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4660 Nereus (/ˈnɪəriəs/ NEER-ee-əs; Greek: Νηρέας) is a small (about 0.33 kilometres (0.21 mi)) asteroid. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin on February 28 1982 approximately 1 month after […]

25143 Itokawa (/ˌiːtoʊˈkɑːwə/; Japanese: イトカワ [itokawa]) is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was the first asteroid to be the target of a sample return mission the Japanese space probe […]

719 Albert is a Mars-crossing Amor asteroid; it was the second one discovered after 433 Eros.

4486 Mithra is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was discovered by Eric Elst and Vladimir Shkodrov on September 22 1987. It is named after Mithra Indo-Iranian god of light. […]

(4197) 1982 TA was discovered on October 11 1982 by Eleanor F. Helin and Eugene Shoemaker. It is an Apollo Mars- and Venus-crosser asteroid only 1.7 km in diameter.In 1996 […]

Trinculo (/ˈtrɪŋkjʊloʊ/ TRING-kew-loh) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by a group of astronomers led by Holman et al. on 13 August 2001 and given the […]

Stephano (/ˈstɛfənoʊ/ STEF-ə-noh or /stɨˈfɑːnoʊ/ stə-FAH-noh) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Uranus. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman et al. in 1999 and given the provisional designation S/1999 […]

Ymir (/ˈɪmɪər/ IM-eer) or Saturn XIX is a retrograde irregular moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Brett J. Gladman et al. in 2000 and given the temporary designation S/2000 […]

Iocaste (/aɪ.ɵˈkæstiː/ eye-o-KAS-tee; Greek: Ιοκάστη) also known as Jupiter XXIV is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii […]

4183 Cuno is an Apollo Mars- and Venus-crosser asteroid. It was discovered in 1959 by Cuno Hoffmeister from whom the asteroid takes its name. Cuno is about 4–9 km in […]