List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 718

(225088) 2007 OR10 is a very large planetoid located in the scattered disc. It is the largest known body in the Solar System without a name approximately the size of […]

OGLE-TR-132b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-TR-132.In 2003 the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) detected periodic dimming in the star’s light curve indicating a transiting planetary-sized object. Since […]

OGLE-TR-111b is an extrasolar planet approximately 5000 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (the Keel). The planet is currently the only confirmed planet orbiting the star OGLE-TR-111 (though a […]

117032 Davidlane is a Main Belt asteroid discovered on May 14 2004 by T. Glinos D. Levy and W. Levy at Jarnac. It is named after Canadian amateur astronomer David […]

The circumstellar envelope is the part of the star whichhas a roughly spherical shape and is not gravitationally bound to the star core.Usually circumstellar envelopes are formed from the dense […]

HAT-P-8b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 750 light years away in the constellation of Pegasus orbiting the 10th magnitude star GSC 02757-01152. This planet was discovered by transit on […]

NGC 925 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. The morphological classification of this galaxy is SB(s)d which indicates that this has […]

XO-2 (XO-2B to be precise cf. next paragraph) is a cooler Sun-like star located approximately 480 light-years away from Earth in the Lynx constellation. It has a magnitude of 11 […]

XO-3 is a star in the constellation Camelopardalis. The star has a magnitude of 10 and is not visible to the naked eye but is visible through a small telescope. […]

10374 Etampes is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1198.3046785 days (3.28 years).The asteroid was discovered on April 15 1996.