List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2051

5335 Damocles (/ˈdæməkliːz/ DAM-ə-kleez) is the archetype of the Damocloids asteroids that are inactive nuclei of the Halley Family and long-period comets. It was discovered in 1991 and named after […]

2002 VE68 also written 2002 VE68 is a temporary quasi-satellite of Venus. It was the first quasi-satellite to be discovered around a major planet in the Solar System. In a […]

NGC 7793 is a spiral galaxy about 12.7 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop.

(3360) Syrinx (originally designated 1981 VA) is an Apollo and Mars crosser asteroid discovered in 1981. It approaches Earth to within 40 Gm three times in the 21st century: 33 […]

2004 XR190 (also written 2004 XR190) is a possible dwarf planet located in the scattered disc. Astronomers led by Lynne Jones of the University of British Columbia made the discovery […]

NGC 1531 is a dwarf galaxy in the constellation Eridanus that is interacting with the larger spiral galaxy NGC 1532. Although technically classified as a peculiar lenticular galaxy the galaxy’s […]

HD 4308 is a 6th magnitude star located approximately 72 light years away in the southern constellation of Tucana.

Cha 110913-773444 (sometimes abbreviated Cha 110913) is an astronomical object surrounded by what appears to be a protoplanetary disk. There is no consensus yet among astronomers whether to classify the […]

GJ 3021 (2 G. Hydri) is a binary star system approximately 57 light-years away in the constellation of Hydrus (the Water Snake).The visible star in the system A is considered […]

2009 Voloshina is a main belt asteroid discovered in 1968 by T.M. Smirnova.