List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2258

Van Maanen’s star (van Maanen 2) is a white dwarf. It is a dense compact stellar remnant that is no longer generating energy having about 68% of the Sun’s mass […]

Abell 1835 IR1916 (also known as Abell 1835 Galaxy Abell 1835 or Galaxy Abell 1835 IR1916) was a candidate for being the most distant galaxy ever observed. It was claimed […]

2004 JG6 (also written 2004 JG6) is one of the closest orbiting objects to the Sun.It is the second known Apohele asteroid (the first being 163693 Atira) which means its […]

323 Brucia (/ˈbruːsiə/ BREW-see-ə or /ˈbruːʃə/ BREW-shə) was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography. It was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by […]

Atlas is a triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster (M45). It is also known as 27 Tauri.The primary component Atlas A is a blue-white B-type giant with an […]

Alpha Librae (α Lib α Librae) is the Bayer designation for the second brightest star in the constellation Libra (despite its Bayer designation as alpha). It has the traditional name […]

Beta Pictoris (β Pic β Pictoris) is the second brightest star in the constellation Pictor. It is located 63.4 light years from our solar system and is 1.75 times as […]

288 Glauke (/ˈɡlɔːkiː/ GLAW-kee) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered by Robert Luther in 1890. It was the last of his asteroid discoveries. It is named after Glauke […]

Delta Arietis (δ Ari δ Arietis) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Aries. It has the traditional name Botein which is derived from the […]

2436 Hatshepsut is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Hatshepsut the […]