List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2245

140 Siwa /ˈʃiːwə/ is a large and dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on October 13 1874 and named after Šiwa the Slavic goddess of […]

138 Tolosa (to-loe’-za Latin Tolōsa) is a brightly coloured stony main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on May 19 1874 and named after the Latin […]

137 Meliboea is a large dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer J. Palisa on April 21 1874 the second of his many asteroid discoveries and named after […]

136 Austria is a main-belt asteroid that was found by the prolific asteroid discoverer Johann Palisa on March 18 1874 from the Austrian Naval Observatory in Pola Istria. It was […]

135 Hertha is a large main-belt asteroid. Named Hertha another name for Nerthus a Germanic fertility goddess. It orbits among the Nysa asteroid family but its classification as an M-type […]

134 Sophrosyne is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on September 27 1873 and was named after the concept of sophrosyne Plato’s term for […]

133 Cyrene is a fairly large and very bright main-belt asteroid that was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 16 1873 and named after Cyrene a nymph daughter of […]

132 Aethra is an M-type main-belt asteroid. It has a rather eccentric orbit that sometimes brings it closer to the Sun than the planet Mars. It was discovered by James […]

131 Vala is an inner main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 24 1873 and named after Völva a prophetess in Norse mythology. One observation […]