List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2249

99 Dike (/ˈdaɪkiː/ DY-kee) is a quite large and dark main-belt asteroid. Dike was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on May 28 1868. It was his first asteroid discovery. It is […]

98 Ianthe (/aɪˈænθiː/ eye-AN-thee) is a large main-belt asteroid named for three figures in Greek mythology. It is very dark and is composed of carbonates. It was one of the […]

97 Klotho (/ˈkloʊθoʊ/ KLOH-thoh) is a fairly large main-belt asteroid. While it is an M-type its radar albedo is too low to allow a nickel-iron composition. Klotho is similar to […]

96 Aegle (/ˈiːɡliː/ EE-glee) is a very large main-belt asteroid. It has a dark-colored surface and probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by Jérôme Coggia on February 17 […]

95 Arethusa (/ˌærɨˈθjuːzə/ ARR-ə-THEW-zə) is a large main-belt asteroid. Its coloring is dark its composition carbonaceous and primitive. It was discovered by Robert Luther on November 23 1867 and named […]

Not to be confused with Aurora borealis.94 Aurora is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. With an albedo of only 0.04 it is darker than soot and has a primitive […]

93 Minerva (/mɨˈnɜrvə/ mi-NUR-və) is a large trinary main-belt asteroid. It is a C-type asteroid meaning that it has a dark surface and possibly a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was […]

92 Undina (/ʌnˈdaɪnə/ un-DY-nə; Latin: Undīna) is a large main belt asteroid. It has an unusually high albedo and an M-type spectrum. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters […]

91 Aegina (/ɨˈdʒaɪnə/ i-JY-nə) is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface coloring is very dark and the asteroid has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by a French […]

89 Julia is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on August 6 1866. This was first of his two asteroid discoveries; the other was […]