List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1057

2004 XR190 (also written 2004 XR190) is a possible dwarf planet located in the scattered disc. Astronomers led by Lynne Jones of the University of British Columbia made the discovery […]

2009 Voloshina is a main belt asteroid discovered in 1968 by T.M. Smirnova.

10515 Old Joe is a main-belt asteroid discovered by Brian G. W. Manning on October 31 1989 from Stakenbridge in the village of Churchill near Kidderminster Worcestershire England. It is […]

The minor planet 1657 Roemera was discovered in 1961 by Paul Wild and named for Elizabeth Roemer an American astronomer.

1627 Ivar is a large Mars-crosser asteroid that was discovered in 1929 by Ejnar Hertzsprung at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg South Africa. Although it does not cross Earth’s orbit […]

19367 Pink Floyd is an asteroid that has been named in honour of the English musical group Pink Floyd. It was discovered on December 3 1997. It is in a […]

1866 Sisyphus (/ˈsɪsɨfəs/ SIS-i-fəs) is a binary Apollo asteroid which at approximately 9 km in diameter is the largest of the Earth-crossing asteroids.

3487 Edgeworth (1978 UF) is a Main-belt asteroid discovered on October 28 1978 by H. L. Giclas at Flagstaff.

3749 Balam is an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. It is named after the Canadian astronomer David D. Balam.

(385695) 2005 TO74 (also written 2005 TO74) is the fourth Neptune trojan discovered. It orbits near Neptune’s L4 Lagrangian point about 60 degrees ahead of Neptune and thus has the […]