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Asteroid / Asteroid


#1 101 Helena

Helena ( minor planet designation : 101 Helena ) is a large, rocky main-belt asteroid . It was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on August 15, 1868, [4] and was named after Helen of Troy in Greek mythology . Main-belt asteroid Not to be confused with Helene (moon) . 101 Helena

#2 1113 Katja

1113 Katja , provisional designation 1928 QC , is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 39 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Pelageya Shajn at the Simeiz Observatory in 1928, and named after Ekaterina Iosko, a staff member at the discovering obs

#3 1112 Polonia

1112 Polonia , provisional designation 1928 PE , is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 38 kilometers (24 miles) in diameter. Discovered by Soviet astronomer Pelageya Shajn at Simeiz in 1928, [1] it was the first asteroid discovery made by a woman. [3] The L-

#4 542 Susanna

Susanna ( minor planet designation : 542 Susanna ) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun . [2] 542 Susanna Discovery Discovered   by Paul Götz August Kopff Discovery   site Heidelberg Discovery   date 15 August 1904 Designations MPC   designation (542) Susanna Alternative designations 1904 OQ Orbital c

#5 2017 QC36

2017 QC 36 is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group , It measures approximately 200 meters (660 feet) in diameter and was briefly observed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer on 18 August 2017 before it became a lost asteroid on the following day. It was l

#6 3752 Camillo

3752 Camillo is an inclined asteroid , classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group , approximately 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 15 August 1985, by astronomers Eleanor Helin and Maria Barucci using a 0.9-metre (35   in) telescope at the CERGA Observatory in Cau

#7 4959 Niinoama

4959 Niinoama ( prov. designation : 1991 PA 1 ) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt . It was discovered by Japanese astronomers Akira Natori and Takeshi Urata at JCPM Yakiimo Station on 15 August 1991. [10] The presumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a rotatio

#8 686 Gersuind

686 Gersuind is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer August Kopff on 15 August 1909 from Heidelberg . It was named after a character in Gerhart Hauptmann 's play Gersuind . 686 Gersuind Discovery Discovered   by August Kopff Discovery   site Heidelberg Discovery  

#9 166 Rhodope

Rhodope ( minor planet designation : 166 Rhodope ) is a dark background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt , approximately 55 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 August 1876, by German–American astronomer Christian Peters at the Litchfield Observatory in Clinton, New Y

#10 2104 Toronto

2104 Toronto , provisional designation 1963 PD , is a metallic background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 August 1963, by Karl Kamper at the David Dunlap Observatory on plates taken by Sidney van den Bergh at the

#11 1739 Meyermann

1739 Meyermann , provisional designation 1939 PF , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 15 August 1939. [8] It was later named in memory of

#12 1484 Postrema

1484 Postrema , provisional designation 1938 HC , is a carbonaceous Postremian asteroid and namesake of the Postrema family from the central regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 41 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 April 1938, by Soviet astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz

#13 882 Swetlana

882 Swetlana ( prov. designation : A917 PB or 1917 CM ) is a dark background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt . It was discovered on 15 August 1917, by Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. [1] The X-type asteroid has a longer-than

#14 958 Asplinda

958 Asplinda ( prov. designation : A921 SD or 1921 KC ) is a resonant Hilda asteroid , approximately 47 kilometers (29 miles) in diameter, located in the outermost region of the asteroid belt . It was discovered on 28 September 1921, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in south

#15 1818 Brahms

1818 Brahms , provisional designation 1939 PE , is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 August 1939, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. [4] The asteroid was named after

#16 1743 Schmidt

1743 Schmidt , provisional designation 4109 P-L , is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey on 24 September 1960, by astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at

#17 130 Elektra

Elektra ( minor planet designation : 130 Elektra ) is a large outer main-belt asteroid and quadruple system with three minor-planet moons . It was discovered on 17 February 1873, by astronomer Christian Peters at Litchfield Observatory , New York, and named after Electra , an avenger in Greek mythol

#18 1954 Kukarkin

1954 Kukarkin ( prov. designation : 1952 PH ) is an asteroid and slow rotator on an eccentric orbit from the outer regions of the asteroid belt . It was discovered on 15 August 1952, by Russian astronomer Pelageya Shajn at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. [7] The asteroid has a exception

#19 1002 Olbersia

1002 Olbersia ( prov. designation : A923 PJ or 1923 OB ) is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt . It was discovered on 15 August 1923, by Russian astronomer Vladimir Albitsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. [1] The assumed C-type asteroid has a rot

#20 3915 Fukushima

3915 Fukushima , provisional designation 1988 PA 1 , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. Asteroid 3915 Fukushima Discovery   [1] Discovered   by M. Yanai K. Watanabe Discovery   site Kitami Obs. Discovery   date 15 August


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Book / Book


#1 Bibliography of encyclopedias: astronomy and astronomers

This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries published on the subject of astronomy and astronomers in any language. Entries are in the English language except where noted. Wikipedia bibliography This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( Septembe


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Comet / Comet


#1 C/1769 P1

C/1769 P1 (Messier) is a long-period comet that was visible to the naked eye at its last apparition in 1769. Because of its outstanding brightness it is called a great comet . C/1769 P1 (Messier) The Great Comet of the morning of 9 September 1769 over Nuremberg Discovery Discovered by Charles Messie

#2 82P/Gehrels

82P/Gehrels is a periodic comet that was discovered on October 27, 1975, by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in California having a faint nuclear brightness of magnitude 17. [1] Periodic comet with 8 year orbit 82P/Gehrels Discovery Discovered by Tom Gehrels Discovery date October 27,

#3 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková

45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková is a short-period comet discovered by Minoru Honda December 3, 1948. [8] It is named after Minoru Honda , Antonín Mrkos , and Ľudmila Pajdušáková . The object revolves around the Sun on an elliptical orbit with a period of 5.25 years. [1] The nucleus is 1.3 kilometers in

#4 C/1999 J6 (SOHO)

C/1999 J6 (SOHO) is a small comet , notable for being among those that made a close approach to the Earth. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was first observed by the space-based Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on 10 May 1995. [6] [7] It is next expected to come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun

#5 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann

73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann , also known as Schwassmann–Wachmann 3 , is a periodic comet that has a 5.4 year orbital period and that has been actively disintegrating since 1995. It last came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) in March 2017 when fragment 73P-BT was separating from the main frag

#6 C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)

Comet Mrkos , formally known as C/1957 P1 (old style 1957d ), was a non-periodic comet discovered in 1957 by Antonín Mrkos . It was one of two bright comets that had their perihelion in 1957, the other being Comet Arend–Roland . Its peak magnitude was estimated to be around 1 [2] and it has been cha

#7 Comet Encke

Comet Encke / ˈ ɛ ŋ k i / , or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke ), is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This is the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet; the faint main-belt comet 311P/PanSTARRS has a period of 3.2 years.) Encke was first

#8 48P/Johnson

48P/Johnson is a periodic comet in the Solar System . Periodic comet with 7 year orbit 48P/Johnson Discovery Discovered by Ernest Leonard Johnson Discovery date August 25, 1949 Alternative designations 1949 II; 1956 V; 1963 IV; 1970 IV; 1977 I; 1983 XVIII; 1990 XXIII Orbital characteristics A Epoch


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Institution / Institution


#1 Višnjan Observatory

Višnjan Observatory ( Croatian : Zvjezdarnica Višnjan ; obs. code: 120 ) is an astronomical observatory located near the village of Višnjan in Croatia . It is headed by Korado Korlević , a prolific astronomer and discoverer of minor planets . In 2009, the Višnjan observatory moved to Tičan (at 45°17

#2 Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca

The Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca ( Spanish : Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca , OAM ) is an observatory just south of Costitx , Mallorca , Spain . [3] Observatory Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca Alternative   names ca Observatory   code 620   Location Costitx , Mallorca , Spain Coor

#3 CERGA Observatory

The CERGA Observatory ( French : Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie ; obs. code : 010 ) was a scientific department and astronomical station of the Côte d'Azur Observatory in southern France, where several asteroids were discovered during 1984–1993. [1] [2] Observatory Centre de rec

#4 List of solar eclipses visible from Russia

This list of solar eclipses visible from Russia enumerates the solar eclipses that have been seen and will be seen in Russia . Lists of solar eclipses Geometry of a total solar eclipse (not to scale) Solar eclipses in antiquity Solar eclipses in the Middle Ages Modern history 16th 17th 18th 19th 20t

#5 Ondřejov Observatory

The Ondřejov Observatory ( pronounced [ˈondr̝ɛjof] ; Czech : Observatoř Ondřejov ) is the principal observatory of the Astronomical Institute ( Astronomický ústav ) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic . It is located near the village of Ondřejov , 35 kilometres (22 miles) southeast of P

#6 Kleť Observatory

Kleť Observatory ( Czech : Hvězdárna Kleť ; obs. code : 046 ) is an astronomical observatory in the Czech Republic . It is situated in South Bohemia , south of the summit of Mount Kleť , near the town of České Budějovice . Constructed in 1957, the observatory is at an altitude of 1,070 metres (3,510

#7 Network for Astronomy School Education

Network for Astronomy School Education (NASE) is an International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group that works on Training Teachers for primary and secondary schools. In 2007, professor George K. Miley , IAU vice-president, invited Rosa M. Ros to begin exploring the idea of setting up an astron

#8 Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh . The site is owned by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The ROE comprises the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK   ATC) of STFC, the Institute for Astronomy of the School

#9 University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center

The University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center ( UC-HiPACC ), based at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC), is a consortium of nine University of California campuses and three Department of Energy laboratories ( Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Lawrence Live

#10 Črni Vrh Observatory

The Črni Vrh Observatory ( Slovene : Observatorij Črni Vrh , IAU code : 106 ) is an astronomical observatory located in western Slovenia , close to the settlement of Črni Vrh , near the town of Idrija . The current observatory was built in 1985 and stands at an elevation of 730 metres (2,400   ft) .

#11 Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey

The CINEOS program ( Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey ), started in 2001, is dedicated to the discovery and follow-up of near-Earth objects (NEOs), namely asteroids and comets which periodically approach or intersect the Earth's orbit . In particular CINEOS is addressed to the discovery of

#12 Badlands Observatory

The Badlands Observatory (IAU code 918 ) is an astronomical observatory named after the Badlands National Park , located in Quinn , South Dakota, near the city of Wall , United States. The observatory was founded in 2000. [2] by American amateur astronomer Ron Dyvig , who was associated with the Opt

#13 Pises Observatory

Pises Observatory is an astronomical observatory at the Parc National des Cévennes in France . It is situated at 1300 m altitude and houses an optical telescope with a charge-coupled device used for asteroid surveys. Minor planets discovered: 41   [1] see §   List of discovered minor planets Observa


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Meteorite / Meteorite


#1 47 Ursae Majoris c

47 Ursae Majoris c (abbreviated 47 UMa c ), formally named Taphao Kaew / t ə ˌ p aʊ ˈ ɡ aʊ / , [3] is an extrasolar planet approximately 46 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ursa Major . The planet was discovered located in a long- period around the star 47 Ursae Majoris . Its orbit las


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Planet / Planet


#1 List of exoplanet search projects

The following is a list of exoplanet search projects . Parts of this article (those related to the number of exoplanets discovered) need to be updated . ( January 2022 )


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Researcher / Researcher


#1 Vladimir Albitsky

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Альбицкий ) (16 June 1891 – 15 June 1952) was a Soviet /Russian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets . [2] In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Al'bitskii or Al'bitsky . In the literature, he is som

#2 Robert Kirshner

Robert P. Kirshner (born August 15, 1949) is an American astronomer, Chief Program Officer for Science for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation , and the Clownes Research Professor of Science at Harvard University . [1] [2] Kirshner has worked in several areas of astronomy including the physics of

#3 Giovanni Inghirami

Giovanni Inghirami, Sch.P. , (April 16, 1779 – August 15, 1851) was an Italian astronomer , as well as being a Catholic priest and Piarist . There is a valley on the moon named Vallis Inghirami after him as well as a crater . Italian astronomer Giovanni Inghirami

#4 George R. Viscome

George R. Viscome (born 1956) is an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets . He also worked as a broadcast technician in Albany, New York . [2] American astronomer Minor planets discovered: 33   [1] see §   List of discovered minor planets Viscome has discovered 33 asteroids . [1] Ast

#5 Owen Biddle Sr.

Owen Biddle Sr. (1737 – March 10, 1799) was a clockmaker and watchmaker by trade, [1] a merchant in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , an American Revolutionary War Colonel, and an astronomer and scientist . American clockmaker and astronomer

#6 James Craig Watson

James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 22, 1880) was a Canadian - American astronomer , discoverer of comets and minor planets , director of the University of Michigan's Detroit Observatory in Ann Arbor, and awarded with the Lalande Prize in 1869. [1] [2] Canadian-American astronomer For ot

#7 Kazuro Watanabe

Kazurō Watanabe ( 渡辺 和郎 , Watanabe Kazurō , born May 1, 1955) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets . [2] He was born in Hokkaidō , Japan and is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan as well as of the Oriental Astronomical Association . Japanese astronomer

#8 Edith Jones Woodward

Edith Jones Woodward (August 15, 1914 – January 21, 2002) was an American astronomer and college professor. She did research on binary stars , and taught at William Paterson College in New Jersey for over twenty years. American astronomer and professor Edith Jones Woodward Edith Jones Woodward, from

#9 Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928   – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist . He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy . This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994: the impact was televised around the world. Shoemaker also studied terrestrial crat

#10 Paul G. Comba

Paul G. Comba (1926 – April 5, 2017) was an Italian-American computer scientist , an amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets . [2] Paul G. Comba Born 1926   ( 1926 ) Tunisia Died April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04) (aged   90–91) Education Ph.D. Alma   mater University of Turin , Blufft

#11 Marc Buie

Marc William Buie ( / ˈ b uː i / ; born 1958) is an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets who works at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado in the Space Science Department. [1] Formerly he worked at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and was the Sen

#12 William Wallace Campbell

William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer , and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy . [1] [2] [3] He was the tenth president of the University of California from 1923 to 1930. American astronomer William Wallace Ca

#13 Pierre Bouguer

Pierre Bouguer ( French:   [buˈge] ) (16 February 1698, Croisic – 15 August 1758, Paris) was a French mathematician , geophysicist , geodesist , and astronomer . He is also known as "the father of naval architecture ". 18th-century French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, naval architect and a

#14 Jaume Nomen

Jaume Nomen Torres (also: Jaime Nomen ; born June 23, 1960 in Tortosa , Catalonia) is a Spanish oral and maxillofacial surgeon , amateur astronomer and discoverer of numerous minor planets . He is of Catalan origin and became publicly known for the discovery of the near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA 14 (la

#15 Samuel Oppenheim

Samuel Oppenheim (19 November 1857 in Braunsberg – 15 August 1928 in Vienna ) was an Austrian astronomer . Austrian astronomer Not to be confused with Samuel Oppenheimer . In 1875 Oppenheim began to study mathematics , physics and astronomy in Vienna. He took his Staatsexamen in 1880. From 1881–1887

#16 Michel Ory

Michel Ory (born 18 April 1966) is a Swiss amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets , [1] who was one of five winners of the 2009 Edgar Wilson Award for his discovery of 304P/Ory (P/2008 Q2 Ory), a periodic comet of the Jupiter family on 27 August 2008, [2] using a 24

#17 Étienne-Hyacinthe de Ratte

Étienne-Hyacinthe de Ratte (1722, Montpellier   – 15 August 1805) was an 18th-century French astronomer and mathematician . [1] French astronomer and mathematician For other uses, see Ratte . De Ratte made some verses in his youth, but he soon turned away from his natural tastes to engage with ardor

#18 Antonín Mrkos

Antonín Mrkos ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈmr̩kos] ) (27 January 1918, Střemchoví – 29 May 1996, Prague ) was a Czech astronomer . Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos Minor planets discovered: 274   [1] see §   List of discovered minor planets

#19 Franck Marchis

Franck Marchis (born April 6, 1973 in Caen , France), astronomer and planetary scientist , is best known for his discovery and characterization of multiple asteroids, his study of Io volcanism and imaging of exoplanets, planets around other stars. American astronomer This article includes a list of

#20 Mikheil Vashakidze

Mikheil Alexandres dze Vashakidze ( Georgian : მიხეილ ვაშაკიძე; August 15, 1909 – November 27, 1956) [1] was a Georgian astronomer working in the Abastumani astrophysical observatory (Georgia) from 1936 to 1956. He and Victor Alekseyevich Dombrovsky (Виктор Алексеевич Домбровский) (September 30, 191


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Star / Star


#1 PS1-10adi

PS1-10adi is an unusual kind of highly energetic optical transient discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey on 15 August 2010. [4] The explosion or transient event emitted 2.3×10 52 ergs (2.3×10 45 Joules), exceeding ASASSN-15lh . It may be a superluminous supernova or a stellar disruption event. [1] The

#2 GRS 1915+105

GRS 1915+105 or V1487 Aquilae is an X-ray binary star system which features a regular star and a black hole . It was discovered on August 15, 1992 by the WATCH all-sky monitor aboard Granat . [5] "GRS" stands for "GRANAT source", "1915" is the right ascension (19 hours and 15 minutes) and "105" refl


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