34 Circe (/ˈsɜrsiː/ SUR-see) is a large very dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer J. Chacornac on April 6 1855 and named after Circe a goddess in […]
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33 Polyhymnia
33 Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Jean Chacornac on October 28 1854 and named after Polyhymnia the Greek Muse of sacred hymns.Photometric observations […]
32 Pomona
32 Pomona is a stony main-belt asteroid that is 81 km across. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt on October 26 1854 and is named after […]
31 Euphrosyne
31 Euphrosyne is one of the largest main-belt asteroids discovered by James Ferguson on September 1 1854. It was the first asteroid found from North America. It is named after […]
30 Urania
30 Urania is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind on July 22 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery. This object is named […]
29 Amphitrite
29 Amphitrite is one of the largest S-type asteroids probably third in diameter after Eunomia and Juno although Iris and Herculina are similar in size.
28 Bellona
28 Bellona is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 1 1854 and named after Bellōna the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen […]
27 Euterpe
27 Euterpe is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. R. Hind on November 8 1853 and named after Euterpē the Muse of music in Greek mythology.Euterpe is […]
26 Proserpina
26 Proserpina is a main-belt asteroid discovered by R. Luther on May 5 1853. It is named after the Roman goddess Proserpina the daughter of Ceres and the Queen of […]
2001 QR322
2001 QR322 (also written 2001 QR322) was the first Neptune trojan discovered in 2001 by the Deep Ecliptic Survey. It orbits ahead of Neptune at its L4 Lagrangian point.With an […]