List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 1977

1100 Arnica is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1928 SD. It was named for the Arnica genus of plants.

1099 Figneria is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1928 RQ. It was named for the Vera Figner.

1097 Vicia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1928 PC. The numerical designation indicates this was the 1097th asteroid discovered. It was named for […]

3054 Strugatskia (1977 RE7) is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh at Nauchnyj on September 11 1977. It is named after The Strugatsky brothers […]

Theta2 Crucis (θ2 Cru / Theta2 Crucis) is a spectroscopic binary star in the constellation Crux. This pair of stars complete an orbit every 3.4280 days and they have a […]

Iota Crucis (ι Cru / ι Crucis) is a star in the constellation Crux. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.69m. The star is classified as an orange giant (spectral […]

Lambda Crucis (λ Crucis / λ Cru) is a star in the southern constellation Crux. The star is classified as a blue-white dwarf (spectral class B4 Vn). The apparent magnitude […]

Theta1 Crucis (θ1 Cru Theta1 Crucis) is a spectroscopic binary star in the constellation Crux. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.32m. The spectral class of the star is Am. […]

ζ Crucis (ζ Cru Zeta Crucis) is a binary star in the constellation Crux. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.06m. The primary star is classified as a blue-white dwarf […]

W Mensae (W Men) is a variable star in the southern constellation Mensa. The star is classified as a yellow-white supergiant (spectral class F8 Iab).W Mensae is very distant being […]