List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 3

(374158) 2004 UL is a Mercury-crosser Venus-crosser Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. It has the second-smallest perihelion of any known asteroid after (137924) 2000 BD19.

NGC 6845 (also known as Klemola 30) is an interacting system of four galaxies in the constellation Telescopium. The cluster has certain similarities with Stephan’s Quintet. Its distance is estimated […]

(89958) 2002LY45 is an Near-Earth object that is also a Mercury-crosser Venus-crosser and Mars-crosser. It was discovered by the LINEAR program on June 14 2002.

Nu Microscopii is a star in the constellation Microscopium. It is an orange giant star of spectral type K0III and apparent magnitude is 5.13. It was first catalogued as Nu […]

Theta2 Microscopii (θ2 Mic) is a star in the constellation Microscopium. Its apparent magnitude is 5.76.

Iota Microscopii is a star in the constellation Microscopium. It is a yellow-white star of spectral type F1IV and apparent magnitude is 5.13.

2005 VX3 is a minor planet which has the largest heliocentric semi-major axis and aphelion. It also has the largest orbital eccentricity of any known minor planet with its perihelion […]

2006 HY51 is the asteroid with the third-smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun. Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it within 0.081 AU of the Sun (26% […]

2008 FF5 is the asteroid with the second-smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun. Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it within 0.079 AU of the Sun (26% […]

NGC 1868 is a star cluster that is about 6° removed from the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.