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 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Row 1 - Cell 1 |
Abundantia | ah-boon-DAN-shee-ah |
Adelinda | ah-day-LEE-nah |
Adeona | Row 4 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 18 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 33 - Cell 1 |
Asia | AISH-a |
Astraea | a-STREE-a |
Astraea | a-STREE-a |
Atala | Row 37 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 49 - Cell 1 |
Bellona | be-LOE-na |
Bertha | BERTH-a |
Bianca | bee-AANG-ka |
Braille | BRAIL |
Brunhild | BROON-hilt |
Byblis | BIB-lis |
Camilla | ca-MILL-a |
Celuta | Row 57 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 128 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 167 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 192 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 210 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 236 - Cell 1 |
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 | Row 245 - Cell 1 |
Vesta | VES-ta |
Vibilia | Row 247 - Cell 1 |
Victoria | vic-TOR-ee-a |
Virginia | ver-GIN-i-a |
Weringia | Row 250 - Cell 1 |
Xanthippe | zan-TIP-ee |
Zelia | Row 252 - Cell 1 |