79 AD.- References :...

 
pɒmˈpeɪə ? Pompejan
757 Portlandia
757 Portlandia
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pɔrtˈlændiə
547 Praxedis
547 Praxedis
547 Praxedis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.This asteroid was named after a character in Joseph Viktor von Scheffel's Ekkehard....

 
ˈpræksɪdɪs ?
790 Pretoria
790 Pretoria
790 Pretoria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Cybele group located beyond the core of the main belt . It is in diameter with a 10.37 hour rotation period.-External links:*...

 
prɪˈtɔriə Pretorian
529 Preziosa
529 Preziosa
529 Preziosa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
884 Priamus
884 Priamus
884 Priamus is a Trojan asteroid that orbits the Sun at the same distance as the planet Jupiter. It is located in the trailing Lagrangian point.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 22 1917 in Heidelberg, Germany.-External links:*...

 
ˈpraɪ.əməs ? Greek Πρίαμος
970 Primula
970 Primula
970 Primula is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its rotational period is 2.777 hours.-External links:*...

 
ˈprɪmjʊ
508 Princetonia
508 Princetonia
508 Princetonia is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan at Heidelberg, Germany in 1903 and named "Princetonia" for Princeton University in New Jersey in the United States....

 
prɪnsˈtoʊniə
997 Priska
997 Priska
997 Priska is a main-belt asteroid.-External links:*...

 
ˈprɪskə
902 Probitas
902 Probitas
902 Probitas is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by an Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna on September 3, 1918.-External links:*...

 
ˈproʊbɪtəs ?
194 Prokne
194 Prokne
194 Prokne is a very large and dark main-belt asteroid. It has a primitive carbonaceous composition.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on March 21, 1879 in Clinton, New York, and named after Procne, the sister of Philomela in Greek mythology....

 
ˈprɒkniː Greek Πρόκνη
26 Proserpina
26 Proserpina
26 Proserpina is a main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by R. Luther on May 5, 1853.It is named after the Roman goddess Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres and the Queen of the Underworld.-References:...

 
prɵˈsɝːpɪ
147 Protogeneia
147 Protogeneia
147 Protogeneia is a large main belt asteroid with a low orbital eccentricity and inclination. It has a dark surface and probably a primitive composition of carbonaceous material....

 
ˌproʊtɵdʒɪˈnaɪ.ə Greek Πρωτογένεια
474 Prudentia
474 Prudentia
474 Prudentia is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :...

 
pruːˈdɛntʃ(i)ə
261 Prymno
261 Prymno
261 Prymno is a somewhat large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a B-type asteroid and probably has a primitive composition not unlike common C-type carbonaceous asteroids.It was discovered by C. H. F...

 
ˈprɪmnoʊ Greek Πρυμνώ
16 Psyche
16 Psyche
16 Psyche )is one of the ten most massive main-belt asteroids. It is over 200 kilometers in diameter and contains a little less than 1% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. It is the most massive of the metallic M-type asteroids....

 
ˈsaɪkiː Greek Ψυχή Psychean saɪˈkiːɪn
762 Pulcova
762 Pulcova
762 Pulcova is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Grigoriy N. Neujmin in 1913, and is named after Pulkovo Observatory, near Saint Petersburg...

 
632 Pyrrha
632 Pyrrha
-External links:*...

 
ˈpɪrə Greek Πύρρα
432 Pythia
432 Pythia
432 Pythia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 18, 1897 in Nice.- External links :...

 
ˈpɪθiə Greek Πυθία Pythian ˈpɪθiɪn

R

674 Rachele
674 Rachele
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rəˈkɛli
708 Raphaela
708 Raphaela
-External links:*...

 
ˌræfeɪˈɛlə Raphaelian ˌræfeɪˈɛliɪn
927 Ratisbona
927 Ratisbona
927 Ratisbona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It has been named after the Latin name of the city of Regensburg.-External links:*...

 
572 Rebekka
572 Rebekka
572 Rebekka is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, which was discovered on September 19, 1905, by a German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg.It was named after a young lady from Heidelberg.-External links:*...

 
rəˈbɛkə
573 Recha
573 Recha
573 Recha is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.This asteroid was named after a character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the Wise.-External links:*...

 
ˈrɛkə
285 Regina
285 Regina
285 Regina is typical, although fairly large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 3, 1889 in Nice....

 
rɪˈdʒaɪnə
574 Reginhild
574 Reginhild
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575 Renate
575 Renate
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906 Repsolda
906 Repsolda
906 Repsolda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named for the German astronomer and fireman Johann Georg Repsold who founded and ran Hamburg Observatory.-External links:*...

 
528 Rezia
528 Rezia
528 Rezia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈrɛtsiə
577 Rhea
577 Rhea
577 Rhea is a minor planet orbiting the sun. It is named after Rhea, one of the Titans in Greek mythology.It should not be confused with Saturn's moon Rhea.-External links:*...

 
ˈriː.ə Greek Ρέα Rhean ˈriːɪn
907 Rhoda
907 Rhoda
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ˈroʊdə Greek Ρόδη Rhodian ˈroʊdiɪn
437 Rhodia
437 Rhodia
437 Rhodia is a Main belt asteroid. It has the highest albedo of any main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 16, 1898 in Nice.-References:...

 
rɵˈdaɪ.ə Greek Ρόδεια
166 Rhodope
166 Rhodope
166 Rhodope is a very dark main belt asteroid, a member of the Adeona family of asteroids.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 15, 1876 in Clinton, New York and named after Rhodope, the queen in Greek mythology who was turned into a mountain....

 
ˈrɒdɵpiː Greek Ροδόπη
879 Ricarda
879 Ricarda
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rɪˈkɑrdə Ricardian rɪˈkɑrdiɪn
335 Roberta
335 Roberta
335 Roberta is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an F-type asteroid.It was discovered by Anton Staus on September 1, 1892 in Heidelberg. It was his only asteroid discovery....

 
rɵˈbɜrtə Robertian rəˈbɝːtiɪn
904 Rockefellia
904 Rockefellia
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ˌrɒkɨˈfɛliə Rockefellian
920 Rogeria
920 Rogeria
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Rogerian
472 Roma
472 Roma
472 Roma is an asteroid. It was discovered by Luigi Carnera on July 11, 1901. Its provisional name was 1901 GP. This asteroid was named by Antonio Abetti for the city of Rome in Italy, thenative country of its discoverer....

 
ˈroʊmə Latin Rōma Roman
942 Romilda
942 Romilda
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223 Rosa
223 Rosa
223 Rosa is a large Themistian asteroid. It is classified as a combination of C-type and P-type asteroids, so it is probably composed of carbonaceous material rich in water ice....

 
ˈroʊzə
314 Rosalia
314 Rosalia
314 Rosalia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 1, 1891 in Nice.-References:...

 
rɵˈzeɪli.ə ?
900 Rosalinde
900 Rosalinde
900 Rosalinde is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after a character in Johann Strauss's opera Die Fledermaus.-External links:*...

 
ˈrɒzəlɪnd
540 Rosamunde
540 Rosamunde
540 Rosamunde is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 19 km and it has an albedo of 0.243 . Its rotation period is 9.336 hours....

 
ˈrɒzəmənd ?
985 Rosina
985 Rosina
985 Rosina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
roʊˈziːnə
615 Roswitha
615 Roswitha
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rɒzˈviːtə
874 Rotraut
874 Rotraut
-External links:*...

 
317 Roxane
317 Roxane
317 Roxane is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 11, 1891 in Nice, and was at first named Roxana....

 
rɒkˈsæn
353 Ruperto-Carola
353 Ruperto-Carola
353 Ruperto-Carola is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 16, 1893 in Heidelberg. It is named after the University of Heidelberg, whose Latin name is Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis....

 
232 Russia
232 Russia
232 Russia is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on January 31, 1883 in Vienna and was named after the country of Russia....

 
ˈrʌʃ(i)ə
798 Ruth
798 Ruth
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ˈruːθ

S

665 Sabine
665 Sabine
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ˈseɪbaɪn Latin Sabīnus Sabinian səˈbɪniɪn
562 Salome
562 Salome
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səˈloʊmiː
275 Sapientia
275 Sapientia
275 Sapientia is a very large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 15, 1888 in Vienna....

 
ˌsæpiˈɛntʃiə
80 Sappho
80 Sappho
80 Sappho is a quite large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Norman Pogson on May 2, 1864, and is named after Sappho, the Greek poet.-References:...

 
ˈsæfoʊ Greek Σαπφώ
533 Sara
533 Sara
533 Sara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈsærə
796 Sarita
796 Sarita
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səˈriːtə ?
461 Saskia
461 Saskia
461 Saskia is a Themistian asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP....

 
ˈsæski.ə
460 Scania
460 Scania
460 Scania is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on 22 October 1900 and given the provisional name 1900 FN. It was named at a meeting in Lund, Scania, in 1904.-References:...

 
ˈskeɪni.ə Scanian
643 Scheherezade
643 Scheherezade
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ʃəˌhɛrɪˈzɑːd
596 Scheila
596 Scheila
596 Scheila is a main-belt asteroid and main-belt cometorbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 21 February 1906 by August Kopff from Heidelberg...

 
ˈʃiːlə
922 Schlutia
922 Schlutia
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837 Schwarzschilda
837 Schwarzschilda
837 Schwarzschilda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. it is named after Karl Schwarzschild, a physicist and astronomer who had died earlier that year....

 
989 Schwassmannia
989 Schwassmannia
989 Schwassmannia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
876 Scott
876 Scott
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skɒt Scottian ? ˈskoʊʃiɪn
155 Scylla
155 Scylla
155 Scylla is a main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Palisa on November 8, 1875 and named after the monster Scylla in Greek mythology....

 
ˈsɪlə Greek Σκύλλη
892 Seeligeria
892 Seeligeria
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580 Selene
580 Selene
580 Selene is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The name Selene is that of an ancient Greek goddess of the Moon.This body orbits the Sun nearly mid-way between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The orbital eccentricity is slightly lower than that of Mars. Based on its light curve, Selene has an...

 
səˈliːniː Greek Σελήνη Selenian səˈliːniɪn
500 Selinur
500 Selinur
500 Selinur is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
86 Semele
86 Semele
86 Semele is a large and very dark main-belt asteroid. It is probably composed of carbonates. Semele was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich Tietjen on January 4, 1866. It was his first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after Semele, the mother of Dionysus in Greek...

 
ˈsɛmɪliː Greek Σεμέλη
584 Semiramis
584 Semiramis
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səˈmɪrəmɪs Greek Σεμίραμις
550 Senta
550 Senta
550 Senta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈsɛntə
483 Seppina
483 Seppina
483 Seppina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
838 Seraphina
838 Seraphina
-External links:*...

 
ˌsɛrəˈfiːnə
168 Sibylla
168 Sibylla
168 Sibylla is a large main-belt asteroid. It is very dark and composed of primitive carbonaceous materials.It is a Cybele asteroid, orbiting beyond most of the main-belt asteroids.It was discovered by J. C. Watson on September 28, 1876....

 
sɪˈbɪlə Greek Σιβύλλη Sibyllian sɪˈbɪliɪn
579 Sidonia
579 Sidonia
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saɪˈdoʊniə Sidonian
386 Siegena
386 Siegena
386 Siegena is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 1, 1894, in Heidelberg....

 
siːˈɡɛnə Siegenian siːˈɡɛniɪn
552 Sigelinde
552 Sigelinde
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459 Signe
459 Signe
459 Signe is an asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FM....

 
ˈsɪɡniː
502 Sigune
502 Sigune
502 Sigune is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
257 Silesia
257 Silesia
257 Silesia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 5, 1886 in Vienna.It is named after Silesia, a region of the Central Europe.Little data is available on it.- References :...

 
sɪˈliːʃiə or saɪˈliːʃə Silesian sɪˈliːʃiɪn or saɪˈliːʃiɪn
748 Simeïsa
748 Simeïsa
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332 Siri
332 Siri
332 Siri is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 19, 1892 in Heidelberg....

 
ˈsiːri
116 Sirona
116 Sirona
116 Sirona is a somewhat large and bright-colored main-belt asteroid. It has an S-type spectrum. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 8, 1871, and named after Sirona, the Celtic goddess of healing....

 
sɪˈroʊnə ?
823 Sisigambis
823 Sisigambis
823 Sisigambis is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 17 km and it has an albedo of 0.179 . Its rotation period is unknown but appears to be greater than at least 12 hours.-External links:*...

 
244 Sita
244 Sita
244 Sita is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 14, 1884 in Vienna.-References:*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]*...

 
ˈsiːtə
140 Siwa
140 Siwa
140 Siwa is a large and dark main-belt asteroid. It has a composition of a P asteroid. It was discovered by J. Palisa on October 13, 1874, and named after Šiwa, the Slavic goddess of fertility. Siwa has a very flat lightcurve, indicating a spherical body.The Rosetta comet probe was to visit Siwa...

 
ˈsiːvə
251 Sophia
251 Sophia
251 Sophia is a main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 4, 1885 in Vienna and was named after Sophia, wife of astronomer Hugo von Seeliger.- References :...

 
soʊˈfiːə Sophian
134 Sophrosyne
134 Sophrosyne
134 Sophrosyne is a large main-belt asteroid. It has an exceedingly dark surface and most probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 27, 1873, and is named after the concept of sophrosyne, Plato's term for 'moderation'....

 
sɵˈfrɒzɪniː Greek Σωφροσύνη
731 Sorga
731 Sorga
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896 Sphinx
896 Sphinx
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ˈsfɪŋks Greek Σφίγξ Sphinxian ˈsfɪŋksiɪn
831 Stateira
831 Stateira
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707 Steina
707 Steïna
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220 Stephania
220 Stephania
220 Stephania is a Main belt asteroid. It is a P-type asteroid, meaning it is relatively dark and composed of organic rich silicates, carbon and anhydrous silicates.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 19, 1881 in Vienna...

 
stəˈfeɪniə Greek Στεφανία Stephanian
566 Stereoskopia
566 Stereoskopia
566 Stereoskopia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Cybele group located beyond the core of the main belt . It is 168 km in diameter with a 12.1 hour rotation period.-External links:*...

 
ˌstɛri.ɵˈskoʊpiə
995 Sternberga
995 Sternberga
995 Sternberga is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1923 by Sergei Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory.-External links:*...

 
768 Struveana
768 Struveana
768 Struveana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was named jointly in honor of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhelm von Struve and Karl Hermann Struve.-External links:*...

 
964 Subamara
964 Subamara
964 Subamara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
ˌsuːbəˈmɑːrə ? (stress is correct)
417 Suevia
417 Suevia
417 Suevia is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a K-type/S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on May 6, 1896 in Heidelberg....

 
ˈswiːviə Latin Suēvus Suevian
752 Sulamitis
752 Sulamitis
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563 Suleika
563 Suleika
563 Suleika is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Previously designated as 1905 QK, it was discovered by Paul Götz on April 6, 1905 from Heidelberg, Germany.-External links:*...

 
suːˈlaɪkə
542 Susanna  suːˈzænə
933 Susi
933 Susi
933 Susi is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.The object 1911 LX discovered April 22, 1911 by H. E. Wood was named 715 Transvaalia. On April 23, 1920, the object 1920 GZ was discovered and named 933 Susi. In 1928 it was realized that these were one and the same object...

 
ˈsuːzi
329 Svea
329 Svea
329 Svea is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 21, 1892 in Heidelberg....

 
992 Swasey
992 Swasey
992 Swasey is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Otto Struve in 1922 at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It is named after Ambrose Swasey of the Warner & Swasey Company, which built the 82-inch telescope named after Struve at McDonald...

 
ˈsweɪziː
882 Swetlana
882 Swetlana
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svɛtˈlɑːnə
519 Sylvania
519 Sylvania
519 Sylvania is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
sɪlˈveɪniə Sylvanian
87 Sylvia
87 Sylvia
87 Sylvia is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It is a member of the Cybele group located beyond the core of the belt . Sylvia is remarkable for being the first asteroid known to possess more than one moon....

 
ˈsɪlviə Sylvian

T

721 Tabora
721 Tabora
721 Tabora is a planetoid orbiting the Sun.Tabora was named at a conference in Hamburg, Germany in 1913. The name was chosen because the conference was held aboard the passenger cargo liner of the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie.-External links:*...

 
326 Tamara
326 Tamara
326 Tamara is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on March 19, 1892 in Vienna.-External links:...

 
ˈtæmərə
772 Tanete
772 Tanete
772 Tanete is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its diameter is about 117.66 km.-External links:*...

 
825 Tanina
825 Tanina
825 Tanina is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 11 km and it has an albedo of 0.262 . Its rotation period is 6.746 hours.-External links:*...

 
769 Tatjana
769 Tatjana
769 Tatjana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the German model and actress Tatjana Patitz-External links:*...

 
ˌtɑːtiːˈɑːnə
581 Tauntonia
581 Tauntonia
-External links:*...

 
tɔːnˈtoʊniə
512 Taurinensis
512 Taurinensis
512 Taurinensis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is an S-type asteroid, with a rotation period of 5.59 hours.-References:*...

 
ˌtɔːrɪˈnɛnsɪs
814 Tauris
814 Tauris
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ˈtɔːrɪs
453 Tea
453 Tea
453 Tea is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 21 km and it has an albedo of 0.183 . Its rotation period is 6.4 hours....

 
604 Tekmessa
604 Tekmessa
-External links:*...

 
tɛkˈmɛsə Greek Τέκμησσα
345 Tercidina
345 Tercidina
345 Tercidina is a large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 23, 1892, in Nice.-Size:Via asteroid occultations:...

 
478 Tergeste
478 Tergeste
478 Tergeste is an asteroid orbiting the Sun....

 
tərˈdʒɛstiː Tergestian tɚˈdʒɛstiɪn
81 Terpsichore
81 Terpsichore
81 Terpsichore is a large and very dark main-belt asteroid. It has most probably a very primitive carbonaceous composition. It was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on September 30, 1864. It is named after Terpsichore, the Muse of dance in Greek mythology.-References:...

 
tərˈpsɪkɵriː Greek Τερψιχόρα Terpsichorean ˌtɝːpsɪkəˈriːɪn
23 Thalia
23 Thalia
23 Thalia is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15, 1852, at the private observatory of W. Bishop, located in Hyde Park, London, England. Bishop named it after Thalia, the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry in Greek mythology.It is categorized as an S-type...

 
θəˈlaɪ.ə Greek Θάλεια Thalian θəˈlaɪɪn or ˈθeɪliɪn
586 Thekla
586 Thekla
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ˈθɛklə
24 Themis
24 Themis
24 Themis is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It is also the largest member of the Themistian asteroid family. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on April 5, 1853...

 
ˈθiːmɪs Greek Θέμις Themistian θɪˈmɪstiɪn
778 Theobalda
778 Theobalda
778 Theobalda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun, in the main asteroid belt. It was discovered by Franz Kaiser on 25 January 1914.- External links :*...

 
440 Theodora
440 Theodora
440 Theodora is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by E. F. Coddington on October 13, 1898 at Mount Hamilton. It was his second asteroid discovery....

 
ˌθiː.ɵˈdɔrə
295 Theresia
295 Theresia
295 Theresia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 17, 1890 in Vienna....

 
17 Thetis
17 Thetis
17 Thetis is a large main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid, therefore giving it a relatively bright silicate surface.It was discovered by R. Luther on April 17, 1852. It was his first asteroid discovery. Its name comes from Thetis, the mother of Achilles in Greek mythology.One Thetidian...

 
ˈθiːtɪs or ˈθɛtɪs Greek Θέτις Thetian ˈθiːʃiɪn
405 Thia
405 Thia
405 Thia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 23, 1895, in Nice.-External links:...

 
ˈθaɪ.ə Greek Θεία Thian ˈθaɪɪn
88 Thisbe
88 Thisbe
88 Thisbe is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 15, 1866, and named after Thisbe, heroine of a Roman fable. An occultation of a star by Thisbe was observed on October 7, 1981...

 
ˈθɪzbiː Greek Θίσβη
299 Thora
299 Thora
299 Thora is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 6, 1890 in Vienna....

 
ˈθoʊrə
279 Thule
279 Thule
279 Thule is a large asteroid from the asteroid belt. It is classified as a D-type asteroid and is probably composed of organic-rich silicates, carbon and anhydrous silicates....

 
ˈθjuːliː Greek Θούλη Thulean θjuːˈliː.ən
934 Thüringia
934 Thüringia
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θɪˈrɪndʒiə Thüringian
219 Thusnelda
219 Thusnelda
219 Thusnelda is a typical Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 30, 1880 in Pola and was named after Thusnelda, wife of Germanic warrior Arminius.- References :...

 
115 Thyra
115 Thyra
115 Thyra is a fairly large and bright inner main-belt asteroid. Named for Thyra, the consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 6, 1871.- References :...

 
ˈθaɪrə ?
753 Tiflis
753 Tiflis
753 Tiflis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Named after Georgia's capital city Tiflis.-External links:*...

 
ˈtɪflɪs
603 Timandra
603 Timandra
-External links:*...

 
tɪˈmændrə Greek Τιμάνδρα
687 Tinette
687 Tinette
-External links:*...

 
267 Tirza
267 Tirza
267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 27, 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery.It was named after Tirzah, a woman in the Bible.- References :...

 
ˈtɜrzə
466 Tisiphone
466 Tisiphone
466 Tisiphone is an asteroid which orbits among the Cybele family of asteroids.-Discovery:It was discovered by Max Wolf and Luigi Carnera on January 17, 1901, and was assigned the provisional designation 1901 FX...

 
tɪˈsɪfɵniː Greek Τεισιφόνη
593 Titania
593 Titania
593 Titania is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.Not to be confused with Titania the largest moon of Uranus.-External links:*...

 
taɪˈteɪniə
732 Tjilaki
732 Tjilaki
-External links:*...

 
tʃiːˈlɑːki
498 Tokio
498 Tokio
498 Tokio is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.Tokio was discovered by Shin Hirayama in Tokyo on March 6, 1900. However, he was not able to determine its orbit. After it was rediscovered by Auguste Charlois on December 2, 1902, Charlois gave Hirayama the honor of naming it...

 
ˈtoʊki.oʊ
138 Tolosa
138 Tolosa
138 Tolosa is a brightly coloured, stony main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Henri Joseph Perrotin on May 19, 1874, and named after the Latin for Toulouse, France....

 
tɵˈloʊzə Latin Tolōsa Tolosan tɵˈloʊzɪn
590 Tomyris
590 Tomyris
-External links:*...

 
tɵˈmaɪrɪs
924 Toni
924 Toni
-External links:*...

 
ˈtoʊni
715 Transvaalia
715 Transvaalia
715 Transvaalia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.The object 1911 LX discovered April 22, 1911 by H. E. Wood was named 715 Transvaalia. On April 23, 1920, the object 1920 GZ was discovered and named 933 Susi. In 1928 it was realized that these were one and the same object...

 
trænzˈvɑːliə Transvaalian
619 Triberga
619 Triberga
619 Triberga is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1906 by August Kopff at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. Since it has an orbit that repeats itself almost exactly every four years in respect to the position of the Sun and Earth it has been suggested as a way to calculate the...

 
530 Turandot
530 Turandot
530 Turandot is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
ˈtuːrəndɒt
258 Tyche
258 Tyche
258 Tyche is a relatively large main belt asteroid discovered in 1886. It is classified as an S-type. Tyche orbits very close to the Eunomia family of asteroids, and could be a member based on composition. However, it is larger than all family members apart from 15 Eunomia while lying at the very...

 
ˈtaɪkiː Greek Τύχη Tychean ? taɪˈkiːɪn

U

909 Ulla
909 Ulla
-External links:*...

 
885 Ulrike
885 Ulrike
-External links:*...

 
714 Ulula
714 Ulula
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ˈʌljuːlə
160 Una
160 Una
160 Una is a fairly large and dark, primitive Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on February 20, 1876 in Clinton, New York. It is named after a character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene ....

 
ˈjuːnə
92 Undina
92 Undina
92 Undina is a large main belt asteroid. It has an unusually high albedo and an M-type spectrum. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 7, 1867. It is named for the eponymous heroine of Undine, a popular novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. Undina is a member of the Veritas asteroid...

 
ənˈdiːnə
306 Unitas
306 Unitas
306 Unitas is a typical main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by Elia Millosevich on March 1, 1891 in Rome...

 
juːˈnaɪtəs
905 Universitas
905 Universitas
905 Universitas is an S-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt as part of the Flora family. Its diameter is about 21 km and it has an albedo of 0.085 . Its rotation period is approximately 10 hours-External links:*...

 
ˌjuːnɪˈvɜrsɪtəs ?
30 Urania
30 Urania
30 Urania is a large main-belt asteroid.Urania was discovered by J. R. Hind on July 22, 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery. It is named after Urania, the Greek Muse of astronomy.-External links:* from JPL / *...

 
jʊˈreɪniə Greek Ουρανίη Uranian
167 Urda
167 Urda
167 Urda is a main-belt, S-type asteroid.It is a member of the Koronis asteroid family.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 28, 1876 in Clinton, New York and named after Urd, one of the Norns in Norse mythology....

 
ˈɜrdə ?
501 Urhixidur
501 Urhixidur
501 Urhixidur is a relatively large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Dr. Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf , at the Königstuhl Observatory in Heidelberg, Germany on January 18, 1903. It is named after a character in Friedrich Theodor Vischer's then-bestseller satirical novel Auch Einer....

 
860 Ursina
860 Ursina
-External links:*...

 
ərˈsaɪnə Ursinian ərˈsɪniɪn
375 Ursula
375 Ursula
375 Ursula is one of the largest asteroids from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893, in Nice.Observations of an occultation on November 15, 1984, produced six chords indicating an estimated diameter of 216±10 km.-External links:* from JPL /...

 
ˈɜrsjʊ
634 Ute
634 Ute
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ˈjuːt

V

131 Vala
131 Vala
131 Vala is an inner main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 24, 1873, and named after Völva, a prophetess in Norse mythology. One observation of an occultation of a star by Vala is from Italy .-References:...

 
ˈvɑːlə
839 Valborg
839 Valborg
839 Valborg is a mid-sized S-type Eunomian asteroid. Its diameter is about 20 km, its albedo of 0.353 is very high for an asteroid. Its rotation period is 10.366 hours.-External links:*...

 
262 Valda
262 Valda
262 Valda is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 3, 1886 in Vienna.Origin of the name is unknown.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]*...

 
447 Valentine
447 Valentine
447 Valentine is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 27, 1899 in Heidelberg....

 
ˈvælɪntaɪn Valentinian ˌvælɪnˈtɪniɪn
611 Valeria
611 Valeria
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vəˈliːriə Valerian
610 Valeska
610 Valeska
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240 Vanadis
240 Vanadis
240 Vanadis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. It is very dark and is classified as a C-type asteroid, probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material.It was discovered by A...

 
ˈvænədɪs
416 Vaticana
416 Vaticana
416 Vaticana is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 4, 1896 in Nice....

 
ˌvætɪˈkeɪnə
126 Velleda
126 Velleda
126 Velleda is a main-belt asteroid. It is probably a rather typical, albeit sizable, S-type asteroid. Named for Veleda, a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri. It was discovered by Paul Henry on November 5, 1872, in Paris, France. It was his first credited discovery...

 
487 Venetia
487 Venetia
487 Venetia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. You can find more information ....

 
vɪˈniːʃ(i)ə Venetian vɪˈniːʃiɪn
499 Venusia
499 Venusia
499 Venusia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
vɪˈnjuːʃ(i)ə
245 Vera
245 Vera
245 Vera is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as an S-type asteroid.It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on February 6, 1885 in Madras.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]**...

 
ˈviːrə
490 Veritas
490 Veritas
490 Veritas is a large asteroid, which may have been involved in one of the more massive asteroid-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years....

 
ˈvɛrɪtəs ?
612 Veronika
612 Veronika
612 Veronika is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on October 8, 1906 by August Kopff from Heidelberg. The reason for the name is unknown; asteroid etymologist Lutz D. Schmadel suspects that it may have been inspired by the letter code "VN" in its provisional designation, 1906...

 
vəˈrɒnɪ
4 Vesta
4 Vesta
Vesta, formally designated 4 Vesta, is one of the largest asteroids, with a mean diameter of about . It was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on March 29, 1807, and is named after the Roman virgin goddess of home and hearth, Vesta....

 
ˈvɛstə Latin Vesta Vestian ˈvɛstiɪn
144 Vibilia
144 Vibilia
144 Vibilia is a large, dark main belt asteroid. It probably has a primitive carbonaceous composition. It is the only large member of the Vibilia asteroid family....

 
12 Victoria
12 Victoria
12 Victoria is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. R. Hind on September 13, 1850.Victoria is officially named after the Roman goddess of victory, but the name also honours Queen Victoria. The goddess Victoria was the daughter of Styx by the Titan Pallas...

 
vɪkˈtoʊriə Victorian vɪkˈtɔriɪn
397 Vienna
397 Vienna
397 Vienna is a typical Main belt asteroid. The Tholen spectral type is S and the SMASSII spectral type is K.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 19, 1894 in Nice.-References:...

 
viːˈɛnə
366 Vincentina
366 Vincentina
366 Vincentina is a fairly large main belt asteroid.Vincentina was discovered on March 21, 1893 by Auguste Charlois, and named after Vincenzo Cerulli, an Italian astronomer.- References :...

 
ˌvɪnsɪnˈtiːnə Vincentinian ˌvɪnsɪnˈtɪniɪn
231 Vindobona
231 Vindobona
231 Vindobona is a large Main belt asteroid. Its dark surface indicates a carbon-rich composition.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 10, 1882.Vindobona is the Latin name for Vienna, Austria, the city where the discovery was made....

 
759 Vinifera
759 Vinifera
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vaɪˈnɪfərə
557 Violetta
557 Violetta
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50 Virginia
50 Virginia
50 Virginia is a large, very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by James Ferguson on October 4, 1857 from the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C....

 
vərˈdʒɪniə Virginian
494 Virtus
494 Virtus
494 Virtus is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was found by Max Wolf in 1902. Its provisional name was 1902 JV....

 
ˈvɜrtəs ?
635 Vundtia
635 Vundtia
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ˈvʊntiə

W

877 Walküre
877 Walküre
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ˈvælkɪri Walkürean vælˈkɪriɪn
987 Wallia
987 Wallia
987 Wallia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*...

 
256 Walpurga
256 Walpurga
256 Walpurga is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 3, 1886 in Vienna and was named after Saint Walburga.- References :*[ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database]*...

 
wɔːlˈpɜrɡə
890 Waltraut
890 Waltraut
890 Waltraut is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named for a character in Richard Wagner's opera, Götterdämmerung or Twilight of the Gods....

 
ˈvɑːltraʊt
886 Washingtonia
886 Washingtonia
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ˌwɒʃiŋˈtoʊniə Washingtonian
729 Watsonia
729 Watsonia
729 Watsonia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after the Canadian-American astronomer James C. Watson.-External links:*...

 
wɒtˈsoʊniə Watsonian
621 Werdandi
621 Werdandi
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vɛrˈdændi
226 Weringia
226 Weringia
226 Weringia is a typical main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on July 19, 1882.It was named after Währing, part of Vienna, the city where the asteroid was discovered.- References :...

 
930 Westphalia
930 Westphalia
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wɛstˈfeɪliə Westphalian
931 Whittemora
931 Whittemora
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392 Wilhelmina
392 Wilhelmina
392 Wilhelmina is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 4, 1894 in Heidelberg, Germany....

 
ˌwɪləˈmiːnə Wilhelminian ˌwɪləˈmɪniɪn
747 Winchester
747 Winchester
747 Winchester is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1913, and is named after the town in which it was discovered, Winchester, Massachusetts, in the USA.-External links:*...

 
ˈwɪntʃɛstər Winchestrian wɪnˈtʃɛstriɪn
717 Wisibada
717 Wisibada
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852 Wladilena
852 Wladilena
852 Wladilena is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.-External links:*...

 
ˌvlædɪˈleɪnə
827 Wolfiana
827 Wolfiana
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690 Wratislavia
690 Wratislavia
690 Wratislavia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Wratislavia was discovered on October 16, 1909. IRAS data shows it is about 135 km in diameter.-External links:* * from JPL / *...

 
ˌvrɑːtɪˈslɑːviə

X

411 Xanthe
411 Xanthe
411 Xanthe is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 7, 1896 in Nice....

 
ˈzænθiː Greek Ξάνθη Xanthian ˈzænθiɪn
156 Xanthippe
156 Xanthippe
156 Xanthippe is a large main-belt asteroid. It has a carbonaceous composition and an extremely dark surface. It is named after Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates.It was discovered by J. Palisa on November 22, 1875....

 
zænˈtɪpiː, zænˈθɪpiː Greek Ξανθίππη
625 Xenia
625 Xenia
625 Xenia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1907 by August Kopff.-External links:* -References:...

 
ˈziːniə

Z

999 Zachia
999 Zachia
999 Zachia is a main-belt asteroid named after Austrian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach.-External links:*...

 
421 Zähringia
421 Zähringia
421 Zähringia is a small main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg....

 
851 Zeissia
851 Zeissia
851 Zeissia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. Its diameter is about 12 km and it has an albedo of 0.2646 . Its rotation period is 9.34 hours.-External links:*...

 
ˈzaɪsiə Zeissian ˈzaɪsiɪn
169 Zelia
169 Zelia
169 Zelia is a bright, stony main belt asteroid.Zelia was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on September 28, 1876. Credit for this discovery was given to Prosper. It is named after a niece of the astronomer Camille Flammarion....

 
633 Zelima
633 Zelima
633 Zelima is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt with a magnitude of 10.7.-External links:*...

 
654 Zelinda
654 Zelinda
654 Zelinda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on January 4th, 2008 by August Kopff.On favorable oppositions, it can be as bright as magnitude 10.0, as on January 30th, 2016.-External links:*...

 
840 Zenobia
840 Zenobia
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zɪˈnoʊbiə
693 Zerbinetta
693 Zerbinetta
693 Zerbinetta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It is named after a character in the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.-External links:*...

 
531 Zerlina
531 Zerlina
531 Zerlina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun....

 
438 Zeuxo
438 Zeuxo
438 Zeuxo is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 8, 1898 in Nice....

 
ˈzjuːksoʊ Greek Ζευξώ Zeuxian ?
689 Zita
689 Zita
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ˈziːtə
865 Zubaida
865 Zubaida
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zuːˈbaɪdə ?
785 Zwetana
785 Zwetana
785 Zwetana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Radar observations indicate that it is metallic.-External links:*...

 

See also

  • Minor planet names
    Minor planet names
    Formal minor planet designations are number–name combinations overseen by the Minor Planet Center, a branch of the IAU. They are used for dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies such as asteroids, but not comets...

  • Meanings of minor planet names
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