List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1053

2644 Victor Jara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the Solar System. Initially it received the designation 1973 SO2. The numerical designation indicates that it was the 2644 […]

The XO Telescope is a telescope located on the 3054 m summit of Haleakala on Maui Hawaii formed by a pair of 200 mm telephoto lenses. It is used by […]

2202 Pele is an asteroid. It is a Mars-crosser asteroid that is this type of asteroid’s orbit crosses the orbit of Mars. It is an Amor asteroid that is this […]

(1322) Coppernicus is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered on 15 June 1934 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg. The name refers to astronomer Nicolaus […]

Namaka is the smaller inner moon of the dwarf planet Haumea. It is named after Nāmaka one of the daughters of Haumea the goddess of the sea in Hawaiian mythology.

Hiʻiaka is the larger outer moon of the dwarf planet Haumea.

2006 HZ51 is an 800 m diameter asteroid discovered on 27 April 2006 by the Catalina Sky Survey that was thought to have a chance of hitting Earth on 21 […]

HD 82943 c is an extrasolar planet approximately 89 light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. The planet was announced in 2001 to be orbiting the yellow dwarf star HD […]

23 Librae b (23 Lib b) is an extrasolar Jovian planet discovered in 1999 orbiting the star 23 Librae. It orbits in its star’s habitable zone.As of 1999 the planet […]

2730 Barks is an asteroid discovered by Ted Bowell on August 30 1981. The asteroid was named for comic book artist Carl Barks who wrote Island in the Sky an […]