Flashcards: S-type asteroids

69230 Hermes is an Apollo, Mars- and Venus-crosser binary asteroid that passed Earth at about twice the distance of the Moon on October 30, 1937.

202 Chryseïs is a large, lightly coloured Main belt asteroid that is probably composed of silicate rocks.

189 Phthia is a bright-coloured, rocky main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on September 9, 1878 in Clinton, New York and named after Phthia, a region of Ancient Greece.

192 Nausikaa is a large main-belt S-type asteroid.

323 Brucia (/ˈbruːsiə/ BREW-see-ə or /ˈbruːʃə/ BREW-shə) was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography.

33 Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Jean Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns.

341 California is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt, that has an unusually high albedo.

352 Gisela is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt that has an unusually high albedo.

354 Eleonora is a large, stony main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois on January 17, 1893, in Nice.

376 Geometria is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on September 18, 1893 in Nice, France.

204 Kallisto is a fairly typical, although sizeable Main belt asteroid.

208 Lacrimosa is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on October 21, 1879, in Pola.

218 Bianca is a sizeable Main belt asteroid.

219 Thusnelda is a typical S-type Main belt asteroid.

Juno, minor-planet designation 3 Juno in the Minor Planet Center catalogue system, is an asteroid in the asteroid belt.

179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on November 11, 1877.

149 Medusa is a bright-coloured, stony main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer J.

73 Klytia (/ˈklɪtiə/ KLIT-ee-ə) is a main-belt asteroid.

230 Athamantis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-Austrian astronomer K.

138 Tolosa (Latin Tolōsa, /toʊˈloʊsə/ or /toʊˈloʊzə/; Latin pronunciation: [toˈloː.za], Occitan pronunciation: [tuˈlu.zɔ]) is a brightly coloured, stony main-belt asteroid.

80 Sappho (/ˈsæfoʊ/ SAF-oh) is a large main-belt asteroid.

132524 APL—previously known by its provisional designation, 2002 JF56—is an asteroid in the asteroid belt approximately 2.

540 Rosamunde is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

563 Suleika is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

619 Triberga is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 22, 1906 by August Kopff at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.

630 Euphemia is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid.

685 Hermia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

68 Leto (/ˈliːtoʊ/ LEE-toh; Greek: Λητώ) is a large main belt asteroid.

108 Hecuba is a fairly large and bright main-belt asteroid.

116 Sirona is a somewhat large and bright-colored main-belt asteroid that was discovered by the German-American astronomer C.

119 Althaea is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J.

126 Velleda is a main-belt asteroid.

71 Niobe (/ˈnaɪ.əbiː/ NY-ə-bee) is a large, slowly rotating main-belt asteroid.

43 Ariadne /ˌæriˈædniː/ is a fairly large and bright main-belt asteroid.

8 Flora is a large, bright main-belt asteroid.

15 Eunomia is a very large asteroid in the inner asteroid belt.

For the moon of Jupiter, see Metis (moon).

11 Parthenope is a large, bright main-belt asteroid.

63 Ausonia (/ɔːˈsoʊniə/ aw-SOH-nee-ə) is a large main belt asteroid.

151 Abundantia is a stony main belt asteroid.

167 Urda is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on August 28, 1876, in Clinton, New York, and named after Urd, one of the Norns in Norse mythology.

169 Zelia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on September 28, 1876.

17 Thetis is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by R.

174 Phaedra is a sizable, rocky main belt asteroid that was discovered by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson on September 2, 1877, and named after Phaedra, the tragic lovelorn queen in Greek mythology.

235 Carolina is a sizeable Main belt asteroid.

244 Sita is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

25143 Itokawa (/ˌiːtoʊˈkɑːwə/; Japanese: イトカワ [itokawa]) is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid.

270 Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid.

287 Nephthys is a large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C.

291 Alice is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the main belt.

292 Ludovica is a Main belt asteroid.

30 Urania is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind on July 22, 1854.

443 Photographica is a typical Main belt asteroid.

82 Alkmene (/ælkˈmiːniː/ alk-MEE-nee) is a main-belt asteroid.

851 Zeissia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

883 Matterania is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

878 Mildred is a minor planet in the main belt orbiting the Sun.

913 Otila is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids

901 Brunsia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

915 Cosette is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids.

525 Adelaide is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

254 Augusta is a main-belt asteroid, discovered on March 31, 1886 by astronomer Johann Palisa at Vienna Observatory, Austria.

864 Aase is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

800 Kressmannia is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt.

802 Epyaxa, provisional designation 1915 WR, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 7 kilometers in diameter.

812 Adele is an S-type Eunomian asteroid.

817 Annika is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid.

839 Valborg is a mid-sized S-type Eunomian asteroid.

905 Universitas is an S-type asteroid orbiting in the Main belt as part of the Flora family.

939 Isberga is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of main-belt asteroids.

963 Iduberga is an S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family of Main Belt asteroids.