List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2256

25 Phocaea is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. Chacornac at Marseille on April 6. 1853. It was his first asteroid discovery out of a total of six. […]

23 Thalia is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15 1852 at the private observatory of W. Bishop located in Hyde Park London […]

20 Massalia is a large and fairly bright main-belt asteroid. It is also the largest member of the Massalia family of asteroids. Its name is the Greek name for Marseille […]

19 Fortuna is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It has a composition similar to 1 Ceres: a darkly colored surface that is heavily space-weathered with the composition of primitive […]

18 Melpomene is a large bright main-belt asteroid that was discovered by J. R. Hind on June 24 1852 and named after Melpomenē the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology. […]

17 Thetis is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by R. Luther on April 17 1852. It was his first asteroid discovery. The name comes from Thetis the mother […]

15 Eunomia is a very large asteroid in the inner asteroid belt. It is the largest of the stony (S-type) asteroids and somewhere between the 8th-to-12th-largest main-belt asteroid overall (uncertainty […]

14 Irene is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by John Russell Hind on May 19 1851.14 Irene was named after Irēnē a personification of peace in Greek mythology. She was […]

13 Egeria is a large main-belt G-type asteroid. It was discovered by A. de Gasparis on November 2 1850. Egeria was named by Urbain Le Verrier whose computations led to […]

12 Victoria is a large main-belt asteroid.It was discovered by J. R. Hind on September 13 1850.Victoria is officially named after the Roman goddess of victory but the name also […]