Central main belt objects

Minor planets located in the middle region of the main belt.

Classical mosaic from a villa at Tusculum, 3rd century AD, now at Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican. Artist unknown.

Asteroids, Central main belt objects, Focus On, Main belt objects, Virgo discovery

Focus On: (2) Pallas

Theano / January 1, 2024 / Ceres resonance, Chiron resonance, Jupiter resonance, Mars resonance, Mercury resonance, Saturn resonance, Venus resonance, Virgo node

Name origin: Pallas Athene, Greek goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and various other crafts.

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A portion of the northern hemisphere of Ceres with neutron counting data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF.

Central main belt objects, Dwarf planets, Focus On, Main belt objects, Taurus discovery

Focus On: (1) Ceres

Theano / January 1, 2024 / Chiron resonance, Gemini node, Jupiter resonance, Mars resonance, Mercury resonance, Saturn resonance, Venus resonance

Name origin: Roman goddess of agriculture, grain, abundance, fertility and mothers. Name means “to feed”.

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