(65407) 2002 RP120 (also written (65407) 2002 RP120) holds the distinction of being the most eccentric of the numbered asteroids (as of July 2004). It is also a member of […]
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2062 Aten
2062 Aten (/ˈɑːtən/ AH-tən) is an asteroid that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid […]
Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
The Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (also known as Peg DIG or the Pegasus Dwarf) is an irregular galaxy and a dwarf galaxy in the direction of the constellation Pegasus. It […]
Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
The Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal (also known as Andromeda VI or Peg dSph for short) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The Pegasus […]
Groombridge 1830
Groombridge 1830 (1830 Groombridge Argelander’s Star) is a star in the constellation Ursa Major.
SN 1885A
SN 1885A (also S Andromedae) was a supernova in the Andromeda Galaxy the only one seen in that galaxy so far by astronomers and the first ever noted outside the […]
Maia (star)
Maia (20 Tauri) is a star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster (M45) after Alcyone Atlas and Electra in that […]
704 Interamnia
704 Interamnia is a very large asteroid with an estimated diameter of 350 kilometres. Its mean distance from the Sun is 3.067 (AU). It was discovered on October 2 1910 […]
200 Dynamene
200 Dynamene is a large dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on July 27 1879 in Clinton New York. The name derives from […]
199 Byblis
199 Byblis is a relatively large main belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 9 1879 in Clinton New York and named after Byblis an incestuous […]