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Haumea
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 .
Orcus
dwarf planet in kuiper belt
99942 Apophis
near-Earth asteroid
Thelxinoe
moon of Jupiter
S/2003 J 23
natural satellite of Jupiter
Methone
moon of Saturn
Pallene
moon of Saturn
Polydeuces
moon of Saturn
120347 Salacia
trans-Neptunian object
854 Frostia
main-belt asteroid
(1313) Berna
asteroid
S/2004 S 3
provisional designation of an unconfirmed object seen orbiting Saturn
S/2004 S 6
provisional designation of a dusty object seen orbiting Saturn
S/2004 S 4
provisional designation of an unconfirmed object seen orbiting Saturn
2004 FH
near-Earth asteroid
90568 Goibniu
trans-Neptunian object
Cha 110913-773444
brown dwarf
(612911) 2004 XR190
minor planet
(357439) 2004 BL86
near-Earth asteroid discovered in 2004
(434326) 2004 JG6
asteroid
385571 Otrera
Neptune trojan
Willman 1
galaxy
PSR J1748-2446ad
pulsar
(144898) 2004 VD17
near-Earth asteroid
164207 Cardea
near-Earth asteroid
(120348) 2004 TY364
trans-Neptunian object
(612901) 2004 XP14
asteroid
Comet Machholz
astronomical object
474640 Alicanto
trans-Neptunian object
2004 FU162
meteoroid
(175113) 2004 PF115
trans-Neptunian object
Remus
moon of asteroid 87 Sylvia
164215 Doloreshill
asteroid
(230965) 2004 XA192
scattered Kuiper belt object
209P/LINEAR
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.
144096 Wiesendangen
asteroid
(144897) 2004 UX10
Kuiper-belt object
90481 Wollstonecraft
asteroid
90533 Laurentblind
asteroid
(120216) 2004 EW95
plutino
151997 Bauhinia
asteroid
117156 Altschwendt
asteroid
144496 Reingard
asteroid
144633 Georgecarroll
asteroid
(444030) 2004 NT33
asteroid
160P/LINEAR
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.
117381 Lindaweiland
asteroid
157421 Carolpercy
asteroid
157141 Sopron
asteroid
90528 Raywhite
asteroid
154660 Kavelaars
asteroid
117329 Spencer
asteroid
144907 Whitehorne
asteroid
117032 Davidlane
asteroid
128627 Ottmarsheim
asteroid
116446 McDermid
asteroid
158899 Malloryvale
asteroid
2004 KV18
Neptune trojan
129101 Geoffcollyer
asteroid
90525 Karijanberg
asteroid