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3D convex shape model of Dido. 209 Dido is a main-belt asteroid with a diameter of 179 ± 1 km. [4] It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 22, 1879, in Clinton, New York and was named after the mythical Carthaginian queen Dido. This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 3.15 AU with an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.058 and a ...
Dido, a painting by Dosso Dossi. Many names in the legend of Dido are of Punic origin, which suggests that the first Greek authors who mention this story have taken up Phoenician accounts. One suggestion is that Dido is an epithet from the same Semitic root as David, which means "Beloved". [4] Others state Didô means "the wanderer". [5] [6]
The choice for this name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation, containing the letters "DN". DMP · 667: 668 Dora: 1908 DO: Dora, a friend of the wife of astronomer August Kopff, who discovered this asteroid. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation, containing the letters "DO". DMP · 668
First asteroid with non-Classical and non-Latinized name: 64 Angelina (in honor of a research station) First asteroid with a non-feminine name: 139 Juewa (ambiguous) or 141 Lumen. First asteroid with a non-feminized man's name: 433 Eros. Lowest-numbered unnamed asteroid (As of 2021): (4596) 1981 QB
A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't return until 2055. ... un-snazzy asteroid name: 2024 PT5.
Parts-per-million chart of the relative mass distribution of the Solar System, each cubelet denoting 2 × 10 24 kg. This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius.
The authors, William F. Bottke, David Vokrouhlický, and David Nesvorný, argued that a collision in the asteroid belt 160 million years ago between a 170 km (110 mi) diameter parent body and another 60 km (37 mi) diameter body resulted in the Baptistina family of asteroids, the largest surviving member of which is 298 Baptistina.
The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 1 through 1000, inclusive.The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPL's "Small-Body Orbital Elements" [1] and data available from the Minor Planet Center.