List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2263

3834 Zappafrank is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Ladislav Brožek in 1980 at Kleť Observatory. It was named after the late American composer Frank Zappa on July […]

3948 Bohr is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Poul Jensen in 1985. It is named after the Danish physicist Niels Bohr (1885–1962).

3975 Verdi is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Freimut Börngen in 1982 and is named after the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

3989 Odin is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Poul Jensen in 1986. It is named after Odin the king of the gods in Norse mythology.

3999 Aristarchus is a small main belt asteroid. It measures 8.26 km in diameter. It was discovered by Takuo Kojima in 1989. It is named after Aristarchus of Samos the […]

18610 Arthurdent is a small main belt asteroid discovered by Felix Hormuth of Starkenburg Observatory on February 7 1998. It is named after Arthur Dent the bewildered hero of Douglas […]

2309 Mr. Spock (provisional designation: 1971 QX1) is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 16 1971 by James B. Gibson an astronomer specializing in comets asteroids and the Milky […]

2602 Moore is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered in 1982 by Edward L. G. Bowell from the Lowell Observatory’s Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff Arizona. It is […]

Dwingeloo 2 is a small irregular galaxy discovered in 1996 and located about 10 million light-years away from the Earth. Its discovery was a result of Dwingeloo Obscured Galaxy Survey […]

Dwingeloo 1 is a barred spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away from the Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies in the Zone of Avoidance and is heavily obscured […]