List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2268

9969 Braille is a small Mars-crossing asteroid that orbits the Sun once every 3.58 years. It was discovered in 1992 by astronomers at Palomar observatory and later named after Louis […]

2867 Šteins is a small main-belt asteroid that was discovered in 1969 by N. S. Chernykh. It is named after Kārlis Šteins a Latvian and Soviet astronomer. Šteins was visited […]

1862 Apollo /əˈpɒloʊ/ is a Q-type asteroid discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1932 but lost and not recovered until 1973. It is named after the Greek god Apollo.It is the […]

Galatea (/ˈɡæləˈtiːə/ GAL-ə-TEE-ə; Greek: Γαλάτεια) also known as Neptune VI is the fourth closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Galatea one of the Nereids of Greek legend.Galatea […]

Despina (/dɨˈspiːnə/ di-SPEE-nə or /dɨˈspaɪnə/ di-SPY-nə; Latin: Despœna; Greek: Δέσποινα) also known as Neptune V is the third closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Despoina a nymph […]

Thalassa (/θəˈlæsə/ thə-LASS-ə; Greek: Θάλασσα) also known as Neptune IV is the second innermost satellite of Neptune. Thalassa was named after sea goddess Thalassa a daughter of Aether and Hemera […]

Prospero (/ˈprɒspəroʊ/ PROS-pər-oh) is a relatively small retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus discovered on 18 July 1999 by the astrophysicist Matthew Holman and his team and given the provisional designation […]

Sycorax (/ˈsɪkəræks/ SIK-or-aks) is the largest retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. Sycorax was discovered on 6 September 1997 by Brett J. Gladman Philip D. Nicholson Joseph A. Burns and John […]

Portia (/ˈpɔrʃə/ POR-shə) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 3 January 1986 and was given the temporary designation S/1986 […]

51 Pegasi (abbreviated 51 Peg) is a Sun-like star located 50.9 light-years (15.6 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. It was the first extrasolar Sun-like star found to have […]