List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2239

188 Menippe is a main belt asteroid. It has a bright surface and rocky composition.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 18 1878 in Clinton New York […]

187 Lamberta is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French (Corsican) astronomer Jérôme Eugène Coggia on April 11 1878 and named after the astronomer Johann Heinrich Lambert. It was […]

186 Celuta is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French astronomers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on April 6 1878. This was the last discovery […]

185 Eunike is a dark and very large main-belt asteroid with an approximate diameter of 157 kilometres. It has a primitive carbonaceous composition.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters […]

184 Dejopeja is a large M-type Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. Palisa on February 28 1878. It is named after Deiopea a Roman nymph.

183 Istria is a stony main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on February 8 1878 from Pula Croatia and named after the Istrian peninsula which […]

182 Elsa is a Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 7 1878. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may be named after the […]

181 Eucharis is a large slowly rotating main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Pablo Cottenot on February 2 1878 from Marseille Observatory. It was his only asteroid discovery. […]

180 Garumna is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by the French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on January 29 1878. Its name comes from the ancient Latin name for […]

179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on November 11 1877. It was the last of his 22 asteroid […]