11 Parthenope is a large bright main-belt asteroid.Parthenope was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on May 11 1850 the second of his nine asteroid discoveries. It was named after Parthenopē […]
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10 Hygiea
10 Hygiea is the fourth largest asteroid in the Solar System by volume and mass and is located in the asteroid belt. With somewhat oblong diameters of 350–500 km and […]
9 Metis
For the moon of Jupiter see Metis (moon).9 Metis is one of the larger main-belt asteroids. It is composed of silicates and metallic nickel-iron and may be the core remnant […]
8 Flora
8 Flora is a large bright main-belt asteroid. It is the innermost large asteroid: no asteroid closer to the Sun has a diameter above 25 kilometres or two-elevenths that of […]
9007 James Bond
Main-belt asteroid 9007 James Bond was discovered on 5 October 1983 by Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic.It is named in honour of the British novelist […]
11754 Herbig
11754 Herbig is a tiny Main belt asteroid.It was discovered on September 24 1960 at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels. It is […]
4065 Meinel
(4065) Meinel is an S-type asteroid of the Flora family native to the Main Belt. It was discovered on September 24 1960 at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten […]
2004 JG6
2004 JG6 (also written 2004 JG6) is one of the closest orbiting objects to the Sun.It is the second known Apohele asteroid (the first being 163693 Atira) which means its […]
323 Brucia
323 Brucia (/ˈbruːsiə/ BREW-see-ə or /ˈbruːʃə/ BREW-shə) was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography. It was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by […]
288 Glauke
288 Glauke (/ˈɡlɔːkiː/ GLAW-kee) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered by Robert Luther in 1890. It was the last of his asteroid discoveries. It is named after Glauke […]