178 Belisana is a rocky main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on November 6 1877. It is named after the Celtic goddess Belisana.Photometric observations of […]
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177 Irma
177 Irma is a fairly large and dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the French brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on November 5 1877. Paul was credited […]
176 Iduna
176 Iduna is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on October 14 1877 in Clinton New York. It is named after the […]
175 Andromache
175 Andromache is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on October 1 1877 and named after Andromache wife of Hector during the Trojan War. […]
174 Phaedra
174 Phaedra is a sizable rocky main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on September 2 1877 and named after Phaedra the tragic lovelorn queen […]
173 Ino
173 Ino is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on August 1 1877 and named after Ino a queen in Greek mythology. The adjectival […]
172 Baucis
172 Baucis is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on February 5 1877 and named after a fictional character in the Greek legend […]
171 Ophelia
171 Ophelia is a large dark Themistian asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on January 13 1877 and named after the fictional character Ophelia in Shakespeare’s play […]
170 Maria
170 Maria is a Main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on January 10 1877. Its orbit was computed by Antonio Abetti and the asteroid […]
169 Zelia
169 Zelia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on September 28 1876. Credit for this discovery was given to Prosper. […]