langs: 14 мая [ru] / may 14 [en] / 14. mai [de] / 14 mai [fr] / 14 maggio [it] / 14 de mayo [es]
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4715 Medesicaste ( prov. designation : 1989 TS 1 ) is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp , approximately 64 kilometers (40 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 9 October 1989, by Japanese astronomer Yoshiaki Oshima at the Gekko Observatory east of Shizuoka, Japan. [1] The assumed C-type
#2 List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies)
The following is a list of centaurs , a group of non-resonant small Solar System bodies whose orbit around the Sun lie typically between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune (5 to 30 AU ). Centaurs are minor planets with characteristics of comets , and often classified as such. The dynamical group is
9799 Thronium , provisional designation : 1996 RJ , is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp and the parent body of a small, unnamed asteroid family ( 006 ) , approximately 68 kilometers (42 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 September 1996, by American astronomer Timothy Spahr at the C
(268361) 2007 JJ 43 is a large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) orbiting the Sun near the outer edge of the Kuiper belt . Its discovery images were taken in 2007, and its absolute magnitude of 4.5 is one of the twenty brightest exhibited by TNOs. Assuming it has a typical albedo , this would make it rou
343158 Marsyas ( prov. designated 2009 HC 82 ) is an asteroid on a retrograde orbit , classified as a large near-Earth object of the Apollo group . It may be an extinct comet or damocloid asteroid . The asteroid was discovered on 29 April 2009, by astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey at the Cata
16070 Charops , provisional designation : 1999 RB 101 , is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp , approximately 64 kilometers (40 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 September 1999, by astronomers with Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near S
#7 5258 Rhoeo
5258 Rhoeo , provisional designation : 1989 AU 1 , is a Jupiter trojan and member of the Eurybates family from the Greek camp , approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 January 1989, by Japanese astronomer Yoshiaki Oshima at the Gekko Observatory , east of Shizuoka,
#8 38050 Bias
38050 Bias , prov. designation : 1998 VR 38 , is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp , approximately 61 kilometers (38 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 10 November 1998, by astronomers with the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at Lincoln Lab's ETS in Socorro, New Mexico. [1] The dark Jo
11395 Iphinous , provisional designation : 1998 XN 77 , is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp approximately 66 kilometers (41 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 15 December 1998, by astronomers with the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test
#10 12929 Periboea
12929 Periboea , provisional designation : 1999 TZ 1 , is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp , approximately 54 kilometers (34 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 October 1999, by American astronomer Charles W. Juels at the Fountain Hills Observatory in Arizona. [1] Originally conside
#11 31179 Gongju
31179 Gongju , provisional designation 1997 YR 2 , is a stony Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 21 December 1997, by Japanese amateur astronomer Naoto Sato at his Chichibu Observatory near Tokyo, centr
#12 894 Erda
894 Erda ( prov. designation : A918 LA or 1918 DT ) is a bright background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt . It was discovered on 4 June 1918, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory . [1] The X-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 4.
#13 2010 WC9
2010 WC 9 , unofficially designated ZJ99C60 , is a sub-kilometer near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group , approximately 100 meters (330 feet) in diameter. First observed for eleven days by the Catalina Sky Survey in 2010, the asteroid was recovered in May 2018 during its sub-lunar close encounter w
#14 871 Amneris
871 Amneris is a minor planet orbiting the Sun . It is the namesake of the Amneris family , a subgroup of the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids . 871 Amneris Discovery Discovered by Max Wolf Discovery site Heidelberg Discovery date 14 May 1917 Designations MPC designation (871) Amneris Pro
#15 6255 Kuma
6255 Kuma , provisional designation 1994 XT , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt , approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 December 1994, by Japanese astronomer Akimasa Nakamura at Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory on the Island of Shiko
#16 15440 Eioneus
15440 Eioneus , provisional designation : 1998 WX 4 , is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp , approximately 66 kilometers (41 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 19 November 1998, by astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey at the Catalina Station near Tucson, Arizona, in the United Stat
#17 15436 Dexius
15436 Dexius , provisional designation : 1998 VU 30 , is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp , approximately 86 kilometers (53 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 10 November 1998, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Si
#18 196 Philomela
196 Philomela is a large and bright main-belt asteroid . It is an S-type asteroid . [ citation needed ] 196 Philomela A three-dimensional model of 196 Philomela based on its light curve. Discovery Discovered by C. H. F. Peters , 1879 Discovery date 14 May 1879 Designations MPC designation (196
1905 Ambartsumian , provisional designation 1972 JZ , is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 May 1972, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory , Nauchnyj, on the Crimean penin
#20 5648 Axius
5648 Axius , provisional designation : 1990 VU 1 , is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp , approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 11 November 1990, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory on the northern island of
147P/Kushida–Muramatsu is a quasi-Hilda [3] comet discovered in 1993 by Japanese astronomers Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu . Periodic comet with 7 year orbit 147P/Kushida–Muramatsu Discovery Discovered by Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu Discovery date 10 December 1993 Alternative designation
Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock (formal designation C/1983 H1 , formerly 1983 VII ) is a long-period comet that, in 1983, made the closest known approach to Earth of any comet in 200 years, at a distance of about 0.0312 AU (4,670,000 km ; 2,900,000 mi ) . The comet was named after its discoverers –
#3 16P/Brooks
16P/Brooks , also known as Brooks 2 , is a periodic comet discovered by William Robert Brooks on July 7, 1889, but failed to note any motion. He was able to confirm the discovery the next morning, having seen that the comet had moved north. On August 1, 1889, the famous comet hunter Edward Emerson B
C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) , also known as Comet PANSTARRS , is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011 that became visible to the naked eye when it was near perihelion in March 2013. [3] [4] It was discovered using the Pan-STARRS telescope located near the summit of Haleakalā , on the island of Mau
#5 5D/Brorsen
5D/Brorsen (also known as Brorsen's Comet or Comet Brorsen ) was a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered on February 26, 1846, by Danish astronomer Theodor Brorsen . The perihelion of 5D/Brorsen was February 25, just a day before its discovery, and it passed closest to Earth on March 27, at a dis
P/2016 BA 14 (PanSTARRS) is a near-Earth object and periodic comet of the Jupiter family , that was radar imaged at distance of 2.2 million miles (3.5 million km, or 9 lunar distances ) during a flyby of Earth in 2016. [1] This enabled the size of the nucleus to be calculated at about 1 km (0.62
Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli (formal designations: C/1970 K1 , 1970 VI , and 1970f ) was a bright comet which appeared in 1970. It was a member of the Kreutz Sungrazers , a family of comets which resulted from the break-up of a large parent comet several centuries ago. It was already easily visible to
C/1999 F1 (Catalina) is one of the longest known long-period comets . It was discovered on March 23, 1999, by the Catalina Sky Survey . [1] The current perihelion point is outside of the inner Solar System [4] which helps reduce planetary perturbations to this outer Oort cloud object. Oort cloud com
#1 NGC 6753
NGC 6753 is a massive [5] unbarred spiral galaxy , [5] seen almost exactly face-on, in the southern constellation of Pavo . [6] It was discovered by the English astronomer John Herschel on July 5, 1836. [9] The galaxy is located at a distance of 142 million light years from the Milky Way , [5] and
#2 NGC 6352
NGC 6352 (also known as Caldwell 81 ) is a globular cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Ara , located approximately 18.3 kly [3] from the Sun . It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on May 14, 1826. [10] The cluster has a Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class of XI:. [1]
#3 NGC 300
NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 70 ) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor . It is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group , and probably lies between the latter and the Sculptor Group . It is the brightest of the five main spirals in the direction of the Sculptor Group. [2] It is
Meudon Castle , also known as the Royal Castle of Meudon or Imperial Palace of Meudon, is a French castle located in Meudon in the Hauts-de-Seine department . At the edge of a wooded plateau, the castle offers views of Paris and the Seine , as well as of the Chalais valley. Located between Paris and
The NASA Deep Space Network ( DSN ) is a worldwide network of American spacecraft communication ground segment facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports NASA's interplanetary spacecraft missions. It also performs radio and radar as
#3 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
#4 Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific ( ASP ) is an American scientific and educational organization, founded in San Francisco on February 7, 1889. Its name derives from its origins on the Pacific Coast, but today it has members all over the country and the world. It has the legal status of a nonp
Griffith Observatory is an observatory in Los Angeles , California on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park . It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observat
#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
Orgueil is a scientifically important carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell in southwestern France in 1864. Orgueil Type Chondrite Class Carbonaceous chondrite Group CI1 Country France Region Midi-Pyrénées Coordinates 43°53′N 1°23′E [1] Observed fall Yes Fall date May 14, 1864 TKW 14 kg Origina
Friedrich Karl Traugott Hayn (14 May 1863 – 9 September 1928) was a German astronomer . German astronomer
#2 Kin Endate
Kin Endate ( 円館 金 , Endate Kin , born December 15, 1960) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who has discovered hundreds of asteroids, most of them in collaboration with Kazuro Watanabe , placing him among the most prolific discoverers of minor planets . [1] Minor planets discovered: 624 [1] see §
Snježana Kordić ( pronounced [sɲěʒana kôːrditɕ] ( listen ) ; born 29 October 1964) [1] is a Croatian linguist . [3] In addition to her work in syntax , she has written on sociolinguistics . [2] Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive langua
Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow (Horrebov) (14 May 1679 – 15 April 1764) was a Danish astronomer. Born in Løgstør , Jutland to a poor family of fishermen, Horrebow entered the University of Copenhagen in 1703. He worked his way through grammar school and university by virtue of his technical knowledge: he
Frederick William Herschel [2] [3] KH , FRS ( / ˈ h ɜːr ʃ əl , ˈ h ɛər -/ ; [4] German : Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel ; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British [5] astronomer and composer . He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Hersche
Edward Joshua Cooper (May 1798 – 23 April 1863) [1] was an Irish landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo . He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1841 and from 1857 to 1859, but is best known for his astronomy, and as the creator of Markree
#7 Max Wolf
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography . He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory from 1902 until his death in 19
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
#9 Satoru Otomo
Satoru Otomo ( 大友 哲 , Ōtomo Satoru, 19 December 1957, Mitaka ) is a Japanese dentist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets . [2] Minor planets discovered: 148 [1] see § List of discovered minor planets According to the Minor Planet Center , he is credited with the discovery of 14
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
#11 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
John Mace Grunsfeld (born October 10, 1958) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist . His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics , cosmic ray physics and the emerging field
#13 Oswald Lohse
Wilhelm Oswald Lohse (13 February 1845 – 14 May 1915) was a German astronomer . He first worked at the private Bothkamp Observatory , and starting in 1874 at the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory , being its Chief Astronomer at the time of his death. Mars map by Lohse (1888) German astronomer (1845-
Mercedes Tharam Richards ( Kingston , 14 May 1955 – Hershey , 3 February 2016), [1] née Davis, was a Jamaican astronomy and astrophysics professor. [2] Her investigation focused on computational astrophysics , stellar astrophysics and exoplanets and brown dwarfs , [3] and the physical dynamics of in
#15 Jean Baptiste Gaspard Bochart de Saron
Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Bochart de Saron (16 January 1730 – 20 April 1794) was a French magistrate in the Parlement of Paris and an amateur astronomer, chemist and mathematician who took an interest in the orbits of comets. He was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror . De Saron was born i
#16 Daria Guidetti
Daria Guidetti (born 1978) [2] is an Italian astrophysicist linked to the INAF . She studied astronomy at the University of Bologna and is a member of the astronomy club at Montelupo ( Italian : Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo ). [3] Italian astrophysicist Daria Guidetti in 2016 Minor planets discovered:
#17 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
#18 Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS ( / r ɛ n / ; [2] 30 October 1632 [ O.S. 20 October ] – 8 March 1723 [ O.S. 25 February ]) [3] [4] was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist , astronomer , geometer , and mathematician- physicist . [4] He was accorded res
#19 Odo Van Maelcote
Odo van Maelcote , (also known as Malcotius ) [1] (b. Brussels 28 July 1572, d. Rome 14 May 1615) was a Jesuit priest, scientist and mathematician from the Spanish Netherlands (present day Belgium ). [2]
Albert Graham Ingalls (January 16, 1888 – August 13, 1958) was an American scientific editor and amateur astronomer . Through his columns in Scientific American , including " The Amateur Scientist ", and his three-volume series Amateur Telescope Making , Ingalls exerted a great influence on amateur
#1 Antares
Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius . It has the Bayer designation α Scorpii , which is Latinised to Alpha Scorpii . Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares is flanked by σ Scorpii and τ Scorpii near the center of the constellation. Distinctly reddish whe
#2 SN 1054
SN 1054 is a supernova that was first observed on c. 4 July 1054, and remained visible until c. 6 April 1056. [2] α Supernova in the constellation Taurus; visible from 1054 to 1056 SN 1054 Giant picture mosaic of the Crab Nebula , the remnants of SN 1054, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in v
#3 EX Lupi
EX Lupi is a young, single [2] T-Tauri star in the southern constellation of Lupus . An irregular variable , [8] it is the prototype of young, low-mass eruptive stars named EXors, [2] with EX Lupi being this object's variable star designation . At its minimal activity level, EX Lupi resembles a clas
#4 Tabby's Star
Tabby's Star (also known as Boyajian's Star and WTF Star , and designated KIC 8462852 in the Kepler Input Catalog ) is an F-type main-sequence star in the constellation Cygnus approximately 1,470 light-years (450 parsecs ) from Earth. Unusual light fluctuations of the star, including up to a 22% dim
WISE J064723.23−623235.5 (abbreviated WISE 0647−6232 ) is a nearby brown dwarf of spectral type Y1 ± 0.5, located in constellation Pictor at approximately 28 light-years from Earth. It is one of the two or three reddest and one of the four latest-type brown dwarfs known. [1] Star in the constellatio