List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2264

3200 Phaethon (/ˈfeɪ.əθɒn/ FAY-ə-thon sometimes incorrectly spelled Phaeton) is an asteroid with an unusual orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are […]

NGC 55 is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 7 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Along with its neighbor NGC 300 it is one of the […]

NGC 300 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group and probably lies between us and the Sculptor Group. […]

2003 YN107 also written 2003 YN107 is a very small near-Earth object moving in a 1:1 mean motion resonance with the Earth. As such it is co-orbital to Earth.

2002 AA29 (also written 2002 AA29) is a small near-Earth asteroid that was discovered on January 9 2002 by the LINEAR (Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research) automatic sky survey. The […]

69230 Hermes is an Apollo Mars- and Venus-crosser asteroid that passed Earth at about twice the distance of the Moon on October 30 1937. It is named after the Greek […]

1373 Cincinnati is a Main belt asteroid. It has a somewhat irregular orbit. Otherwise it is probably a typical member of the belt.Cincinnati was discovered by the famous US astronomer […]

51 Nemausa /nɨˈmɔːzə/ is a large asteroid-belt asteroid that was discovered on January 22 1858 by one A. Laurent an obscure figure about whom little is known. Laurent made the […]

(66391) 1999 KW4 (also written (66391) 1999 KW4) is an Aten and Mercury-crosser asteroid discovered by LINEAR in 1999.1999 KW4 has a moon orbiting it. The moon designated S/2001 (66391) […]

(53319) 1999 JM8 (also written (53319) 1999 JM8) is a near-Earth asteroid and Mars-crosser asteroid discovered by LINEAR. Radar imaging by Goldstone and Arecibo has revealed the asteroid to be […]