List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1140

2101 Adonis was one of the first near-Earth asteroids to be discovered. It was discovered by Eugene Delporte in 1936 and named after Adonis the beautiful youth with whom the […]

26858 Misterrogers /ˌmɪstər ˈrɒdʒərz/ is a main-belt asteroid named after children’s television host Fred Rogers.

532 Herculina (/hɜrkjʊˈlaɪnə/ HUR-kew-LY-nə) is a large asteroid with a diameter of around 225 km.

99942 Apophis (/əˈpɒfɪs/ previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a […]

Basic hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. The parent molecule methane (CH4) undergoes photochemical reactions which convert it to chain molecules such as acetylene (C2H2) ethylene […]

4923 Clarke is an asteroid. It was discovered on March 2 1981 by Schelte J. Bus who also discovered 5020 Asimov on the same day. It orbits within the main […]

2159 Kukkamäki is an asteroid named after Finnish geodesist Tauno Johannes Kukkamäki (1909–1997).

(99907) 1989 VA is an Aten asteroid located in Venus’ zone of influence that has frequent close encounters with the Earth. It was discovered on 2 November 1989 by C. […]

2000 SG344 (also written 2000 SG344) is a small Aten asteroid discovered in 2000. It has a diameter of 37 m and an estimated mass of 7.1×107 kg (71000 tonnes). […]

Io /ˈaɪ.oʊ/ is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter and with a diameter of 3642 kilometres (2263 mi) the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System. […]