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page 1Astronomical objects discovered in 1951
Ananke
moon of Jupiter
1620 Geographos
asteroid
Q141815
asteroid of the main belt
Q144323
asteroid
Q756932
asteroid
Q141841
asteroid
Q146347
asteroid
Q141851
asteroid
Q141190
asteroid
Q141184
asteroid
Q141176
asteroid
Q141009
asteroid
Q141218
asteroid
Q141148
asteroid
Q142743
asteroid
Q142750
asteroid
1684 Iguassú
asteroid
Q146323
asteroid
Q141895
asteroid
Q142382
asteroid
1608 Muñoz
asteroid
Q141377
main-belt asteroid
2615 Saito
asteroid
Q762331
asteroid
Q150466
asteroid
Q149898
asteroid
Q149445
asteroid
Q196846
asteroid
Q151054
asteroid
Q151346
asteroid
Q152918
asteroid
3383 Koyama
asteroid
Q1043027
asteroid
Q1125084
galaxy
Q156514
asteroid
49P/Arend–Rigaux
49P/Arend–Rigaux is a periodic comet with a 6.75-year orbit around the Sun. It is the first of three comets discovered by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend and the only one for Fernand Rigaux.
32730 Lamarr
asteroid
50P/Arend
Comet Arend or 50P/Arend is a periodic comet in the Solar System which was discovered on October 4, 1951. It was discovered by astronomer Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium located in the municipality of Uccle. The comet was illustrated at approximately a magnitude of 14 and also exhibited a nucleus within a coma 14 arc seconds across. It has been observed on its every subsequent apparition since discovery, with the most recent one occurred in 2024. The comet's next perihelion will be in the year 2032.