Top Results for S Type

20 Massalia is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on 19 September 1852. Its name comes from Massalia, the ancient Greek name for Marseille, where astronomer Jean Chacornac independently observed it soon after the discovery. It is an S-type, or stony, ast...

11 Parthenope is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis in 1850. Its name refers to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology and a figure closely associated with the legendary origins of Naples. Spectroscopic observations classify it as an S-type ast...

18 Melpomene is a large, bright asteroid in the inner main belt. English astronomer John Russell Hind discovered it on June 24, 1852, and it was named after Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology. Classified as an S-type asteroid, it belongs to a group of stony bodies whose surfaces are a...

25 Phocaea is an S-type asteroid in the inner main asteroid belt. Jean Chacornac discovered it in 1853, and it was named after Phocaea, an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia. The asteroid is also the namesake of the Phocaea family, a group of inner-belt asteroids with related orbita...

3 Juno is a main-belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding on 1 September 1804. It was the third asteroid to be discovered, after Ceres and Pallas, and its name comes from Juno, the Roman goddess; the object helped establish the growing group of small Solar System bodies that...

(100) Hekate is a main-belt asteroid discovered by J. C. Watson in 1868. It was the 100th minor planet to receive a permanent number, which accounts for its place in the history of asteroid discovery. Its name refers to Hecate, the Greek goddess associated in ancient religion with magic, crossroads,...

29 Amphitrite is a large asteroid in the main asteroid belt and is classified as an S-type asteroid, a category generally associated with stony silicate-rich material. It was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth in 1854. Its name comes from Amphitrite, the sea goddess of Greek mythology and...

12 Victoria is a main-belt asteroid discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind in 1850. It is classified as an S-type asteroid, a stony class common among inner and middle main-belt bodies. The name refers to Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory, and was also chosen to honor Queen Victoria...

138 Tolosa is an S-type main-belt asteroid discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin on 19 May 1874. It was discovered at the Toulouse Observatory and takes its name from Tolosa, the Latin and Occitan name associated with the French city of Toulouse. Its classification places it...

7 Iris is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind on August 13, 1847. It is classified as an S-type asteroid and is among the brighter asteroids from Earth due to its size and surface composition. It was named after Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow.

63 Ausonia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1861 by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis at the Capodimonte Observatory in Naples. It is named after Ausonia, a poetic name for Italy. The object is classified as an S-type asteroid, a group generally associated with stony, silicate-rich co...

14 Irene is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by the English astronomer John Russell Hind in 1851. It was named after Eirene, the Greek personification of peace. The asteroid is generally classified as an S-type body, a category associated with relatively stony compositions, and it travels in th...

28 Bellona is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1854 by the German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther. It is named after Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, and is classified as an S-type asteroid, a group generally associated with stony, silicate-rich compositions. The object is one of the numbe...

8 Flora, provisional designation 8 Flora, is a large asteroid in the inner part of the main asteroid belt. John Russell Hind discovered it in 1847, and the object later gave its name to the Flora family, a prominent group of stony asteroids. Flora is classified as an S-type asteroid, a category asso...

A main-belt asteroid discovered by Paul and Prosper Henry in 1876 at Paris Observatory; its name Zelia is a feminine given name whose precise mythological or personal source is uncertain.

148 Gallia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1875 by the French astronomers Paul and Prosper Henry. It is named after Gallia, the Latin name for the region commonly associated with ancient Gaul. Gallia is classified as an S-type asteroid, a category generally associated with stony compositions a...

39 Laetitia is a large asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. French astronomer Jean Chacornac discovered it in 1856, and its name refers to Laetitia, a Roman personification associated with joy and celebration. The object is classified as an S-type asteroid, a category generally associ...

6 Hebe is a large S-type asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. German astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke discovered it in 1847, and the asteroid was named after Hebe, the Greek goddess associated with youth. Hebe has been studied because its composition is compatible with ordinary...

186 Celuta is a main-belt asteroid discovered by Henri Perrotin in 1878. Its name refers to Céluta, a Native American character in François-René de Chateaubriand’s novel Les Natchez. The object is one of the many numbered minor planets orbiting the Sun in the region between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroi...

89 Julia is a main-belt asteroid discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 6 August 1866. It is classified as a large asteroid and is associated with the Julia family, a group of bodies that share related orbital and physical characteristics. Spectroscopic studies have described Julia as ha...

26 Proserpina is a main-belt asteroid discovered by German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther in 1853. Its name refers to Proserpina, the Roman goddess associated with the underworld and the Roman counterpart of the Greek Persephone. The asteroid belongs to the S-type class, which generally indic...

71 Niobe is a stony S-type asteroid in the main asteroid belt. German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther discovered it in 1861 at the Bilk Observatory in Düsseldorf. Its name comes from Niobe, a figure in Greek mythology who was transformed into stone after the deaths of her children. The asteroi...

17 Thetis is a stony S-type asteroid located in the main asteroid belt. Karl Theodor Robert Luther discovered it in 1852, and it was named after Thetis, a sea goddess in Greek mythology and the mother of Achilles. Its classification indicates a relatively silicate-rich surface compared with darker c...

9 Metis is a stony S-type asteroid in the main asteroid belt. Andrew Graham discovered it in 1848, and its name refers to Metis, a Titaness in Greek mythology associated with wisdom and the mother of Athena. S-type asteroids have spectra consistent with silicate minerals and metal-bearing materials,...

170 Maria is a main-belt asteroid discovered by Henri Perrotin in 1877. It is the prototype and namesake of the Maria family, a group of asteroids with related orbital elements that occupies a dynamically distinct region of the middle asteroid belt. The family classification is based on orbital simi...

42 Isis is a main-belt asteroid discovered by Norman Pogson in 1856. It was named after Isis, an important goddess in ancient Egyptian religion associated with magic, motherhood, and healing. The object orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is classified as an S-type aster...

178 Belisana is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1877 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. Its name refers to Belisana, a Celtic goddess associated with Gaul who was identified by Roman writers with Minerva. The object is classified among the asteroids of the main belt between Mars and Jupiter....

27 Euterpe is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1853 by the English astronomer John Russell Hind. It was named after Euterpe, one of the Muses in Greek mythology and the figure associated with lyric poetry and music. The asteroid follows an orbit in the inner part of the main belt, the region of sm...

30 Urania is a numbered asteroid in the inner part of the main asteroid belt. John Russell Hind discovered it in 1854, and its name refers to Urania, the Greek Muse associated with astronomy. The asteroid is classified as S-type, a category of stony bodies, and is known for having a relatively high...