11 Parthenope is a large bright main-belt asteroid.Parthenope was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on May 11 1850 the second of his nine asteroid discoveries. It was named after Parthenopē […]
List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2257
10 Hygiea
10 Hygiea is the fourth largest asteroid in the Solar System by volume and mass and is located in the asteroid belt. With somewhat oblong diameters of 350–500 km and […]
9 Metis
For the moon of Jupiter see Metis (moon).9 Metis is one of the larger main-belt asteroids. It is composed of silicates and metallic nickel-iron and may be the core remnant […]
8 Flora
8 Flora is a large bright main-belt asteroid. It is the innermost large asteroid: no asteroid closer to the Sun has a diameter above 25 kilometres or two-elevenths that of […]
4659 Roddenberry
4659 Roddenberry is a main-belt asteroid named for Gene Roddenberry the creator of Star Trek. It was discovered in the southern sky on March 2 1981 at the Siding Spring […]
Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as Messier 51a M51a or NGC 5194) is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus in the constellation Canes Venatici. […]
9007 James Bond
Main-belt asteroid 9007 James Bond was discovered on 5 October 1983 by Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic.It is named in honour of the British novelist […]
11754 Herbig
11754 Herbig is a tiny Main belt asteroid.It was discovered on September 24 1960 at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels. It is […]
4065 Meinel
(4065) Meinel is an S-type asteroid of the Flora family native to the Main Belt. It was discovered on September 24 1960 at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten […]
3850 Peltier
3850 Peltier is a Main belt asteroid. It was discovered on October 7 1986 at Anderson Mesa by Ted Bowell who named it in honor of the American astronomer Leslie […]