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Elara (/ˈɛlərə/ EL-ər-ə; Greek: Ελάρα) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory in 1905. It is the eighth largest moon […]

Himalia (/haɪˈmeɪliə/ hy-MAY-lee-ə or /hɪˈmɑːliə/ hi-MAH-lee-ə; Greek: ‘Ιμαλíα) is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter the sixth largest overall in size and only the four Galilean moons of Jupiter have […]

65 Cybele is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System and is located in the outer asteroid belt. It gives its name to the Cybele family of asteroids […]

Caliban (/ˈkælɨbæn/ KAL-i-ban or /ˈkælɨbən/ KAL-ə-bən) is the second-largest retrograde irregular moon of Uranus. It was discovered on 6 September 1997 by Brett J. Gladman Philip D. Nicholson Joseph A. […]

There is also an asteroid called 53 Kalypso.Calypso (/kəˈlɪpsoʊ/ kə-LIP-soh; Greek: Καλυψώ) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 from ground-based observations by Dan Pascu P. Kenneth […]

141 Lumen is a dark (C-type) large rocky asteroid 130 km in diameter orbiting in the main belt near the Eunomia family of asteroids. [citation needed] Yet NASA continues to […]

Hyperion (/haɪˈpɪəriən/; Greek: Ὑπερίων) also known as Saturn VII is a moon of Saturn discovered by William Cranch Bond George Phillips Bond and William Lassell in 1848. It is distinguished […]

(29075) 1950 DA is a near-Earth asteroid. It is notable for having the highest known probability of impacting Earth. In 2002 it had the highest Palermo rating with a value […]

5145 Pholus (/ˈfoʊləs/ FOH-ləs; from Greek: Φόλος) is a centaur in an eccentric orbit with a perihelion less than Saturn’s and aphelion greater than Neptune’s. Pholus has not come within […]

Pandora (/pænˈdɔərə/ pan-DOHR-ə; Greek: Πανδώρα) is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe and was provisionally designated S/1980 S […]