List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1168

Comet Elst–Pizarro is a body that displays characteristics of both asteroids and comets and is the prototype of main-belt comets. Its orbit keeps it within the asteroid belt yet it […]

4015 Wilson–Harrington is a small Solar System body known both as Comet Wilson–Harrington or 107P/Wilson–Harrington and as an asteroid designated 4015 Wilson–Harrington. It is considered both an Apollo asteroid with […]

Tempel 1 (official designation: 9P/Tempel) is a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1867. It completes an orbit of the Sun every 5.5 years. Tempel 1 was the […]

90 Antiope (/ænˈtaɪ.əpiː/ an-TY-ə-pee) is a double asteroid in the outer asteroid belt. It was discovered on October 1 1866 by Robert Luther. In 2000 it was found to consist […]

6 Hebe (/ˈhiːbiː/ HEE-bee) is a large main-belt asteroid containing around half a percent of the mass of the belt. Its apparently high bulk density (greater than that of the […]

9969 Braille is a small Mars-crossing asteroid that orbits the Sun once every 3.58 years. It was discovered in 1992 by astronomers at Palomar observatory and later named after Louis […]

2867 Šteins is a small main-belt asteroid that was discovered in 1969 by N. S. Chernykh. It is named after Kārlis Šteins a Latvian and Soviet astronomer. Šteins was visited […]

1862 Apollo /əˈpɒloʊ/ is a Q-type asteroid discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1932 but lost and not recovered until 1973. It is named after the Greek god Apollo.It is the […]

Galatea (/ˈɡæləˈtiːə/ GAL-ə-TEE-ə; Greek: Γαλάτεια) also known as Neptune VI is the fourth closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Galatea one of the Nereids of Greek legend.Galatea […]

Despina (/dɨˈspiːnə/ di-SPEE-nə or /dɨˈspaɪnə/ di-SPY-nə; Latin: Despœna; Greek: Δέσποινα) also known as Neptune V is the third closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Despoina a nymph […]