List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1141

2001 Einstein is an inner main belt asteroid discovered on March 5 1973. It is a member of the Hungaria family. It is named in honour of the German-American physicist […]

S/2004 S 3 is the provisional designation of an object seen orbiting Saturn just beyond the outer strand of the F ring on June 21 2004. It was discovered by […]

Asteroid 41450 Medkeff is named in honour of amateur astronomer and astro­photographer Jeff Medkeff for contributions to robotic telescope operation. Previously known as 2000 LF15 and 2001 UF39 the object […]

366 Vincentina is a fairly large main belt asteroid.Vincentina was discovered on March 21 1893 by Auguste Charlois and named after Vincenzo Cerulli an Italian astronomer.

Pallene (/pəˈliːniː/ pə-LEE-nee; Greek: Παλλήνη) is a very small natural satellite of Saturn. It is one of three small moons known as the Alkyonides that lie between the orbits of […]

Methone is a very small natural satellite of Saturn lying between the orbits of Mimas and Enceladus.

201 Penelope is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on August 7 1879 in Pola. The asteroid is named after Penelope the wife […]

3806 Tremaine is a small asteroid of the Alinda family. It was first sighted on 14 October 1975 [1] and given the provisional designation 1975 TY5. Two more sightings occurred […]

(6178) 1986 DA is a 2.3-kilometre-diameter M-type Mars-crosser and near-Earth asteroid notable for being significantly more radar-reflective than other asteroids. It is an Amor asteroid which means it approaches the […]

3554 Amun is an M-type Aten asteroid (meaning it crosses Earth’s orbit) and a Venus-crosser. It was discovered on 4 March 1986 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Mount Palomar […]