List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2247

119 Althaea is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on April 3 1872 and named after Althaea the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology. […]

118 Peitho is a main-belt asteroid. It is probably an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 15 1872 and named after one of the two Peithos […]

117 Lomia is a large main-belt asteroid that has a nearly circular orbit; the orbital eccentricity is 0.029. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on September 12 1871 […]

116 Sirona is a somewhat large and bright-colored main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on September 8 1871 and named after Sirona the […]

115 Thyra is a fairly large and bright inner main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on August 6 1871 and was named for Thyra the […]

114 Kassandra is a large and dark main-belt asteroid. It belongs to the rare class T. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 23 1871 and is […]

113 Amalthea is a fairly typical rocky main-belt asteroid orbiting in the inner regions of the belt. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 12 1871. The name comes […]

112 Iphigenia /ɪfɨdʒɨˈnaɪ.ə/ is a fairly large and exceedingly dark main-belt asteroid. Based upon a classification as a C-type asteroid it has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered […]

111 Ate is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on August 14 1870 and named after Ate the goddess of mischief and […]

110 Lydia is a large main-belt asteroid with an M-type spectrum and thus may be metallic in composition consisting primarily of nickel-iron. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly […]