2436 Hatshepsut is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Hatshepsut the […]
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7 Iris
7 Iris is a large main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. It is the fourth brightest object in the asteroid belt. It is classified as an S-type […]
2578 Saint-Exupéry
2578 Saint-Exupéry is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Tamara M. Smirnova on 2 November 1975. It is named after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry the French aviator and […]
2675 Tolkien
2675 Tolkien is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by M. Watt in 1982. It is named after J.R.R. Tolkien a philologist university professor and author of The […]
2709 Sagan
2709 Sagan is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1982. It is named after the late astronomer Carl Sagan.Sagan is an S-type […]
2747 Český Krumlov
2747 Český Krumlov (Czech: [ˈtʃɛskiː ˈkrʊmlof]) is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1980. It is named after the historic Czech […]
2801 Huygens
2801 Huygens is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Hendrik van Gent in 1935. It belongs to the Gefion family of asteroids. It is named after Christiaan […]
1981 Midas
The asteroid 1981 Midas was discovered on March 6 1973 by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Midas the king of Phrygia in Greek mythology who […]
2984 Chaucer
2984 Chaucer is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1981. It is named after Geoffrey Chaucer the medieval English poet.
2985 Shakespeare
2985 Shakespeare is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1983. It is named after William Shakespeare the English renaissance dramatist and poet.