List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 35

4942 Munroe is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Henri Debehogne at La Silla Observatory in Chile on February 24 1987.In 2013 it was named after Randall Munroe […]

2000 YH2 also written as 2000 YH2 is a trans-Neptunian object. It is a plutino in a 2:3 resonance with Neptune.

24601 Valjean (1971 UW) is an asteroid discovered on 26 October 1971 by Luboš Kohoutek in Hamburg-Bergedorf.It was named after Jean Valjean the main character in Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables […]

12311 Ingemyr (1992 EO6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 1 1992 by UESAC located at La Silla.It is named in honor of the astronomer Mikael Ingemyr born on […]

Asteroid 2010 AA15 is in a similar but different orbit than main-belt comet P/2010 A2. Using the best-fit short-arc orbital data it appears as if the closest that comet P/2010 […]

197856 Tafelmusik is an asteroid discovered by David D. Balam on Aug. 21 2004. There have been precovery images dating back to 2001. It is named for the Baroque orchestra […]

ZIMPOL/CHEOPS is a polarimetric imager being developed for the Very Large Telescope for the direct detection of extra-solar planets. The imager is operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro […]

PlanetPol is a ground based high sensitivity polarimeter based at the William Herschel Telescope. Although the device can be used for a wide range of astronomy its primary use is […]

Gliese 179 b (also known as HIP 22627 b) is an extrasolar planet which orbits the M-type main sequence star Gliese 179 located approximately 40 light years away in the […]

HD 13931 b (also known as HIP 10626 b) is an extrasolar planet which orbits the G-type star HD 13931 located approximately 144 light years away in the constellation Andromeda. […]