Pronunciation of asteroid names
Encyclopedia
This page alphabetically lists the first thousand asteroid
s to be numbered, which are mostly in the main belt.
See also Pronunciation of Trojan asteroids.
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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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:*... |
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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... |
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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... |
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829 Academia 829 Academia -External links:*... |
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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 | əˈkɪli |
523 Ada 523 Ada 523 Ada is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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... |
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525 Adelaide | ˈæd |
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812 Adele 812 Adele 812 Adele is an S-type Eunomian asteroid. Its rotation period is 5.859 hours.-External links:*... |
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647 Adelgunde 647 Adelgunde -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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... |
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Greek Αίγινα | Aeginetan | ˌiːdʒ |
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... |
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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.... |
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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 | ˌæɡəmɛmˈnoʊni |
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]*... |
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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:* *... |
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847 Agnia 847 Agnia 847 Agnia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is approximately 28 kilometers in diameter.-External links:* *... |
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645 Agrippina 645 Agrippina -External links:*... |
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744 Aguntina 744 Aguntina -External links:*... |
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950 Ahrensa 950 Ahrensa -External links:*... |
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861 Aïda 861 Aïda -External links:*... |
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978 Aidamina 978 Aidamina 978 Aidamina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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738 Alagasta 738 Alagasta -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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929 Algunde 929 Algunde 929 Algunde is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.-External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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:###... |
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925 Alphonsina 925 Alphonsina -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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650 Amalasuntha 650 Amalasuntha - External links :*... |
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284 Amalia 284 Amalia 284 Amalia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 29, 1889 in Nice.... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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:... |
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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 :... |
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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:*... |
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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:... |
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791 Ani 791 Ani 791 Ani is a minor planet orbiting the Sun named after the medieval Armenian kingdom capital, Ani.- External links :*... |
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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 :... |
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910 Anneliese 910 Anneliese -External links:*... |
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817 Annika 817 Annika 817 Annika is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid.-External links:*... |
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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 :... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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:... |
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849 Ara 849 Ara -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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394 Arduina 394 Arduina 394 Arduina is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on November 19, 1894 in Marseilles.... |
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737 Arequipa 737 Arequipa -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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 :... |
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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:... |
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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:*... |
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514 Armida 514 Armida 514 Armida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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774 Armor 774 Armor -External links:*... |
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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... |
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Greek Άρτεμις | Artemisian | ˌɑrt |
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 :... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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958 Asplinda 958 Asplinda 958 Asplinda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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 :... |
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672 Astarte 672 Astarte -External links:*... |
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658 Asteria 658 Asteria -External links:*... |
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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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730 Athanasia 730 Athanasia -External links:*... |
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881 Athene 881 Athene -External links:*... |
əˈθiːniː | Greek Αθηνά | Athenean, Athenian | əˈθiːni |
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 :... |
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810 Atossa 810 Atossa -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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700 Auravictrix | ˌɔrəˈvɪktr |
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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.... |
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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 | ɒˈroʊri |
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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... |
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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.... |
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856 Backlunda 856 Backlunda -External links:*... |
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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:###... |
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770 Bali 770 Bali -External links:*... |
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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... |
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597 Bandusia 597 Bandusia -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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 :... |
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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.... |
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819 Barnardiana 819 Barnardiana -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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592 Bathseba 592 Bathseba -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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813 Baumeia 813 Baumeia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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656 Beagle 656 Beagle - External links :*... |
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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,... |
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943 Begonia 943 Begonia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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695 Bella 695 Bella - External links :*... |
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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:... |
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734 Benda 734 Benda -External links:*... |
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976 Benjamina 976 Benjamina 976 Benjamina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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863 Benkoela 863 Benkoela -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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 :... |
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716 Berkeley 716 Berkeley -External links:*... |
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629 Bernardina 629 Bernardina -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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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... |
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585 Bilkis 585 Bilkis -External links:*... |
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960 Birgit 960 Birgit 960 Birgit is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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998 Bodea 998 Bodea 998 Bodea is a main-belt asteroid.-External links:*... |
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371 Bohemia 371 Bohemia 371 Bohemia is a sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 16, 1893 in Nice.... |
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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.... |
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712 Boliviana 712 Boliviana -External links:*... |
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767 Bondia 767 Bondia - External links :*... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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640 Brambilla 640 Brambilla -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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293 Brasilia 293 Brasilia 293 Brasilia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 20, 1890 in Nice.... |
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786 Bredichina 786 Bredichina -External links:*... |
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761 Brendelia 761 Brendelia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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655 Briseïs 655 Briseïs -External links:*... |
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Greek Βρισηίς | Briseidian | ˌbraɪsiːˈɪdi |
521 Brixia 521 Brixia 521 Brixia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
ˈbrɪksiə | Latin Brixia | Brixian | ˈbrɪksi |
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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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908 Buda 908 Buda -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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Greek Βυβλίς | Byblian | ˈbɪbli |
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297 Caecilia 297 Caecilia 297 Caecilia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 9, 1890 in Nice.... |
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952 Caia 952 Caia 952 Caia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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:... |
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957 Camelia 957 Camelia 957 Camelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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... |
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377 Campania 377 Campania 377 Campania is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on September 20, 1893 in Nice.... |
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740 Cantabia 740 Cantabia -External links:*... |
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479 Caprera 479 Caprera 479 Caprera is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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491 Carina 491 Carina 491 Carina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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558 Carmen 558 Carmen -External links:*... |
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671 Carnegia 671 Carnegia -External links:*... |
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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 :... |
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505 Cava 505 Cava 505 Cava is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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513 Centesima 513 Centesima 513 Centesima is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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807 Ceraskia 807 Ceraskia -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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627 Charis 627 Charis -External links:*... |
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Greek Χάρις | Charitian | kəˈrɪsi |
543 Charlotte 543 Charlotte 543 Charlotte is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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Greek Χάρυβδις | Charybdian | kəˈrɪbdi |
568 Cheruskia 568 Cheruskia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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623 Chimaera 623 Chimaera -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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Greek Χλώρις | Chloridian | kləˈrɪdi |
938 Chlosinde 938 Chlosinde -External links:*... |
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628 Christine 628 Christine -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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Greek Χρυσηίς | Chryseidian | ˌkraɪsiːˈɪdi |
637 Chrysothemis 637 Chrysothemis - External links :*... |
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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 | sɚˈsiː |
642 Clara 642 Clara -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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 :... |
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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:*... |
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661 Cloelia 661 Cloelia -External links:*... |
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282 Clorinde 282 Clorinde 282 Clorinde is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 28, 1889 in Nice.... |
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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 :... |
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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:*... |
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327 Columbia 327 Columbia 327 Columbia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 22, 1892 in Nice.... |
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489 Comacina 489 Comacina -External links:... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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815 Coppelia 815 Coppelia -External links:*... |
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504 Cora 504 Cora 504 Cora is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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425 Cornelia 425 Cornelia 425 Cornelia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 28, 1896 in Nice.... |
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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:*... |
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644 Cosima 644 Cosima -External links:*... |
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486 Cremona 486 Cremona 486 Cremona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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660 Crescentia 660 Crescentia - External links :*... |
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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... |
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763 Cupido 763 Cupido -External links:*... |
kjuˈpaɪdoʊ | Latin Cupīdo | Cupidinian | ˌkjuːp |
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 | saɪˈeɪni |
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... |
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Greek Κυβέλη | Cybelean | ˌsɪb |
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 | saɪˈriːni |
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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.... |
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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 | ˈdæfni |
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 | dəˈvɪdi |
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541 Deborah 541 Deborah 541 Deborah is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Max Wolf on August 4, 1904.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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... |
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667 Denise 667 Denise -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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 | d |
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? | ˌdaɪəˈniː |
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.... |
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668 Dora 668 Dora - External links :*... |
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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:... |
ˈdoʊr |
Greek Δωρίς | Dorian | ˈdoʊri |
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.... |
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620 Drakonia 620 Drakonia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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400 Ducrosa 400 Ducrosa 400 Ducrosa is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 15, 1895 in Nice.... |
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564 Dudu 564 Dudu -External links:*... |
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571 Dulcinea 571 Dulcinea - External links :*... |
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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.... |
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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:... |
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413 Edburga 413 Edburga 413 Edburga is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 7, 1896 in Heidelberg.... |
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673 Edda 673 Edda -External links:*... |
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742 Edisona 742 Edisona -External links:*... |
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517 Edith 517 Edith - External links :... |
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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... |
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340 Eduarda 340 Eduarda 340 Eduarda is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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694 Ekard 694 Ekard -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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567 Eleutheria 567 Eleutheria -External links:*... |
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618 Elfriede 618 Elfriede -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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412 Elisabetha 412 Elisabetha 412 Elisabetha is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 7, 1896 in Heidelberg.... |
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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.... |
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616 Elly 616 Elly - External links :*... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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576 Emanuela 576 Emanuela -External links:*... |
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481 Emita 481 Emita 481 Emita is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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802 Epyaxa 802 Epyaxa -External links:*... |
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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... |
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894 Erda 894 Erda -External links:*... |
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718 Erida 718 Erida -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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636 Erika 636 Erika -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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705 Erminia 705 Erminia 705 Erminia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its name derives from the comic opera Erminie.- External links :*... |
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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.... |
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698 Ernestina 698 Ernestina -External links:*... |
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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 | |
889 Erynia 889 Erynia -External links:*... |
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622 Esther 622 Esther -External links:*... |
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331 Etheridgea 331 Etheridgea 331 Etheridgea is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on April 1, 1892 in Nice.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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630 Euphemia 630 Euphemia - External links :*... |
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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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 | j |
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.... |
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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.... |
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751 Faïna 751 Faïna - External links :* *... |
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408 Fama 408 Fama 408 Fama is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 13, 1895 in Heidelberg.... |
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821 Fanny 821 Fanny -External links:*... |
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866 Fatme 866 Fatme -External links:*... |
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294 Felicia 294 Felicia 294 Felicia is a sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on July 15, 1890 in Nice.... |
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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:... |
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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... |
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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 .... |
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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:... |
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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.... |
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795 Fini 795 Fini -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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982 Franklina 982 Franklina 982 Franklina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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862 Franzia 862 Franzia -External links:*... |
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309 Fraternitas 309 Fraternitas 309 Fraternitas is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 6, 1891 in Vienna.... |
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678 Fredegundis 678 Fredegundis -External links:*... |
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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,... |
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722 Frieda 722 Frieda -External links:*... |
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538 Friederike 538 Friederike - References :# # # #... |
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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:... |
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709 Fringilla 709 Fringilla -External links:*... |
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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... |
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609 Fulvia 609 Fulvia -External links:*... |
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355 Gabriella 355 Gabriella 355 Gabriella is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 20, 1893 in Nice.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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:*... |
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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 :... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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764 Gedania 764 Gedania -External links:*... |
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680 Genoveva 680 Genoveva -External links:*... |
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485 Genua 485 Genua 485 Genua is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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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,... |
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300 Geraldina 300 Geraldina 300 Geraldina is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on October 3, 1890 in Nice.... |
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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.... |
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663 Gerlinde 663 Gerlinde -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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686 Gersuind 686 Gersuind -External links:*... |
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710 Gertrud 710 Gertrud - External links :*... |
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613 Ginevra 613 Ginevra -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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492 Gismonda 492 Gismonda 492 Gismonda is a Themistian asteroid.... |
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857 Glasenappia 857 Glasenappia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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:... |
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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:... |
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681 Gorgo 681 Gorgo -External links:*... |
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424 Gratia 424 Gratia 424 Gratia is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 31, 1896 in Nice.... |
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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:... |
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493 Griseldis 493 Griseldis 493 Griseldis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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 .... |
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328 Gudrun 328 Gudrun 328 Gudrun is a main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 18, 1892, in Heidelberg.... |
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799 Gudula 799 Gudula -External links:*... |
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891 Gunhild 891 Gunhild -External links:*... |
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983 Gunila 983 Gunila 983 Gunila is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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... |
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961 Gunnie 961 Gunnie 961 Gunnie is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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777 Gutemberga 777 Gutemberga -External links:*... |
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806 Gyldenia 806 Gyldenia 806 Gyldenia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named after Hugo Gyldén.-External links:*... |
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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... |
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682 Hagar 682 Hagar 682 Hagar is a presumed Eunomian asteroid. Its spectral characteristics are unknown.- External links :*... |
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368 Haidea 368 Haidea 368 Haidea is a large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nice.... |
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518 Halawe 518 Halawe 518 Halawe is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the middle-eastern confectionery Halva.... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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723 Hammonia 723 Hammonia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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578 Happelia 578 Happelia -External links:*... |
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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 *... |
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736 Harvard 736 Harvard 736 Harvard is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after Harvard University.-External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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325 Heidelberga 325 Heidelberga 325 Heidelberga is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 4, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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895 Helio 895 Helio -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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826 Henrika 826 Henrika -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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923 Herluga 923 Herluga -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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996 Hilaritas 996 Hilaritas 996 Hilaritas is a Themistian asteroid.-External links:*... |
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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... |
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684 Hildburg 684 Hildburg -External links:*... |
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898 Hildegard 898 Hildegard -External links:*... |
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928 Hildrun 928 Hildrun -External links:*... |
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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 - External links :*... |
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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:*... |
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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 :... |
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872 Holda 872 Holda -External links:*... |
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378 Holmia 378 Holmia 378 Holmia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 6, 1893 in Nice.... |
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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.... |
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932 Hooveria 932 Hooveria 932 Hooveria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named for president Herbert Hoover.-External links:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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 :*... |
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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.... |
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587 Hypsipyle 587 Hypsipyle -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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286 Iclea 286 Iclea 286 Iclea is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 3, 1889 in Vienna.... |
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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... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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385 Ilmatar 385 Ilmatar 385 Ilmatar is a large Main Belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 1, 1894, in Heidelberg.... |
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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.... |
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919 Ilsebill 919 Ilsebill -External links:*... |
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979 Ilsewa 979 Ilsewa 979 Ilsewa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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926 Imhilde 926 Imhilde -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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561 Ingwelde 561 Ingwelde - External links :*... |
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848 Inna 848 Inna -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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509 Iolanda 509 Iolanda 509 Iolanda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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794 Irenaea 794 Irenaea -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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591 Irmgard 591 Irmgard -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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:... |
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477 Italia 477 Italia 477 Italia is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on August 23, 1901 Luigi Carnera at Heidelberg.- External links :*... |
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918 Itha 918 Itha -External links:*... |
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497 Iva 497 Iva 497 Iva is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun, not to be confused with 1627 Ivar.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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607 Jenny 607 Jenny -External links:*... |
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549 Jessonda 549 Jessonda 549 Jessonda is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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544 Jetta 544 Jetta 544 Jetta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is estimated to be 12 km in diameter.- References :*... |
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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:*... |
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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:... |
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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:*... |
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649 Josefa 649 Josefa -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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921 Jovita 921 Jovita -External links:*... |
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652 Jubilatrix 652 Jubilatrix -External links:*... |
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948 Jucunda 948 Jucunda -External links:*... |
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664 Judith 664 Judith -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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605 Juvisia 605 Juvisia -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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781 Kartvelia 781 Kartvelia 781 Kartvelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Named after Georgia.-External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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320 Katharina 320 Katharina 320 Katharina is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 11, 1891 in Vienna.... |
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842 Kerstin 842 Kerstin -External links:*... |
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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 :*... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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940 Kordula 940 Kordula -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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867 Kovacia 867 Kovacia -External links:*... |
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548 Kressida 548 Kressida 548 Kressida is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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936 Kunigunde 936 Kunigunde -External links:*... |
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669 Kypria 669 Kypria -External links:*... |
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570 Kythera 570 Kythera -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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822 Lalage 822 Lalage -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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507 Laodica 507 Laodica 507 Laodica is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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Greek Λαοδίκη |
639 Latona 639 Latona -External links:* -References:... |
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467 Laura 467 Laura 467 Laura is Main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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969 Leocadia 969 Leocadia 969 Leocadia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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696 Leonora 696 Leonora -External links:*... |
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844 Leontina 844 Leontina -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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771 Libera 771 Libera -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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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 :... |
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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 .... |
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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... |
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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 :... |
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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.... |
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828 Lindemannia 828 Lindemannia 828 Lindemannia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named for the astronomer Adolph Friedrich Lindemann.-External links:*... |
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974 Lioba 974 Lioba 974 Lioba is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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846 Lipperta 846 Lipperta -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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463 Lola 463 Lola 463 Lola is Main-belt asteroid discovered on October 31, 1900 Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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Greek Λωτίς |
868 Lova 868 Lova -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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:*... |
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292 Ludovica 292 Ludovica 292 Ludovica is a Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 25, 1890 in Vienna.-References:... |
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599 Luisa 599 Luisa -External links:*... |
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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... |
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775 Lumière 775 Lumière -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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713 Luscinia 713 Luscinia -External links:*... |
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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... |
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917 Lyka 917 Lyka -External links:*... |
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897 Lysistrata 897 Lysistrata -External links:*... |
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510 Mabella 510 Mabella 510 Mabella is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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749 Malzovia 749 Malzovia -External links:*... |
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758 Mancunia 758 Mancunia -External links:*... |
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739 Mandeville 739 Mandeville -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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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 :... |
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912 Maritima 912 Maritima -External links:*... |
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746 Marlu 746 Marlu -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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 :... |
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981 Martina 981 Martina 981 Martina is a Themistian asteroid.-External links:*... |
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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... |
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760 Massinga 760 Massinga -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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:*... |
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765 Mattiaca 765 Mattiaca -External links:*... |
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745 Mauritia 745 Mauritia -External links:*... |
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348 May 348 May 348 May is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 28, 1892 in Nice.... |
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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:*... |
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873 Mechthild 873 Mechthild -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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688 Melanie 688 Melanie -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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Greek Μελίβοια |
676 Melitta 676 Melitta -External links:*... |
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869 Mellena 869 Mellena -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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808 Merxia 808 Merxia -External links:*... |
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545 Messalina 545 Messalina 545 Messalina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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792 Metcalfia 792 Metcalfia -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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594 Mireille 594 Mireille -External links:*... |
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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... |
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569 Misa 569 Misa - External links :*... |
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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... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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766 Moguntia 766 Moguntia -External links:*... |
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638 Moira 638 Moira -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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833 Monica 833 Monica -External links:*... |
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535 Montague 535 Montague 535 Montague is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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797 Montana 797 Montana -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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947 Monterosa 947 Monterosa -External links:*... |
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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... |
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993 Moultona 993 Moultona 993 Moultona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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941 Murray 941 Murray -External links:*... |
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600 Musa 600 Musa -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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845 Naëma 845 Naëma -External links:*... |
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559 Nanon 559 Nanon -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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534 Nassovia 534 Nassovia 534 Nassovia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Koronis family of asteroids.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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,... |
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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... |
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289 Nenetta 289 Nenetta 289 Nenetta is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 10, 1890 in Nice.... |
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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.... |
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601 Nerthus 601 Nerthus -External links:*... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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662 Newtonia 662 Newtonia -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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307 Nike | ˈnaɪkiː | Greek Νίκη |
779 Nina 779 Nina -External links:*... |
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357 Ninina 357 Ninina 357 Ninina is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on February 11, 1893, in Nice.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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783 Nora 783 Nora -External links:*... |
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555 Norma 555 Norma - External links :*... |
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626 Notburga 626 Notburga -External links:*... |
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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... |
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875 Nymphe 875 Nymphe -External links:*... |
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:... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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598 Octavia 598 Octavia -External links:*... |
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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 :... |
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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:... |
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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.... |
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835 Olivia 835 Olivia 835 Olivia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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582 Olympia 582 Olympia -External links:*... |
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.... |
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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.... |
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701 Oriola 701 Oriola - External links :*... |
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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.... |
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551 Ortrud 551 Ortrud 551 Ortrud is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is located in the Main Belt.... |
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750 Oskar 750 Oskar - References :*... |
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343 Ostara 343 Ostara 343 Ostara is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on November 15, 1892 in Heidelberg.... |
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913 Otila 913 Otila 913 Otila is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids-External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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994 Otthild 994 Otthild 994 Otthild is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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401 Ottilia 401 Ottilia 401 Ottilia is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 16, 1895, in Heidelberg.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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 | pəˈleɪʃi |
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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... |
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914 Palisana 914 Palisana 914 Palisana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa.-External links:*... |
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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 | pəˈleɪdi |
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... |
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539 Pamina 539 Pamina 539 Pamina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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 :... |
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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 | ˌpɑrθ |
888 Parysatis 888 Parysatis -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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 | pəˈtrɪʃi |
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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 | ˌpætrəˈkliː |
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 | pɔːˈlɪni |
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537 Pauly 537 Pauly - External links :... |
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679 Pax 679 Pax 679 Pax is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after Pax, a Roman goddess.-External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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:... |
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554 Peraga 554 Peraga -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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482 Petrina 482 Petrina 482 Petrina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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830 Petropolitana 830 Petropolitana -External links:*... |
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968 Petunia 968 Petunia 968 Petunia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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... |
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296 Phaëtusa 296 Phaëtusa 296 Phaëtusa is a small Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1890 in Nice.... |
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274 Philagoria 274 Philagoria 274 Philagoria is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 3, 1888 in Vienna.... |
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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.... |
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977 Philippa 977 Philippa 977 Philippa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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]*... |
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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:... |
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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.... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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803 Picka 803 Picka -External links:*... |
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784 Pickeringia 784 Pickeringia -External links:*... |
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312 Pierretta 312 Pierretta 312 Pierretta is a Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 28, 1891 in Nice.... |
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648 Pippa 648 Pippa -External links:*... |
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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 | pɪtsˈbɝrɡi |
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946 Poësia 946 Poesia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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595 Polyxena 595 Polyxena -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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529 Preziosa 529 Preziosa 529 Preziosa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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997 Priska 997 Priska 997 Priska is a main-belt asteroid.-External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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:... |
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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.... |
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474 Prudentia 474 Prudentia 474 Prudentia is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on February 13, 1901 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg.- External links :... |
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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 | saɪˈkiː |
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... |
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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 | ˈpɪθi |
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674 Rachele 674 Rachele -External links:*... |
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708 Raphaela 708 Raphaela -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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574 Reginhild 574 Reginhild -External links:*... |
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575 Renate 575 Renate - External links :*... |
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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:*... |
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528 Rezia 528 Rezia 528 Rezia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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 | ˈriː |
907 Rhoda 907 Rhoda -External links:*... |
ˈroʊdə | Greek Ρόδη | Rhodian | ˈroʊdi |
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 -External links:*... |
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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 | rəˈbɝːti |
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904 Rockefellia 904 Rockefellia -External links:*... |
ˌrɒkɨˈfɛliə | Rockefellian | ||
920 Rogeria 920 Rogeria -External links:*... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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:... |
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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:*... |
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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.... |
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985 Rosina 985 Rosina 985 Rosina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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615 Roswitha 615 Roswitha -External links:*... |
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874 Rotraut 874 Rotraut -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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798 Ruth 798 Ruth -External links:*... |
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665 Sabine 665 Sabine -External links:*... |
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562 Salome 562 Salome -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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:... |
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533 Sara 533 Sara 533 Sara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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796 Sarita 796 Sarita -External links:*... |
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461 Saskia 461 Saskia 461 Saskia is a Themistian asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FP.... |
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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:... |
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643 Scheherezade 643 Scheherezade -External links:*... |
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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... |
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922 Schlutia 922 Schlutia -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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989 Schwassmannia 989 Schwassmannia 989 Schwassmannia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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876 Scott 876 Scott -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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892 Seeligeria 892 Seeligeria -External links:*... |
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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 | səˈliːni |
500 Selinur 500 Selinur 500 Selinur is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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... |
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584 Semiramis 584 Semiramis -External links:*... |
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550 Senta 550 Senta 550 Senta is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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483 Seppina 483 Seppina 483 Seppina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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838 Seraphina 838 Seraphina -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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579 Sidonia 579 Sidonia -External links:*... |
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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 | siːˈɡɛni |
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552 Sigelinde 552 Sigelinde -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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502 Sigune 502 Sigune 502 Sigune is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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 :... |
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748 Simeïsa 748 Simeïsa -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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]*... |
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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... |
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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'.... |
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731 Sorga 731 Sorga -External links:*... |
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896 Sphinx 896 Sphinx -External links:*... |
ˈsfɪŋks | Greek Σφίγξ | Sphinxian | ˈsfɪŋksi |
831 Stateira 831 Stateira -External links:*... |
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707 Steina 707 Steïna - External links :*... |
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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:*... |
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995 Sternberga 995 Sternberga 995 Sternberga is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1923 by Sergei Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory.-External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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964 Subamara 964 Subamara 964 Subamara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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 - External links :*... |
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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:*... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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882 Swetlana 882 Swetlana -External links:*... |
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519 Sylvania 519 Sylvania 519 Sylvania is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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:... |
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772 Tanete 772 Tanete 772 Tanete is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Its diameter is about 117.66 km.-External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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581 Tauntonia 581 Tauntonia -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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814 Tauris 814 Tauris -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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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:... |
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478 Tergeste 478 Tergeste 478 Tergeste is an asteroid orbiting the Sun.... |
tərˈdʒɛstiː | Tergestian | tɚˈdʒɛsti |
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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 | ˌtɝːps |
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 | θəˈlaɪ |
586 Thekla 586 Thekla -External links:*... |
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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 | θ |
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 :*... |
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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.... |
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295 Theresia 295 Theresia 295 Theresia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 17, 1890 in Vienna.... |
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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... |
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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 | ˈθaɪ |
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.... |
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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 - External links :*... |
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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 :... |
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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 :... |
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753 Tiflis 753 Tiflis 753 Tiflis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Named after Georgia's capital city Tiflis.-External links:*... |
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603 Timandra 603 Timandra -External links:*... |
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687 Tinette 687 Tinette -External links:*... |
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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 :... |
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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... |
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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:*... |
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732 Tjilaki 732 Tjilaki -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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 | tɵˈloʊz |
590 Tomyris 590 Tomyris -External links:*... |
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924 Toni 924 Toni -External links:*... |
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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... |
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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... |
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530 Turandot 530 Turandot 530 Turandot is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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... |
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909 Ulla 909 Ulla -External links:*... |
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885 Ulrike 885 Ulrike -External links:*... |
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714 Ulula 714 Ulula - External links :*... |
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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 .... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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:*... |
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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 / *... |
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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.... |
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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.... |
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860 Ursina 860 Ursina -External links:*... |
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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 /... |
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634 Ute 634 Ute -External links:*... |
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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:... |
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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:*... |
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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]*... |
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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.... |
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611 Valeria 611 Valeria -External links:*... |
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610 Valeska 610 Valeska -External links:*... |
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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... |
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416 Vaticana 416 Vaticana 416 Vaticana is a large Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 4, 1896 in Nice.... |
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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... |
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487 Venetia 487 Venetia 487 Venetia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. You can find more information .... |
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499 Venusia 499 Venusia 499 Venusia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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]**... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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 | ˈvɛsti |
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.... |
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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... |
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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:... |
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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 :... |
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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.... |
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759 Vinifera 759 Vinifera -External links:*... |
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557 Violetta 557 Violetta -External links:*... |
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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.... |
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635 Vundtia 635 Vundtia - External links :*... |
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877 Walküre 877 Walküre -External links:*... |
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987 Wallia 987 Wallia 987 Wallia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.-External links:*... |
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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]*... |
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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.... |
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886 Washingtonia 886 Washingtonia -External links:*... |
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 - External links :*... |
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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 :... |
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930 Westphalia 930 Westphalia -External links:*... |
wɛstˈfeɪliə | Westphalian | ||
931 Whittemora 931 Whittemora -External links:*... |
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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 | ˌwɪləˈmɪni |
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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 | w |
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717 Wisibada 717 Wisibada -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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827 Wolfiana 827 Wolfiana -External links:*... |
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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 / *... |
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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 | ˈzænθi |
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:... |
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999 Zachia 999 Zachia 999 Zachia is a main-belt asteroid named after Austrian astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach.-External links:*... |
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421 Zähringia 421 Zähringia 421 Zähringia is a small main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg.... |
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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 | ˈzaɪsi |
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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.... |
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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:*... |
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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:*... |
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840 Zenobia 840 Zenobia -External links:*... |
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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:*... |
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531 Zerlina 531 Zerlina 531 Zerlina is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.... |
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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 -External links:*... |
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865 Zubaida 865 Zubaida -External links:*... |
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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 namesMinor planet namesFormal 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