List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2279

Hyperion (/haɪˈpɪəriən/; Greek: Ὑπερίων) also known as Saturn VII is a moon of Saturn discovered by William Cranch Bond George Phillips Bond and William Lassell in 1848. It is distinguished […]

Beta Arietis (β Ari β Arietis) is a binary star system in the constellation Aries marking the Ram’s second horn. It has the traditional name Sherawan (or Sharatan Sheratim) and […]

(29075) 1950 DA is a near-Earth asteroid. It is notable for having the highest known probability of impacting Earth. In 2002 it had the highest Palermo rating with a value […]

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy. It is classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy. It has a diameter of about 7000 light-years and contains several hundred million […]

5145 Pholus (/ˈfoʊləs/ FOH-ləs; from Greek: Φόλος) is a centaur in an eccentric orbit with a perihelion less than Saturn’s and aphelion greater than Neptune’s. Pholus has not come within […]

Pandora (/pænˈdɔərə/ pan-DOHR-ə; Greek: Πανδώρα) is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe and was provisionally designated S/1980 S […]

Proteus (/ˈproʊtiːəs/; Greek: Πρωτεύς) also known as Neptune VIII is the second largest Neptunian moon and Neptune’s largest inner satellite. Discovered by Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989 it is named […]

Alpha Crucis (α Cru α Crucis also Acrux HD 108248) is the brightest star in the constellation Crux the Southern Cross and at a combined visual magnitude 0.77 is the […]

Beta Tauri (β Tau β Tauri) is the second brightest star in the constellation Taurus with an apparent magnitude of 1.68. Ptolemy considered Beta Tauri to be shared by Auriga […]

Epsilon Eridani (ε Eri ε Eridani) is a star in the southern constellation Eridanus along a declination 9.46° south of the celestial equator. This allows it to be viewed from […]