Asteroids Pronunciation Guide

by SPACE.com Staff

Date: 13 December 2006 Time: 02:25 PM ET

Most asteroids are members of the 'asteroid belt', a collection of thousands of rocky bodies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, 2 to 3.5 AU from the Sun. Astronomers once thought that the asteroid belt was the debris from a destroyed planet.

Name	Pronunciation

Abundantia	ah-boon-DAN-shee-ah
Adelinda	ah-day-LEE-nah
Adeona
Adria	EH-dree-a
Aegina	a-JYE-na
Aegle	EE-glee
Aemilia	a-MEE-lee-a
Aethra	EE-thra
Agathe	a-GAA-te
Aglaja	a-GLYE-a
Alexandra	AL-ek-SAND-ra
Alkeste	AL_kes-TEE
Alkmene	alk-MEE-nee
Althaea	al-THEE-a
Amalthea	AM-al-THEE-a
Ambrosia	am-BROE-sha
Amor
Ampella	am-PELL-a
Amphitrite	AM-fe-TRY-tee
Andromache	an-DROM-a-kee
Angelina	AN-je-LEE-na
Annefrank	ANN-FRANK
Antigone	an-TIG-o-nee
Antiope	an-TYE-o-pee
Apollo	a-POLL-oh
Apophis	a-PAW-fis
Aquitania	akwi-TAIN-i-a
Arete	a-RET-ee
Arethusa	ARR-e-THEW-sa
Ariadne	air-i-AD-ni
Artemis	ar-TEEM-is
Aschera
Asia	AISH-a
Astraea	a-STREE-a
Astraea	a-STREE-a
Atala
Atalante	AT-LAN-tee
Ate	EH-tee
Athamantis	ATH-a-MAN-tis
Athor	ATH-or
Aurora	ah-ROAR-a
Ausonia	aw-SOE-nee-a
Austria	AWS-tree-a
Bacchus	BACK-us
Bamberga	bam-BUR-ga
Baucis	BAW-sis
Beatrix	BAY-a-tricks or BEE-a-tricks
Belisana
Bellona	be-LOE-na
Bertha	BERTH-a
Bianca	bee-AANG-ka
Braille	BRAIL
Brunhild	BROON-hilt
Byblis	BIB-lis
Camilla	ca-MILL-a
Celuta
Ceres	SEER-ees
Chiron	KYE-ron
Chryseis	cry-SEE-is
Circe	SIR-see
Concordia	con-COR-di-a
Cybele	SIB-e-lee
Cyrene	sye-REE-nee
Danae	DAN-eh-ee
Daphne	DAFF-nee
Dejanira	DEE-e-NYE-re
Dejopeja	DEE-e-PEE-e
Desiderata	de-SID-er-AA-ta
Diana	dye-ANN-a
Dido	DYE-do
Dike	DIE-kee
Dione	DIE-oh-nee
Doris	DORR-is
Dynamene	die-NAM-e-nee
Dysnomia	dis-NOME-i-a
Echo	ECK-o
Egeria	e-JEER-ee-a
Elektra	ee-LECK-trah
Elpis	EL-pis
Elsa	EL-sa
Eos	EE-os
Erato	e-RAY-toe
Erigone	e-RIG-o-nee
Eris	EE-ris
Eros	EER-os
Eucharis	EW-ka-ris
Eudora	ew-DOR-a
Eugenia	ew-JEE-nee-a
Eunike	EW-ne-kee
Eunomia	ewe-NOM-ee-a
Eunomia	ewe-NOM-ee-a
Euphrosyne	ew-FROS-e-nee
Europa	yew-ROPE-a
Eurydike	ew-RID-i-kee
Eurykleia	EWR-i-KLYE-a
Eurynome	ew-RIN-o-mee
Euterpe	ew-TUR-pee
Eva	EE-va
Felicitas	fe-LIS-i-tas
Feronia	fer-ROE-nee-a
Fides	FYE-dees
Flora	FLOOR-a
Fortuna	for-TUNE-a
Freia	FRY-a
Frigga	FRIG-a
Galatea	GAL-a-TEE-a
Gallia	GAL-ee-a
Garumna	ga-RUM-na
Gerda	GUR-da
Harmonia	har-MOE-nee-a
Hebe	HEE-bee
Hecuba	HECK-yu-ba
Hedda	HED-a
Hekate	HECK-a-tee
Helena	HEL-e-na
Henrietta	HEN-ree-ET-a
Hera	HEER-a or HERR-a
Herculina	HER-kew-LEE-na
Hermione	her-MY-o-nee
Hersilia	her-SIL-ee-a
Hertha	HUR-tha
Hesperia	hes-PEER-ee-a
Hestia	HES-tee-a
Hilda	HILL-da
Hygiea	hy-GEE-a
Ianthe	eye-AN-thee
Iduna
Ino	EYE-noe
Io	EYE-o
Iphigenia	IF-ije-NYE-a
Irene	eye-REE-nee
Iris	EYE-riss
Irma	UR-ma
Isabella	IS-a-BEL-a
Isis	EYE-sis
Ismene	is-MEE-nee
Isolda	i-SOUL-da
Istria	is-TREE-a
Johanna	joe-AN-a
Juewa	ZHWAY-HWAA
Julia	JEW-lee-a
Juno	JEW-noe
Juno	JEW-no
Kalliope	ka-LYE-o-pee
Kallisto	ca-LISS-toe
Kalypso	ca_LIP-soe
Kassandra	cas-SAND-ra
Kleopatra	KLEE-o-PAT-ra
Klio	CLEE-o
Klotho	KLOE-thoe
Klymene	KLIM-e-nee
Klytaemnestra	KLYE-tem-NES-tra
Klytia	KLIT-ee-a
Kolga	COAL-ga
Koronis	ko-ROE-nis
Lachesis	LACK-e-sis
Lacrimosa	LACK-ri-MOE-sa
Laetitia	le-TEE-sha
Lamberta	lam-BUR-ta
Laurentia	law-REN-sha
Leda	LEE-da
Leto	LEE-toe
Leukothea	lew-KOTH-ee-a
Liberatrix	LIB-e-RAY-tricks
Lilaea	lye-LEE-a
Lomia
Loreley	LOR-e-lye
Lucia	LEW-sha
Lucina	lew-SYE-na
Lumen	LEW-men
Lutetia	lew-TEE-sha
Lydia	LID-i-a
Maja	MYE-a
Maria	ma-REE-a
Martha	MAR-tha
Massalia	ma-SALL-ee-a
Medea	me-DEE-a
Medusa	me-DOO-sa
Melete	MEL-e-tee
Meliboea	MEL-i-BEE-a
Melpomene	mel-POM-e-nee
Menippe	me-NIP-ee
Metis	MEE-tis
Minerva	mi-NUR-va
Miriam	MIRR-ee-am
Mnemosyne	ne-MOS-e-nee
Nausikaa	naw-SICK-eh-a
Nemausa	ne-MAWS-a
Nemesis	NEM-e-sis
Niobe	NYE-o-bee
Nuwa
Nysa	NYE-sa
Oceana	OH-shee-AA-na
Oenone	i-NOE-nee
Ophelia	o-FEEL-ya
Pales	PAY-lees
Pallas	PAL-as
Pandora	pan-DOOR-a
Panopaea	PAN-oPEE-a
Parthenope	par-THEN-o-pee
Peitho	PYE-thoe
Penelope	pe-NELL-o-pee
Phaedra	FEE-dra
Phaethon	FAYE-uh-thun
Philomela	FIL-o-MEE-la
Philosophia	FIL-o-SOF-ee-a
Phocaea	foe-SEE-a
Phthia	THYE-a
Polana
Polyhymnia	POL-ee-HIM-nee-a
Pomona	po-MOE-na
Pompeja	pom-PAY-a
Prokne	PROCK-nee
Proserpina	proe-SUR-pe-na
Protogeneia	PROE-toe-je-NYE-a
Psyche	SYE-kee
Quaoar	KWAH-o-ar
Rhodope	ROD-o-pee
Rosa	ROE-sa
Sappho	SAF-oh
Scylla	SILL-a
Sedna	SAID-na
Semele	SEM-e-lee
Sibylla	si-BILL-a
Sirona	si-ROE-na
Siwa	SEE-va
Sophrosyne	soe-FROZ-e-nee
Stephania	ste-FAY-nee-a
Sylvia	SIL-vee-a
Terpsichore	terp-SICK-o-ree
Thalia	the-LYE-a
Themis	THEE-mis
Thetis	THEE-tis
Thisbe	THIS-bee
Thusnelda
Thyra	THIGH-ra
Tolosa	to-LOE-za
Toutatis	two-TA-tis
Una	EWE-na
Undina	un-DEE-na
Urania	ewe-RAY-nee-a
Urda	OOR-da
Vala	VAA-la
Velleda
Vesta	VES-ta
Vibilia
Victoria	vic-TOR-ee-a
Virginia	ver-GIN-i-a
Weringia
Xanthippe	zan-TIP-ee
Zelia