- Source: 257 Silesia
257 Silesia is a large Main belt asteroid, about 73 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 5 April 1886 at Vienna Observatory, Austria.
It is named after Silesia, the province of the discoverer's birthplace (nowadays most of Silesia is in Poland, but Palisa's birthplace is in the small part of Silesia that is in the Czech Republic).
References
External links
257 Silesia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
257 Silesia at the JPL Small-Body Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar planet minor yang dinamai berdasarkan nama tempat
- Daftar planet minor/201–300
- Helmuth James von Moltke
- Krnov
- Daftar planet minor: 1–1000
- Holokaus
- Chili
- Daftar jalan bebas hambatan federal di Jerman
- Martin Luther
- 257 Silesia
- Silesia
- Province of Silesia
- Czech Silesia
- 256 Walpurga
- List of minor planets: 1–1000
- List of minor planets named after places
- Meanings of minor-planet names: 1–1000
- 258 Tyche
- Johann Palisa
