List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 1928

2997 Cabrera is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.0537252 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1969663 and an orbital period of 1493.83 days (4.09 years).Cabrera has an […]

7317 Cabot is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.814 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1520296 and an orbital period of 1300 days (3.56 years).Cabot has an […]

2007 NC7 (also written as 2007 NC7) is a Trans-Neptunian object discovered on September 6 2007 by M.E. Schwamb M.E. Brown and D.Rabinowitz.The object has a high eccentricity of 0.49. […]

2522 Triglav is a main belt asteroid named after the Slavic deity Triglav. It was discovered on August 16 1980 by Zdeňka Vávrová at Kleť.

Puppis A is a supernova remnant (SNR) about 10 light-years in diameter. The supernova ‘occurred’ (i.e. would have been seen on earth) approximately 3700 years ago. Although it overlaps the […]

(309239) 2007 RW10 also written (309239) 2007 RW10 is a temporary quasi-satellite of Neptune. Observed from Neptune it would appear to go around it during one Neptunian year but it […]

RX J0822-4300 often referred to as a Cosmic Cannonball is a radio-quiet neutron star currently moving away from the center of the Puppis A supernova remnant at over 3 million […]

159409 Ratte is an asteroid. It was discovered at the Pises Observatory in France on July 16 1999. Its provisional designation was 1999 OJ. It is named after Étienne-Hyacinthe de […]

159743 Kluk is an asteroid. It was discovered by Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť Observatory near České Budějovice Czech Republic on March 23 2003. Its provisional designation […]

3362 Khufu is a near-Earth asteroid. It was discovered by R. Scott Dunbar and Maria A. Barucci at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County California on August 30 1984. […]