List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 1

Kepler-23b is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-23 located in the Cygnus constellation. The exoplanet was discovered with the Kepler space telescope in January 2012.The planet is bigger than Earth and its […]

385446 Manwë [ˈmanwe] is a resonant binary Kuiper belt object in a 4:7 mean motion resonance. The secondary Thorondor is estimated to be about half the size of the primary […]

WISE 0855–0714 (full designation WISE J085510.83–071442.5) is a (sub-)brown dwarf 7.175+0.783−0.652 light-years (2.2+0.24−0.2 parsecs) from Earth announced in 2014 by Kevin Luhman using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer […]

The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) is a ground-based instrument specifically designed to study the atmospheres of exoplanets. The $3.5 million instrument is the first purpose-built device for […]

Kepler-186 is a main-sequence M1-type dwarf star located 151 ± 18 parsecs (492 ± 59 light years) away in the constellation of Cygnus. The star is slightly cooler than the […]

NGC 3455 is a spiral galaxy located 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo.

2010 VK201 also written as 2010 VK201 is a trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet.

2013 FZ27 also written 2013 FZ27 is a trans-Neptunian object currently located near the edge of the Kuiper belt. Its discovery was announced on 2 April 2014. It has an […]

2013 FY27 also written 2013 FY27 is a trans-Neptunian object that belongs to the scattered disc (like Eris). Its discovery was announced on 31 March 2014. It has an absolute […]

Main-belt asteroid 28439 Miguelreyes was discovered on 3 January 2000 by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team at Socorro. It is named in honor of Miguel Arnold Silverio Reyes who was […]