List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2033

23 Librae b (23 Lib b) is an extrasolar Jovian planet discovered in 1999 orbiting the star 23 Librae. It orbits in its star’s habitable zone.As of 1999 the planet […]

Asteroid 9121 Stefanovalentini was discovered on 24 February 1998 by Silvano Casulli at the Colleverde Observatory in Italy. It is a main belt asteroid. It is named in honor of […]

NGC 3384 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by Herschel in 1784. The high age of the stars in the central region of NGC […]

2730 Barks is an asteroid discovered by Ted Bowell on August 30 1981. The asteroid was named for comic book artist Carl Barks who wrote Island in the Sky an […]

1001 Gaussia is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1923 OA. Later it was named after the mathematician Carl F. Gauss. It has a mean […]

23547 Tognelli is an asteroid orbiting the Sun that was discovered on February 17 1994 by Luciano Tesi and Gabriele Cattani at San Marcello.

54598 Bienor (/bɨ.ˈiːnɔr/ bi-YEE-nor; from Greek: Βιάνωρ Bianor) is a centaur that grazes the orbit of Uranus. It is named after the mythological Centaur Bienor. Its closest approach to the […]

Gamma Pavonis (γ Pav γ Pavonis) is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Pavo. With an apparent visual magnitude of 4.22 it is a fourth-magnitude star and thereby […]

DM Lyrae (DM Lyr for short) is a dwarf nova in the constellation Lyra. This binary system is composed of a primary star of unknown type and a white dwarf […]

BD +17° 3248 is an old Population II star located at a distance of roughly 968 light-years (297 parsecs) in the Galactic Halo. It belongs to the class of ultra-metal-poor […]