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15 Eunomia is a large asteroid located in the main asteroid belt, discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis in 1851. Named after the Greek goddess of law and order, it is officially classified as the largest S-type asteroid in the solar system. Eunomia is the namesake and largest body of...
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...
S-type asteroid discovered by John Russell Hind in 1852, named after the Greek Muse of tragedy and one of the brighter larger bodies in the inner main belt.
S-type asteroid discovered by Jean Chacornac in 1853, named after the ancient Greek city Phocaea and the namesake of the Phocaea asteroid family in the inner belt.
Main-belt asteroid discovered by J.C. Watson in 1868, notable as the 100th numbered minor planet, named after Hecate, the Greek goddess of magic and crossroads.
Large S-type asteroid discovered by Albert Marth in 1854, named after the Greek sea goddess and consort of Poseidon and one of the largest bodies in the main belt.
S-type asteroid discovered by John Russell Hind in 1850, named after the Roman goddess of victory with the choice also honoring reigning British monarch Queen Victoria.
138 Tolosa is a bright S-type asteroid from the inner asteroid belt, discovered by French astronomer Henri Perrotin in 1874 and named after the historic French city of Toulouse.
63 Ausonia is a large asteroid discovered in 1861 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis at the Capodimonte Observatory in Naples.
S-type asteroid discovered by John Russell Hind in 1851, named after the Greek goddess of peace and orbiting in the middle region of the main asteroid belt.
S-type asteroid discovered by Karl Theodor Robert Luther in 1854, named after the Roman goddess of war and among the larger S-type asteroids in the main belt.
S-type asteroid discovered by John Russell Hind in 1847, namesake of the large Flora asteroid family concentrated in the inner region of the main belt.
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 an M-type asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, discovered by the French astronomer brothers Paul and Prosper Henry in 1875 and named after ancient Gaul.
Main-belt asteroid discovered by Jean Chacornac in 1856 and named after Laetitia, the Roman personification of joy and festivity.
S-type asteroid discovered by Karl Ludwig Hencke in 1847, named after the Greek goddess of youth and considered a likely source of H chondrite meteorites reaching Earth.
Main-belt asteroid discovered by Henri Perrotin in 1878, named after Céluta, a Native American character in Chateaubriand's novel Les Natchez.
89 Julia is a bright, stony S-type asteroid discovered in 1866 by French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan at the Marseille Observatory.
S-type asteroid discovered by Karl Theodor Robert Luther in 1853, named after the Roman goddess Proserpina, queen of the underworld and counterpart of Greek Persephone.
71 Niobe is a stony S-type asteroid discovered in 1861 by German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther at the Bilk Observatory in Düsseldorf.
S-type asteroid discovered by Karl Theodor Robert Luther in 1852, named after the sea nymph Thetis of Greek mythology, mother of the hero Achilles.
S-type asteroid discovered by Andrew Graham in 1848, named after a Titaness of Greek mythology and considered a potential source of ordinary chondrite meteorites.
A main-belt asteroid discovered by Henri Perrotin in 1877 that serves as the prototype of the Maria family, a dynamically distinct group sharing similar orbital elements in the middle belt.
Main-belt asteroid discovered by Norman Pogson in 1856 and named after Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic, motherhood, and healing.
A main-belt asteroid discovered by C. H. F. Peters in 1877 and named after Belisana, a Celtic goddess worshipped in Gaul who was identified by Roman writers with Minerva.
S-type asteroid discovered by John Russell Hind in 1853, named after the Greek Muse of lyric poetry and music and orbiting in the inner region of the main belt.
S-type asteroid discovered by John Russell Hind in 1854, named after the Greek Muse of astronomy and orbiting in the inner main belt with a relatively high albedo.
