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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. Asteroid classifications based on observed physical properties place Celuta among the S-type group, which is generally associated with stony, silicate-rich compositions, although such classifications are not direct samples of its surface.
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What is asteroid 186 Celuta named after?
186 Celuta is named after Céluta, a Native American character in François-René de Chateaubriand’s novel Les Natchez. The name connects the asteroid to literature rather than to a scientific term.
Who discovered 186 Celuta?
Henri Perrotin discovered 186 Celuta in 1878. It is a numbered minor planet in the main asteroid belt.
Where does 186 Celuta orbit?
186 Celuta follows an orbit in the main belt, the broad region of the Solar System between Mars and Jupiter. It is therefore a minor planet rather than a near-Earth asteroid.
Is 186 Celuta a comet or an asteroid?
186 Celuta is an asteroid, also called a numbered minor planet. Its main-belt orbit places it among the rocky bodies that travel around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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