List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1133

272 Antonia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on February 4 1888 in Nice.Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 2008 at the […]

271 Penthesilea is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Viktor Knorre on October 13 1887 in Berlin. It was his last asteroid discovery. The asteroid was named […]

270 Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8 1887 in Clinton New York.It was named after the Avestan divinity […]

269 Justitia is a fairly sizeable Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 21 1887 in Vienna.The asteroid was named after Justitia the Roman equivalent of Themis […]

268 Adorea is a very large Themistian asteroid.[citation needed] It is classified as a primitive carbonaceous F-type/C-type asteroid.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on June 8 1887 in Marseilles.

267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable very dark Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 27 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery.It was named […]

266 Aline is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 17 1887 in Vienna and is thought to have been named after the […]

265 Anna is a typical Main belt asteroid.It was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 25 1887 in Vienna and was probably named after the daughter of astronomer Edmund Weiss.

264 Libussa is a Main belt asteroid that was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on December 22 1886 in Clinton New York and was named after Libussa the legendary […]

263 Dresda is a typical Main belt asteroid. It belongs to the Koronis family of asteroids.It has a lightly coloured surface and likely is not composed of carbonaceus materials but […]