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Asteroids are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, especially in the inner Solar System; they are smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids. (Source: Wikipedia article "Asteroid.")
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| x 433 Eros |
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S-type asteroid | Amor asteroid |
433 Eros is a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) discovered in 1898, and the first asteroid to be orbited by a probe (in 2000). It is an S-type asteroid approximately 34.4×11.2×11.2 km in size, the second-largest NEA after 1036 Ganymed, and belongs to the...
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| x 422 Berolina | Asteroid belt |
422 Berolina is a typical Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by G. Witt on October 8, 1896 in Berlin. It was first of his two asteroid discoveries. The other was the famous asteroid 433 Eros.
Although it has an orbit similar to the Flora family...
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| x 2062 Aten | Aten asteroid |
2062 Aten ( /ˈɑːtən/ AH-tən) is an asteroid that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin, who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking) project. It is named after Aten, the Egyptian god...
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| x 5381 Sekhmet | Aten asteroid |
5381 Sekhmet is an Aten asteroid whose orbit is sometimes closer to the Sun than the Earth's. It was discovered on 14 May 1991 by Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war.
Sekhmet is believed...
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| x 3753 Cruithne |
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C-type asteroid | Aten asteroid |
3753 Cruithne ( /ˈkrɪnjə/, from Old Irish [ˈkrɪθnɛ]; Modern [ˈkrɪhnʲə] or [ˈkrɪnʲə]) is an asteroid in orbit around the Sun in approximate 1:1 orbital resonance with the Earth. It is a periodic inclusion planetoid orbiting the Sun in an apparent...
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| x 3163 Randi |
Asteroid 3163 Randi was discovered on August 28, 1981 by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory, California. It has an orbital period of 3.705 years and a semi-major axis of 2.395 AU and is a Mars-crosser asteroid.
It is named in honor of the...
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| x 5335 Damocles | Damocloid asteroid |
5335 Damocles ( /ˈdæməkliːz/ dam-ə-kleez) is the archetype of the Damocloids, asteroids that are inactive nuclei of the Halley Family and long-period comets. It was discovered in 1991 and named after Damocles, a figure of Greek mythology.
When...
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| x 4 Vesta |
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V-type asteroid | Vesta family | Asteroid belt |
Vesta, formally designated 4 Vesta, is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System, with a mean diameter of about 525 kilometres (326 mi). It was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on 29 March 1807, and is named after Vesta, the virgin...
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| x 2 Pallas |
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B-type asteroid | Pallas family | Asteroid belt |
Pallas, formally designated 2 Pallas, is the second asteroid to have been discovered (after Ceres), and one of the largest in the Solar System. It is estimated to comprise 7% of the mass of the asteroid belt, and its diameter of 530 kilometres (330...
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| x 3 Juno |
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S-type asteroid | Juno clump | Asteroid belt |
Juno ( /ˈdʒuːnoʊ/, or as in Latin: Iūno), formal designation 3 Juno in the Minor Planet Center catalogue system, was the third asteroid to be discovered and is one of the larger main-belt asteroids, being one of the two largest stony (S-type)...
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| x 5 Astraea |
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S-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
5 Astraea ( /əˈstriːə/, or as Greek: Αστραία; written Astræa in the early literature) is a large main-belt asteroid. Its surface is highly reflective (bright) and its composition is probably a mixture of nickel-iron with magnesium- and iron...
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| x 6 Hebe |
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S-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
6 Hebe ( /ˈhiːbiː/ HEE-bee; Greek: ‘Ήβη) 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 Earth's Moon or even Mars), however, means that by volume it...
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| x 7 Iris |
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S-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
7 Iris ( /ˈaɪrɨs/ EYE-ris; Greek: Ίρις) is a large main-belt asteroid. Among the S-type asteroids, it ranks fifth in geometric mean diameter after Eunomia, Juno, Amphitrite and Herculina.
Its bright surface and small distance from the Sun make Iris...
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| x 8 Flora |
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S-type asteroid | Flora family | Asteroid belt |
8 Flora ( /ˈflɔrə/; Latin: Flōra) is a large, bright main-belt asteroid. It is the innermost large asteroid: no asteroid closer to the Sun has a diameter above 25 kilometres or two-elevenths that of Flora itself, and not until the tiny 149 Medusa...
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| x 9 Metis |
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S-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
9 Metis ( /ˈmiːtɨs/ MEE-tiss; Greek: Μήτις) is one of the larger main-belt asteroids. It is composed of silicates and metallic nickel-iron, and may be the core remnant of a large asteroid that was destroyed by an ancient collision. Metis is...
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| x 10 Hygiea |
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C-type asteroid | Hygiea family | Asteroid belt |
10 Hygiea is the fourth largest asteroid in the Solar System by volume and mass and is located in the asteroid belt. With somewhat oblong diameters of 350–500 km, and a mass estimated to be 2.9% of the total mass of the belt. It is the largest of...
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| x 11 Parthenope |
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S-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
11 Parthenope ( /pɑrˈθɛnəpiː/ par-THEN-ə-pee; Greek: Παρθενόπη) is a large, bright main-belt asteroid.
Parthenope was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on May 11, 1850, the second of his nine asteroid discoveries. It was named after one of the...
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| x 12 Victoria |
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S-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
12 Victoria ( /vɪkˈtɔriə/, Latin: Uictōria) is a large main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. R. Hind on September 13, 1850.
Victoria is officially named after the Roman goddess of victory, but the name also honours Queen Victoria. The goddess...
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| x 13 Egeria |
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Asteroid belt |
13 Egeria ( /ɨˈdʒɪəriə/ i-JEER-ee-ə; Latin: Ægeria) is a large main-belt G-type asteroid.
It was discovered by A. de Gasparis on November 2, 1850, and was named by Urbain J. J. Le Verrier, whose computations led to the discovery of Neptune. Egeria...
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| x 14 Irene |
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Asteroid belt |
14 Irene ( /aɪˈriːniː/ eye-REE-nee; Greek: Ειρήνη) is a very large main-belt asteroid.
14 Irene was discovered by J. R. Hind on May 19, 1851, and named after Eirene, a personification of peace in Greek mythology. She was one of the Horae, daughter...
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| x 15 Eunomia |
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S-type asteroid | Eunomia family | Asteroid belt |
15 Eunomia ( /jʊˈnoʊmiə/ ew-NOH-mee-ə; Greek: Ευνομία) is a very large asteroid in the inner asteroid belt. It is the largest of the stony (S-type) asteroids, and somewhere between the 8th-to-12th-largest main-belt asteroid overall (uncertainty in...
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| x 16 Psyche |
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Asteroid belt |
16 Psyche ( /ˈsaɪkiː/ SY-kee; Greek: Ψυχή) is one of the ten most massive main-belt asteroids. It is over 200 kilometers in diameter and contains a little less than 1% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. It is the most massive metallic M-type...
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| x 17 Thetis |
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Asteroid belt |
17 Thetis ( /ˈθiːtɨs/; Greek: Θέτις) is a large main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type asteroid, therefore giving it a relatively bright silicate surface.
It was discovered by R. Luther on April 17, 1852. It was his first asteroid discovery. Its name...
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| x 18 Melpomene |
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Asteroid belt |
18 Melpomene ( /mɛlˈpɒmɨniː/ mel-POM-i-nee; Greek: Μελπομένη) is a large, bright main-belt asteroid. It is composed of silicates and metals.
It was discovered by J. R. Hind on June 24, 1852, and named after Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy in Greek...
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| x 19 Fortuna |
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Asteroid belt |
19 Fortuna ( /fɔrˈtjuːnə/; Latin: Fortūna) is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It has a composition similar to 1 Ceres: a darkly colored surface that is heavily space-weathered with the composition of primitive organic compounds, including...
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| x 20 Massalia |
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Asteroid belt |
20 Massalia ( /məˈseɪliə/ mə-SAY-lee-ə; Greek: Μασσαλία) is a large and fairly bright main-belt asteroid. It is also the largest member of the Massalia family of asteroids. Its name is the Greek name for Marseille, the city from which one of the two...
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| x 21 Lutetia |
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Asteroid belt |
21 Lutetia is a large main-belt asteroid of an unusual spectral type. It measures about 100 kilometers in diameter (120 km along its major axis). It was discovered in 1852 by Hermann Goldschmidt, and is named after Lutetia, the Latin name of the...
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| x 22 Kalliope | M-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
22 Kalliope ( /kəˈlaɪ.əpiː/ kə-LY-ə-pee; Greek: Καλλιόπη) is a large main belt M-type asteroid discovered by J. R. Hind on November 16, 1852. It is named after Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry. It is orbited by a small moon named Linus....
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| x 23 Thalia | Asteroid belt |
23 Thalia (Greek: Θάλεια) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15, 1852, at the private observatory of W. Bishop, located in Hyde Park, London, England. Bishop named it after Thalia, the Muse of comedy and...
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| x 24 Themis | C-type asteroid | Themis family | Asteroid belt |
24 Themis ( /ˈθiːmɨs/; Greek: Θέμις) is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It is also the largest member of the Themistian asteroid family. It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on April 5, 1853. It is named after Themis, the...
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| x 25 Phocaea | Asteroid belt |
25 Phocaea ( /foʊˈsiːə/, Greek: Φώκαια) is a main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Chacornac at Marseille, on April 6. 1853. It was his first asteroid discovery out of a total of six. It is named after Phocaea, the ancient Greek name for Foça...
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| x 26 Proserpina | Asteroid belt |
26 Proserpina ( /proʊˈsɜrpɨnə/ proh-SUR-pi-nə; Latin: Proserpina) is a main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by R. Luther on May 5, 1853.
It is named after the Roman goddess Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres and the Queen of the Underworld.
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| x 27 Euterpe | Asteroid belt |
27 Euterpe ( /juːˈtɜrpiː/ ew-TUR-pee; Greek: Ευτέρπη) is a large main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. R. Hind on November 8, 1853, and named after Euterpe, the Muse of music in Greek mythology.
Euterpe is one of the brightest asteroids in the...
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| x 28 Bellona |
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Asteroid belt |
28 Bellona ( /bɛˈloʊnə/ be-LOH-nə; Latin: Bellōna) is a large main-belt asteroid.
Bellona was discovered by R. Luther on March 1, 1854. It is named after Bellona, the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of the Crimean War...
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| x 29 Amphitrite | Asteroid belt |
29 Amphitrite ( /ˌæmfɨˈtraɪtiː/ am-fi-TRY-tee; Greek: Αμφιτρίτη) is one of the largest S-type asteroids, probably third in diameter after Eunomia and Juno, although Iris and Herculina are similar in size.
Amphitrite was discovered by Albert Marth on...
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| x 30 Urania | Asteroid belt |
30 Urania ( /jʊˈreɪniə/, Greek: Ουρανία) is a large main-belt asteroid.
Urania was discovered by J. R. Hind on July 22, 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery. It is named after Urania, the Greek Muse of astronomy.
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| x 31 Euphrosyne | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
31 Euphrosyne ( /juːˈfrɒzɨniː/ ew-FROZ-i-nee; Greek: Ευφροσύνη) is one of the largest main-belt asteroids, discovered by James Ferguson on September 1, 1854. It was the first asteroid found from North America. It is named after Euphrosyne, one of...
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| x 32 Pomona | Asteroid belt |
32 Pomona ( /pəˈmoʊnə/; Latin: Pōmōna) is a main-belt asteroid.
Pomona was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 26, 1854. It is named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees.
Australian amateur astronomer Jonathan Bradshaw recorded an...
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| x 33 Polyhymnia | Asteroid belt |
33 Polyhymnia ( /pɒliˈhɪmniə/ pol-ee-HIM-nee-ə) is a main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns.
Due to its high eccentricity (0.338), one of the highest for a...
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| x 34 Circe | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
34 Circe ( /ˈsɜrsiː/ SUR-see) is a large, very dark main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Chacornac on April 6, 1855, and named after Circe, a goddess in Greek mythology.
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| x 35 Leukothea | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
35 Leukothea ( /ljuːˈkɒθiə/ lew-KOTH-ee-ə, Greek: Λευκοθέα) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by R. Luther on April 19, 1855, and named after Leukothea, a sea goddess in Greek mythology.
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| x 36 Atalante | Asteroid belt |
36 Atalante ( /ˌætəˈlæntiː/) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by the German-French astronomer H. Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855, and named by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta ...
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| x 37 Fides |
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Asteroid belt |
37 Fides ( /ˈfaɪdiːz/ FY-deez) is a large main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by R. Luther on October 5, 1855, and named after Fides, the Roman goddess of loyalty.
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| x 38 Leda | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
38 Leda ( /ˈliːdə/) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Chacornac on January 12, 1856, and named after Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy in Greek mythology.
Leda is also the name of a satellite of Jupiter and a catalogue of...
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| x 39 Laetitia |
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Asteroid belt |
39 Laetitia ( /lɨˈtiːʃiə/) is a large, bright main-belt asteroid.
Laetitia was discovered by J. Chacornac on February 8, 1856, and named after Laetitia, a minor Roman goddess of gaiety.
Observations of an occultation on March 21, 1998, produced...
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| x 40 Harmonia | Asteroid belt |
40 Harmonia ( /hɑrˈmoʊniə/) is a large main-belt asteroid.
It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on March 31, 1856, and named after Harmonia, the Greek goddess of harmony. The name was chosen to mark the end of the Crimean War.
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| x 41 Daphne | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
41 Daphne ( /ˈdæfniː/) is a large 174km main-belt asteroid. This dark-surfaced body is probably composed of primitive carbonaceous chondrites. It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on May 22, 1856, and named after Daphne, the nymph in Greek mythology...
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| x 42 Isis | Asteroid belt |
42 Isis ( /ˈaɪsɨs/) is a large main-belt asteroid, measuring 100.2km in diameter. It was discovered by N.R. Pogson on May 23, 1856, at Oxford. It was Pogson's first asteroid discovery.
The asteroid's name was chosen by Manuel John Johnson, director...
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| x 43 Ariadne | Flora family | Asteroid belt |
43 Ariadne ( /ˌæriˈædniː/) is a fairly large and bright main-belt asteroid. It is the second-largest member of the Flora asteroid family. It was discovered by N. R. Pogson on April 15, 1857, and named after the Greek heroine Ariadne.
Ariadne is very...
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| x 44 Nysa | Nysa family | Asteroid belt |
44 Nysa ( /ˈnaɪsə/) is a large and very bright main-belt asteroid, and the brightest member of the Nysian asteroid family. It is classified as a rare class E asteroid and is probably the largest of this type (though 55 Pandora is only slightly...
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| x 45 Eugenia | Asteroid belt |
45 Eugenia is a large main-belt asteroid. It is famed as one of the first asteroids to be found to have a moon orbiting it. It is also the second known triple asteroid, after 87 Sylvia.
Eugenia was discovered on June 28, 1857 by the Franco-German...
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| x 46 Hestia | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
46 Hestia ( /ˈhɛstiə/) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid. It is also the primary body of the Hestia clump, a group of asteroids with similar orbits.
Hestia was discovered by N. R. Pogson on August 16, 1857, at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford....
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| x 47 Aglaja | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
47 Aglaja ( /əˈɡlaɪ.ə/) is a large, dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on September 15, 1857 from Düsseldorf. The name was chosen by the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn and refers to Aglaea, one of the...
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| x 48 Doris | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
48 Doris ( /ˈdɔrɨs/; Greek Δωρις) is one of the largest main belt asteroids. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 from his balcony in Paris.
To find a name for the object, Jacques Babinet of the Academy of Sciences created...
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| x 49 Pales | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
49 Pales ( /ˈpeɪliːz/) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 from his balcony in Paris.
The asteroid is named after Pales, the goddess of shepherds in Roman mythology. Since it was...
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| x 50 Virginia | Asteroid belt |
50 Virginia ( /vərˈdʒɪnjə/) is a large, very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by James Ferguson on October 4, 1857 from the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.. Robert Luther discovered it independently on October 19 from...
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| x 51 Nemausa | Asteroid belt |
51 Nemausa ( /nɨˈmɔːzə/) is a large asteroid-belt asteroid similar to 1 Ceres in composition. It was discovered by one "A. Laurent", an obscure figure about whom little is known. Laurent made the discovery from the private observatory of Benjamin...
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| x 52 Europa |
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C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
52 Europa ( /jʊˈroʊpə/ ew-ROH-pə) is one of the larger asteroids in the asteroid belt, having a diameter of 300 km. It was discovered on February 4, 1858, by Hermann Goldschmidt from his balcony in Paris. It is named after Europa, one of Zeus's...
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| x 53 Kalypso | Asteroid belt |
53 Kalypso ( /kəˈlɪpsoʊ/) is a large and very dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on April 4, 1858 at Düsseldorf. It is named after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology, a name it shares with Calypso, a moon of Saturn....
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| x 54 Alexandra | C-type asteroid | Asteroid belt |
54 Alexandra is a very large and dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 10, 1858, and named after the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt; it was the first asteroid to be named after a male.
On May 17, 2005...
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