57 Mnemosyne (/nɨˈmɒsɨniː/ ni-MOS-i-nee) is a large main belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid in composition. It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 22 1859 from Düsseldorf. Its […]
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56 Melete
56 Melete (/ˈmɛlɨtiː/ MEL-i-tee) is a large and dark main belt asteroid. It is a rather unusual P-type asteroid probably composed of organic rich silicates carbon and anhydrous silicates with […]
55 Pandora
55 Pandora is a fairly large and very bright asteroid in the asteroid belt. Pandora was discovered by American astronomer and catholic priest George Mary Searle on September 10 1858 […]
54 Alexandra
54 Alexandra is a very large and dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on September 10 1858 and named after the German explorer Alexander von […]
53 Kalypso
53 Kalypso /kəˈlɪpsoʊ/ is a large and very dark main belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on April 4 1858 at Düsseldorf. It is named after […]
50 Virginia
50 Virginia /vərˈdʒɪnjə/ is a large very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by American astronomer James Ferguson on October 4 1857 from the United States Naval Observatory in […]
49 Pales
49 Pales /ˈpeɪliːz/ is a large dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on September 19 1857 from his balcony in Paris. The asteroid is named […]
48 Doris
48 Doris is one of the largest main belt asteroids. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 19 1857 from his balcony in Paris.
47 Aglaja
47 Aglaja /əˈɡlaɪ.ə/ is a large dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 15 1857 from Düsseldorf. The name was chosen by the Philosophical Faculty […]
46 Hestia
46 Hestia /ˈhɛstiə/ is a large dark main-belt asteroid. It is also the primary body of the Hestia clump a group of asteroids with similar orbits.Hestia was discovered by N. […]