Astronomical objects discovered in 2004

Haumea (minor-planet designation: 136108 Haumea) is a dwarf planet located beyond Neptune's orbit. It was discovered in 2004 by a team headed by Mike Brown of Caltech at the Palomar Observatory, and formally announced in 2005 by a team headed by José Luis Ortiz Moreno at the Sierra Nevada Observatory in Spain, who had discovered it that year in precovery images taken by the team in 2003. From that announcement, it received the provisional designation .

dwarf planet in kuiper belt

near-Earth asteroid

moon of Jupiter

natural satellite of Jupiter

moon of Saturn

moon of Saturn

moon of Saturn

trans-Neptunian object

main-belt asteroid

asteroid

provisional designation of an unconfirmed object seen orbiting Saturn

provisional designation of a dusty object seen orbiting Saturn

provisional designation of an unconfirmed object seen orbiting Saturn

near-Earth asteroid

trans-Neptunian object

brown dwarf

minor planet

near-Earth asteroid discovered in 2004

asteroid

Neptune trojan

galaxy

pulsar

near-Earth asteroid

near-Earth asteroid

trans-Neptunian object

asteroid

astronomical object

trans-Neptunian object

meteoroid

trans-Neptunian object

moon of asteroid 87 Sylvia

asteroid

scattered Kuiper belt object

209P/LINEAR is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 5.1 years. The comet has extremely low activity for its size and is probably in the process of evolving into an extinct comet.

asteroid

Kuiper-belt object

asteroid

asteroid

plutino

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

160P/LINEAR is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet came to perihelion on 18 September 2012, and reached about apparent magnitude 17.

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

asteroid

Neptune trojan

asteroid

asteroid