List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 1984

AM Herculis is a red dwarf variable star located in the constellation Hercules. This star along with the star AN Ursae Majoris is the prototype for a category of cataclysmic […]

Gamma Persei (Gamma Per γ Persei γ Per) is a binary star system in the constellation Perseus. The combined apparent visual magnitude of the pair is +2.9 making it the […]

Remus is the inner and smaller moon of the main-belt asteroid 87 Sylvia. It follows an almost-circular close-to-equatorial orbit around the parent asteroid. In this respect it is similar to […]

(119979) 2002 WC19 also written as (119979) 2002 WC19 is a Trans-Neptunian object (TNO) orbiting beyond Pluto in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on November 16 2002 at the […]

(145452) 2005 RN43 also written as (145452) 2005 RN43 is a classical Kuiper belt object. It has an estimated diameter of 679+55−73 km. It was discovered by Andrew C. Becker […]

Romulus is the outer and larger moon of the main-belt asteroid 87 Sylvia not to be confused with the directly Sun-orbiting asteroid 10386 Romulus. It follows an almost-circular close-to-equatorial orbit […]

12 Ophiuchi is a variable star in the constellation Ophiuchus. No companions have yet been detected in orbit around this star and it remains uncertain whether or not it possesses […]

HR 1614 (284 G. Eridani GJ 183) is a star in the constellation Eridanus. Based upon parallax measurements it is about 28.4 light-years (8.7 parsecs) distant from the Earth. It […]

3596 Meriones is an asteroid discovered on November 14 1985 by Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen. It is named after Meriones the fictional hero from the Iliad. It orbits in […]

1095 Tulipa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1926 GS. The numerical designation indicates this was the 1095th asteroid discovered.