List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2252

68 Leto (/ˈliːtoʊ/ LEE-toh; Greek: Λητώ) is a large main belt asteroid. Its spectral type is S. It was discovered by Robert Luther on April 29 1861. The asteroid is […]

67 Asia (/ˈeɪʃiə/ AY-shee-ə) is a bright asteroid from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by N.R. Pogson on April 17 1861 from the Madras Observatory.Pogson chose the name to […]

66 Maja /ˈmaɪ.ə/ is a dark quite large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Horace Tuttle on April 9 1861 and named after Maia one of the Pleiades in Greek […]

64 Angelina is a medium-sized main belt E-type asteroid discovered in 1861. It is an unusually bright form of E-type asteroid.

63 Ausonia (/ɔːˈsoʊniə/ aw-SOH-nee-ə) is a large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on February 10 1861 from the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte Naples. The initial […]

62 Erato (/ˈɛrətoʊ/ ERR-ə-toh) is a large and dark probably carbonaceous Themistian asteroid.[citation needed] It is a member of the Eos family.Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited […]

61 Danaë (/ˈdænəjiː/ DAN-ə-yee or /dəˈneɪ.ə/ də-NAY-ə) is a moderately large rocky main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 9 1860 from his balcony in Paris.Goldschmidt […]

60 Echo is a quite large main-belt S-type asteroid. It was discovered by James Ferguson of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. on September 14 1860. It was […]

59 Elpis (/ˈɛlpɨs/ EL-pis) is a very large main belt asteroid. It is a C-type asteroid meaning that it is very dark and carbonaceous in composition.Elpis was discovered by Jean […]

58 Concordia is a fairly large asteroid-belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid meaning that its surface is very dark and it is likely carbonaceous in composition.Concordia was […]