langs: 27 июня [ru] / june 27 [en] / 27. juni [de] / 27 juin [fr] / 27 giugno [it] / 27 de junio [es]
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777 Gutemberga ( prov. designation : A914 BF or 1914 TZ ) is a dark and large background asteroid , approximately 66 kilometers (41 miles) in diameter, from the outer regions of the asteroid belt . It was discovered by German astronomer Franz Kaiser at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on
Coelestina ( minor planet designation : 237 Coelestina ) is a typical Main belt asteroid . Main-belt asteroid 237 Coelestina Discovery Discovered by Johann Palisa Discovery date 27 June 1884 Designations MPC designation (237) Coelestina Pronunciation / ˌ s ɛ l ə ˈ s t iː n ə , - ˈ s t aɪ n ə /
#3 66391 Moshup
66391 Moshup / ˈ m ɒ ʃ ʌ p / , provisional designation 1999 KW 4 , is a binary asteroid , classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group , approximately 1.3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 May 1999, by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINE
1166 Sakuntala , provisional designation 1930 MA , is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 26 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Praskovjya Parchomenko at Simeiz Observatory in 1930, the asteroid was named after the figure of Shakuntala from an
#5 248 Lameia
Lameia ( minor planet designation : 248 Lameia ) is a typical main belt asteroid . It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 5 June 1885 in Vienna and was named after the Lamia , a lover of Zeus in Ancient Greek mythology. 248 Lameia is orbiting the Sun with a period of 3.88 years an
#6 253 Mathilde
Mathilde ( minor planet designation : 253 Mathilde ) is an asteroid in the intermediate asteroid belt , approximately 50 kilometers in diameter, that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna Observatory on 12 November 1885. It has a relatively elliptical orbit that requires more
#7 4446 Carolyn
4446 Carolyn , provisional designation 1985 TT , is a dark Hildian asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 30 kilometers (19 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 15 October 1985, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Obse
1588 Descamisada , provisional designation 1951 MH , is an Eos asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt , approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 June 1951, by astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina, and named i
#9 162173 Ryugu
162173 Ryugu , provisional designation 1999 JU 3 , is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group . It measures approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) in diameter and is a dark object of the rare spectral type Cb, [11] with qualities of both a C-type asteroid and a B-
#10 1931 Čapek
1931 Čapek , provisional designation 1969 QB , is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 August 1969, by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at the Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany. [4] The asteroid w
#11 3037 Alku
3037 Alku , provisional designation 1944 BA , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt , approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 January 1944, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland. [9] 3037 Alku Discovery
#12 4805 Asteropaios
4805 Asteropaios / ˌ æ s t ə r ə ˈ p eɪ ə s / is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp , approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 November 1990, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. [1] The dark Jovian asteroid is one o
#13 55 Pandora
Pandora ( minor planet designation : 55 Pandora ) is a fairly large and very bright asteroid in the asteroid belt . Pandora was discovered by American astronomer and Catholic priest George Mary Searle on September 10, 1858, from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, NY . [5] It was his first and only
#14 3212 Agricola
3212 Agricola , provisional designation 1938 DH 2 , is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland, on 19 February 1938, and named after ref
#15 2011 MD
2011 MD is a bright micro- asteroid , classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo and Amor group , respectively. [1] [3] On 27 June 2011, at around 17:00 UTC (13:00 EDT), the object passed exceptionally close to Earth's surface at a distance of approximately 12,000 kilometers (7,500 mi) , roughl
#16 4797 Ako
4797 Ako , provisional designation 1989 SJ , is a stony Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 September 1989, by the Japanese astronomers Toshiro Nomura and Kōyō Kawanishi at the Minami-Oda Observatory ( 374 ), J
#17 2278 Götz
2278 Götz , provisional designation 1953 GE , is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt 's background population , approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 7 April 1953, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory
#18 4791 Iphidamas
4791 Iphidamas / ɪ ˈ f ɪ d ə m ə s / is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp , approximately 58 kilometers (36 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 August 1988, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. [1] The dark Jovian asteroid belongs the 100 lar
#19 2591 Dworetsky
2591 Dworetsky , provisional designation 1949 PS , is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt , approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. 2591 Dworetsky Discovery [1] Discovered by K. Reinmuth Discovery site Heidelberg Obs. Discovery date 2 August 1949 Designations MPC d
#20 4765 Wasserburg
4765 Wasserburg ( prov. designation : 1986 JN 1 ) is a bright Hungaria asteroid , suspected binary system and asteroid pair from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 5 May 1986, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker
#1 89P/Russell
89P/Russell is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a current orbital period of 7.28 years. [3] Periodic comet with 7 year orbit 89P/Russell Discovery Discovered by K. S. Russell at Siding Spring Observatory , New South Wales, Australia Discovery date 28 September 1980 Orbital characteristics A
#2 86P/Wild
86P/Wild (pronounced 86P/Vilt ) is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a current orbital period of 6.84 years. [3] Periodic comet with 6 year orbit 86P/Wild Discovery Discovered by Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory , Switzerland Discovery date April 1980 Orbital characteristics A Epoch 27 Ju
#1 NGC 6872
NGC 6872 , also known as the Condor Galaxy , [3] is a large barred spiral galaxy of type SB(s)b pec in the constellation Pavo . It is 212 million light-years (65 Mpc ) from Earth and is approximately five billion years old. [3] NGC 6872 is interacting with the lenticular galaxy IC 4970 , which i
#2 NGC 6044
NGC 6044 is a lenticular galaxy [2] located about 465 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Hercules . [4] NGC 6044 was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. It was then rediscovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on June 8, 1888. [5] NGC 6044 is a member of the Hercu
#3 NGC 6045
NGC 6045 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 450 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Hercules . [3] NGC 6045 was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886 [4] and is a member of the Hercules Cluster . [5] [4] It is also a LINER galaxy. [6] Barred spiral galaxy in the co
#4 NGC 3244
NGC 3244 is a spiral galaxy in the Antlia constellation discovered by John Herschel on April 22, 1835. [3] A supernova was detected in NGC 3244 on June 27, 2010, designated SN 2010ev . With an apparent magnitude of about 14, it was the third-brightest supernova observed in 2010. [5] Spiral galaxy in
#5 NGC 6041
NGC 6041 is a giant elliptical galaxy [2] located about 470 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Hercules . [4] NGC 6041 has an extended envelope that is distorted towards the galaxy pair Arp 122 . [2] NGC 6041 is the brightest galaxy (BCG) in the Hercules Cluster . [5] [6] The galaxy w
#6 NGC 536
NGC 536 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda . It is located at a distance of circa 200 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 536 is about 180,000 light years across. [1] It was discovered by William Herschel on September 13,
#7 NGC 6047
NGC 6047 is an elliptical galaxy located about 430 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Hercules . [3] It was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. [4] NGC 6047 is a member of the Hercules Cluster . [5] [6] [7] Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Hercules NGC 6047 SD
#8 NGC 6043
NGC 6043 is a lenticular galaxy located about 444 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Hercules . [3] NGC 6043 was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. [4] The galaxy is a member of the Hercules Cluster . [5] [4] Lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hercules NGC 6043
#9 NGC 6054
NGC 6054 is a barred [2] lenticular galaxy located about 460 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Hercules . [4] It was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. [5] [6] It was then rediscovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on June 1, 1888. PGC 57073 is often misidenti
#10 NGC 6040
NGC 6040 is a spiral galaxy located about 550 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Hercules . [4] NGC 6040 was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870. [5] NGC 6040 is interacting with the lenticular galaxy PGC 56942 . [6] [7] As a result of this interaction, NGC 6040'
#11 NGC 6039
NGC 6039 is a massive lenticular galaxy located about 460 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Hercules . [3] NGC 6039 was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1870 and later rediscovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 27, 1886. [4] NGC 6039 is member of the Hercules
#1 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
#2 Stamford Museum & Nature Center
The Stamford Museum & Nature Center , located in Stamford, Connecticut , is an art, history, nature, and agricultural sciences museum . The property covers 118 acres (ca. 48 hectares) beginning about half a mile north of the Merritt Parkway . It was originally a private estate. Stamford Museum & Nat
#3 European Southern Observatory
The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere , [2] commonly referred to as the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ), is an intergovernmental research organisation made up of 16 member states for ground-based astronomy . Created in 1962, ESO has provided astronomers
#4 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
El Arenosillo Test Centre (CEDEA) is the name of a rocket launch site for suborbital rockets managed by INTA , located near Mazagón in Spain. [2] It is located in the province of Huelva , Andalucía , in the southwest coast of Spain (37.1° N, 6.7° W). [3] CEDEA is adjacent to the Center of Excellence
#6 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
#1 Kepler-14b
Kepler-14b is an extrasolar planet in orbit around the primary star of the binary Kepler-14 system. It is currently the only planet known to exist in this star system. Kepler-14b is 8.4 times the mass of Jupiter and has a radius 1.14 times that of Jupiter, and it orbits its host star every 6.79 days
#2 L 98-59 b
L 98-59 b is an exoplanet having a size between that of the Earth and Mars , and a mass only half that of Venus. [2] It orbits L 98-59 , a red dwarf 35 light-years away in the constellation Volans . There are at least 3 (possibly 4) other planets in the system: L 98-59 c , d , e , and the unconfirme
Yashwant Gupta (born 1 November 1962) is an Indian astrophysicist and a professor at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research . [1] He is currently a Distinguished Professor and also the Centre Director at NCRA. Known for his research on pulsars
Charles Jasper Joly (27 June 1864 – 4 January 1906) was an Irish mathematician and astronomer who became Royal Astronomer of Ireland . [1] [2] Irish mathematician and astronomer
Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle is a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory . Planetary scientist (born 1967) Elizabeth Turtle Born 1967 (age 54 – 55) [1] Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.) University of Arizona (Ph.D) Scientific career Fields
Joel Stebbins (July 30, 1878 – March 16, 1966) was an American astronomer who pioneered photoelectric photometry in astronomy . He was director of the University of Illinois Observatory from 1903 to 1922 where he performed innovative work with the selenium cell . [1] In 1922 he became director of th
Karen J. Meech (born 1959) is an American planetary astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) of the University of Hawaii . [2] American astronomer Minor planets discovered: 9 [1] see § List of discovered minor planets
Karl Gunnar Malmquist (21 February 1893 – 27 June 1982) was a Swedish astronomer . Swedish astronomer Not to be confused with the Swedish economist Sten Malmquist . For other uses, see Malmquist (disambiguation) .
Malcolm Hartley (born 15 February 1947, Bury, Greater Manchester ) is an English-born astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets , who works with the UK Schmidt Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. [2] [3] [4] Minor planets discovered: 3 [1] (21374) 1997 WS 22 24 N
#8 Hipparchus
Hipparchus ( / h ɪ ˈ p ɑːr k ə s / ; Greek : Ἵππαρχος , Hipparkhos ; c. 190 – c. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer , geographer , and mathematician . He is considered the founder of trigonometry , [1] but is most famous for his incidental discovery of precession of the equinoxes . [2] Hipparchu
#9 Icko Iben
Icko Iben, Jr. (born June 27, 1931) is an American astronomer and a Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . He received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1958 with thesis Higher order effects in beta decay , which was jointly supervised by John David Jack
Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP ( / b ɜːr ˈ n ɛ l / ; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. [9] [10] The discovery eventually earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974; howeve
#11 Johann Palisa
Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer , born in Troppau , Austrian Silesia , now Czech Republic . [1] He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids , discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923. [2] Some of his notable discoveries include
#12 John Broughton
John Broughton (born 1952) [2] is an Australian amateur astronomer and artist. He is among the most prolific discoverers of minor planets worldwide, credited by the Minor Planet Center with more than a thousand discoveries made between 1997 and 2008. [1] His observations are done at Reedy Creek Obse
#13 Walter Baade
Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (March 24, 1893 – June 25, 1960) was a German astronomer who worked in the United States from 1931 to 1959. German astronomer Walter Baade Born ( 1893-03-24 ) March 24, 1893 Schröttinghausen , German Empire Died June 25, 1960 (1960-06-25) (aged 67) Göttingen , West Ge
Heber Doust Curtis (June 27, 1872 – January 9, 1942) was an American astronomer . He participated in 11 expeditions for the study of solar eclipses , [2] and, as an advocate and theorist that additional galaxies existed outside of the Milky Way, was involved in the 1920 Shapley–Curtis Debate concern
#15 Henry E. Holt
Henry E. Holt (27 September 1929 - 5 May 2019) [2] was an American astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets , who has worked as a planetary geologist at the United States Geological Survey and Northern Arizona University . [3] American astronomer (1929–2019) For other people na
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802 – August 30 [1] or September 10 1866 [2] ) was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. He started out as a painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier turned to astronom
#17 Tamara Smirnova
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova ( Russian : Тама́ра Миха́йловна Смирно́ва ; 1935–2001) was a Soviet / Russian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets . [2] Russian astronomer Minor planets discovered: 135 [1] see § List of discovered minor planets
George Mary Searle (June 27, 1839 – July 7, 1918) was an American astronomer and Catholic priest . American astronomer (1839–1918) Asteroids discovered: 1 [1] 55 Pandora September 10, 1858 George Mary Searle (before 1918)
Harriet Williams Bigelow (June 7, 1870 − June 27, 1934) was an American instructor and astronomer [2] American instructor and astronomer Harriet Williams Bigelow Harriet Williams Bigelow, from the 1925 Smith College yearbook Born ( 1870-06-07 ) June 7, 1870 Fayetteville, New York Died June 27, 1934
#20 Lee Smolin
Lee Smolin ( / ˈ s m oʊ l ɪ n / ; born June 6, 1955) is an American theoretical physicist , a faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo and a member of the graduate faculty of the philosophy department at the Uni