Category
page 1Astronomical objects discovered in 1961
1996 Adams
asteroid
Q141984
asteroid
2866 Hardy
asteroid
Q757340
asteroid
2642 Vésale
asteroid
Q152364
asteroid
4134 Schütz
asteroid
Kordylewski cloud
large concentrations of dust that exist at the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points of the Earth–Moon system
4724 Brocken
asteroid
Westerlund 1-26
red supergiant
Westerlund 1
Super star cluster in Milky Way
Comet Humason
comet
C/1961 O1 (Wilson-Hubbard)
comet
SN 1961i
supernova within the Messier 61 galaxy, discovered in 1961