List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2267

1566 Icarus (/ˈɪkərəs/ IK-ə-rəs) is an Apollo asteroid (a subclass of near-Earth asteroid) that at perihelion comes closer to the Sun than Mercury i.e. it is a Mercury-crossing asteroid. It […]

45 Eugenia is a large main-belt asteroid. It is famed as one of the first asteroids to be found to have a moon orbiting it. It is also the second […]

The asteroid 2685 Masursky is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Edward (Ted) Bowell in 1981. It was named after Harold Masursky (1923–1990) a planetary geologist at the U.S. […]

Bellatrix also known by its Bayer designation Gamma Orionis (γ Ori γ Orionis) is the third brightest star in the constellation Orion. A second-magnitude star it is the twenty-seventh brightest […]

139 Juewa (/dʒuːˈeɪwɑː/ jew-AY-wah) is a very large and dark main belt asteroid. It is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous material. It was the first asteroid discovered from China.Juewa was […]

Comet Elst–Pizarro is a body that displays characteristics of both asteroids and comets and is the prototype of main-belt comets. Its orbit keeps it within the asteroid belt yet it […]

4015 Wilson–Harrington is a small Solar System body known both as Comet Wilson–Harrington or 107P/Wilson–Harrington and as an asteroid designated 4015 Wilson–Harrington. It is considered both an Apollo asteroid with […]

Tempel 1 (official designation: 9P/Tempel) is a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1867. It completes an orbit of the Sun every 5.5 years. Tempel 1 was the […]

90 Antiope (/ænˈtaɪ.əpiː/ an-TY-ə-pee) is a double asteroid in the outer asteroid belt. It was discovered on October 1 1866 by Robert Luther. In 2000 it was found to consist […]

6 Hebe (/ˈhiːbiː/ HEE-bee) is a large main-belt asteroid containing around half a percent of the mass of the belt. Its apparently high bulk density (greater than that of the […]