List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2265

8405 Asbolus (/ˈæzbɵləs/; from Greek: Άσβολος) is a centaur orbiting between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune. It was discovered by James V. Scotti and Robert Jedicke of Spacewatch at […]

6489 Golevka is an Apollo Mars-crosser and Alinda asteroid discovered in 1991 by Eleanor F. Helin.Its name has a complicated origin. In 1995 Golevka was studied simultaneously by three radar […]

5535 Annefrank /ˌæn ˈfræŋk/ is an inner main-belt asteroid and member of the Augusta family. It was discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1942. In 1995 it was named after Anne […]

4660 Nereus (/ˈnɪəriəs/ NEER-ee-əs; Greek: Νηρέας) is a small (about 0.33 kilometres (0.21 mi)) asteroid. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin on February 28 1982 approximately 1 month after […]

25143 Itokawa (/ˌiːtoʊˈkɑːwə/; Japanese: イトカワ [itokawa]) is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was the first asteroid to be the target of a sample return mission the Japanese space probe […]

In stellar evolution an FU Orionis star (also FU Orionis object or FUor) is a pre–main sequence star which displays an extreme change in magnitude and spectral type. One example […]

719 Albert is a Mars-crossing Amor asteroid; it was the second one discovered after 433 Eros.

4486 Mithra is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was discovered by Eric Elst and Vladimir Shkodrov on September 22 1987. It is named after Mithra Indo-Iranian god of light. […]

(4197) 1982 TA was discovered on October 11 1982 by Eleanor F. Helin and Eugene Shoemaker. It is an Apollo Mars- and Venus-crosser asteroid only 1.7 km in diameter.In 1996 […]

Trinculo (/ˈtrɪŋkjʊloʊ/ TRING-kew-loh) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by a group of astronomers led by Holman et al. on 13 August 2001 and given the […]