List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1142

516 Amherstia was the 8th asteroid discovered by Raymond Smith Dugan and was named after Amherst College his alma mater. Amherstia is a large M-type asteroid with an estimated diameter […]

5261 Eureka is the first asteroid discovered that turned out to be a Mars trojan. It was discovered by David H. Levy and Henry Holt at Palomar Observatory on June […]

1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor asteroids a group of near-Earth asteroids whose orbits range between those of Earth and Mars. Amors are often Mars-crossers but they are […]

Asteroid 15017 Cuppy a main-belt object previously known as 1998 SS25 was discovered on September 22 1998 by Edward L. G. Bowell of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) Anderson […]

(137924) 2000 BD19 (also written 2000 BD19) is an asteroid with the smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid (0.092 AU—38% of Mercury’s orbital radius). With its high eccentricity not only […]

(65407) 2002 RP120 (also written (65407) 2002 RP120) holds the distinction of being the most eccentric of the numbered asteroids (as of July 2004). It is also a member of […]

2062 Aten (/ˈɑːtən/ AH-tən) is an asteroid that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid […]

704 Interamnia is a very large asteroid with an estimated diameter of 350 kilometres. Its mean distance from the Sun is 3.067 (AU). It was discovered on October 2 1910 […]

200 Dynamene is a large dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on July 27 1879 in Clinton New York. The name derives from […]

199 Byblis is a relatively large main belt asteroid.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 9 1879 in Clinton New York and named after Byblis an incestuous […]