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Asteroid list
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| 433 Eros |
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S-type asteroid | Carl Gustav Witt |
433 Eros ( irr'-os) is the first discovered Near-Earth asteroid, named after the Greek god of love, Eros (Greek Ἔρως). It is an S-type asteroid approximately 13 × 13 × 33 km in size, the second-largest near-Earth asteroid (NEA) after 1036 Ganymed,...
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| 422 Berolina | Carl Gustav Witt |
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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| 2062 Aten | Celestial Object |
2062 Aten (aa'-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 Egypt god of the...
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| 5381 Sekhmet |
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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| 3753 Cruithne |
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Duncan Waldron |
3753 Cruithne (, from Old Irish ; Modern Irish or ) is an asteroid in orbit around the Sun in 1:1 orbital resonance with that of the Earth. Due to its unusual orbit relative to that of the Earth, it is a periodic inclusion planetoid. It is...
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| Trans-Neptunian object |
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A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any object in the solar system that orbit the sun at a greater distance on average than Neptune. The Kuiper belt, scattered disk, and Oort cloud are three divisions of this volume of space.
The orbit of each of the...
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| Apollo asteroid |
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Asteroid Group |
The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroid named after 1862 Apollo, the first asteroid of this group to be discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth. They are Earth-crosser asteroid that have orbital semi-major axes greater than that of the...
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| Aten asteroid | Asteroid Group |
The Aten asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroid, named after the first of the group to be discovered (2062 Aten, discovered January 7, 1976 by Eleanor F. Helin). They are defined by having semi-major axes of less than one astronomical unit ...
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| Amor asteroid | Asteroid Group |
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroid named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. They approach the orbit of the Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. Most Amors do cross the orbit of Mars. The two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, may be...
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A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) is a Near-Earth asteroid with a size and an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and therefore pose a collison threat.
An asteroid is considered a PHA if its Minimum Orbit...
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| 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 year and a semi-major axis of 2.395 AU) and is a Mars-crosser asteroid.
It is named in honour of the...
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| Trojan asteroid |
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Asteroid Group |
The Trojan asteroids (or "Trojans"), strictly interpreted, are a large group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Relative to a coordinate system that is fixed on Jupiter, each Trojan orbits one or other of the two...
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| Arjuna asteroid | Asteroid Group |
The Arjuna asteroid are a class of near-Earth asteroid whose orbit are very Earth-like in character, having low inclination, orbital periods close to one Earth year, and low eccentricity. The class is named after Arjuna, a central hero in Hindu...
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| Apohele asteroid | Asteroid Group |
Apohele asteroids are a subclass of Aten asteroid. They have not only their perihelion at less than one AU (within Earth's orbit), but also their aphelion; that is, their entire orbit is within Earth's.
As of March 2008 there are only five...
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| Damocloid asteroid | Asteroid Group |
Damocloids are asteroid such as 5335 Damocles and 1996 PW that have Halley family or long-period highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comet such as Comet Halley, but without showing a cometary coma or tail.
Damocloids are believed to be...
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| 5335 Damocles |
5335 Damocles (dam'-ə-kleez, ) is the archetype of the Damocloids, asteroids that are inactive nuclei of the Halley Family and long period comet. It was discovered in 1991 and named after Damocles, a figure of Greek mythology.
When Damocles was...
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| 4 Vesta |
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Location | V-type asteroid | Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers |
4 Vesta (, ) is the second most massive object in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of about and an estimated mass of 9% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on March 29,...
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| 2 Pallas |
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2 Pallas (, or as )'' is one of the largest asteroid and is located in the main asteroid belt. It was the second asteroid to be discovered, by astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers on March 28, 1802. Pallas was at first considered a planet, as...
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| 3 Juno |
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Juno (, or as ), designated 3 Juno in the Minor Planet Center catalogue system, was the third asteroid to be discovered and is one of the largest main belt asteroids, being the second heaviest of the stony S-type. It was discovered on September 1,...
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| 5 Astraea |
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5 Astraea (, , 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-silicate. The adjectival form of the...
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| 6 Hebe |
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6 Hebe (, )'' is a large Main belt asteroid. Hebe is the thirteenth largest asteroid by mass, containing around 0.5 percent of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. Its apparently high bulk density (greater than that of the Earth's Moon or even Mars...
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| 7 Iris |
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7 Iris (, )'' is a large main belt asteroid. Among S-type asteroid it ranks fifth in geometric mean diameter after Eunomia, Juno, Amphitrite and Herculina.
Its bright surface and small distance from the Sun make Iris the fourth brightest object in...
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| 8 Flora |
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8 Flora (, ) 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 was discovered was a...
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| 9 Metis |
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9 Metis (, )'' is one of the largest main belt asteroid. It is composed of silicate and metal nickel-iron, and may be the core remnant of a large asteroid that was destroyed by an ancient collision.
Metis was discovered by Andrew Graham on April 25...
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| 10 Hygiea |
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10 Hygiea (, or as )'' is the one of the largest known asteroid and is located in the main asteroid belt. With somewhat oblong diameters of 350–500 km, and a mass estimated to be 3% of the total mass of the belt, Hygiea is the fourth largest...
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| 11 Parthenope |
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11 Parthenope (, )'' 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 Siren in Greek mythology, said to have founded...
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| 12 Victoria |
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12 Victoria (, ) 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 of the United Kingdom. The goddess...
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| 13 Egeria |
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13 Egeria (, ) 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 was a goddess (other sources say a...
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| 14 Irene |
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14 Irene (, )'' 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 of Zeus and Themis. The name was...
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| 15 Eunomia |
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15 Eunomia (, )'' is a very large asteroid in the inner main 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 diameters causes uncertainty in...
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| 16 Psyche |
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16 Psyche (, )'' is a very large Main belt asteroid, well over 200 kilometers in diameter, and likely the largest of the metallic M-type asteroid. It is estimated to contain 0.6 percent of the mass of the entire asteroid belt.
This asteroid was...
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| 17 Thetis |
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17 Thetis (, )'' is a large Main belt asteroid. It is a 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 comes from Thetis,...
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| 18 Melpomene |
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18 Melpomene (, )'' is a large, bright Main belt asteroid. It is composed of silicate and metal.
It was discovered by J. R. Hind on June 24, 1852 and named after Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology.
Melpomene occulted the star SAO...
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| 19 Fortuna |
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19 Fortuna (, ) is one of the largest main belt asteroid. It has a composition similar to 1 Ceres: a darkly colored surface that is heavily space weathered with the composition of primitive organic compound, including tholin.
Fortuna is 225 km in...
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| 20 Massalia |
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20 Massalia (, )'' is a large and fairly bright Main belt asteroid. It is also the largest member of the Massalia family of asteroids.
Massalia is an S-type asteroid. It orbits at very low inclination in the intermediate main belt, and is by far...
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| 21 Lutetia |
21 Lutetia (, ) is a large Main belt asteroid of the M spectral type, about 100 kilometers in diameter. It will be the subject of a flyby by the Rosetta space probe in 2010.
The name Lutetia derives from the Latin name for Paris.
The composition...
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| 22 Kalliope |
22 Kalliope (, )'' is a large main belt asteroid of the M-type, discovered by J. R. Hind on November 16, 1852. It is named after Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry.
Kalliope is somewhat elongated, approximately 180 km in diameter, and...
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| 23 Thalia |
23 Thalia (, )'' is a large main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15, 1852 and named after Thalia, the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry in Greek mythology.
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| 24 Themis |
24 Themis (, )'' is one of the largest Main belt asteroid. It is also the largest member of the Themistian asteroid family.
It was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on April 5, 1853. The mass and diameter appearing in the table are from separate...
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| 25 Phocaea | Celestial Object |
25 Phocaea (, )'' is a Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Chacornac on April 6, 1853. It was his first asteroid discovery. It is named after Phocaea, the ancient Greek name for Foça in Turkey.
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| 26 Proserpina | Celestial Object |
26 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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| 27 Euterpe |
27 Euterpe (, )'' 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 night sky. On December 25 2015,...
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| 28 Bellona |
28 Bellona (, ) 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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| 29 Amphitrite |
29 Amphitrite (, )'' is one of the largest S-type asteroid, probably third in diameter after Eunomia and Juno, although Iris and Herculina are similar in size.
It is probably not a fully solid body, since its density is too low for a solid silicate...
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| 30 Urania |
30 Urania (, )'' 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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| 31 Euphrosyne |
31 Euphrosyne (, )'' is one of the largest main belt asteroid, discovered by James Ferguson on September 1, 1854. It was the first asteroid found from North America. It is named after Euphrosyne, one of the Charites in Greek mythology.
It is the...
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| 32 Pomona |
32 Pomona (, ) 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 tree.
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| 33 Polyhymnia |
33 Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymn.
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| 34 Circe | Celestial Object |
34 Circe 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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| 35 Leukothea |
35 Leukothea 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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| 36 Atalante |
36 Atalante is a large, dark main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855 and named after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta.
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| 37 Fides |
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