Comet NEOWISE is one of the brightest comets for over 20 years, and one of the few comets visible to the naked eye this century. It was discovered usi...
Read MoreAsteroid Hygeia is the fourth largest of the asteroids and takes 5½ years to orbit the Sun. It was named after the Greek goddess of health, daughter...
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Planet Sedna has the longest orbital period of any planet by far, taking 11,400 years to orbit the Sun. It also has a very elongated orbit, possibly t...
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The astrology of asteroid Icarus is a wonderful example of how everything is linked. The naming of the asteroid itself, the mythology, the psychologic...
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Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) was discovered at 5:15 am on September 21 2012 by Artem Novichonok and Vitaly Nevsky at the ISON-Kislovodsk observatory in Russ...
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Asteroid Pallas was the second of the asteroids discovered, coming after asteroid Ceres the mother. Pallas is an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena. ...
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