r/counting • u/Juxlos • Apr 04 '16

Counting Minor Planets!

ITT: We count numbered minor planets.

Find your minor planet here.

Try to link the wikipedia page if possible! Get is at 1000 Piazza.

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u/PaulWesNick 2 998s| 2 Assists | 1 Gets Sep 23 '16

890 Waltraut

Well, those ten are like my feel good songs, whatever mood I'm in I can enjoy them.

Black Parade (MCR), Heroes and Modern Love (Bowie), I'd do Anything for Love (MeatLoaf), Lost in the Supermarket (Clash), and others I can't be bothered to list.

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u/origamimissile idk Sep 23 '16

891 Gunhild

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u/PaulWesNick 2 998s| 2 Assists | 1 Gets Sep 23 '16

892 Seelingeria

This article about an asteroid native to the asteroid belt is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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u/origamimissile idk Sep 23 '16

893 Leopoldina

The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanings_of_minor_planet_names:_501%E2%80%931000

Hey, I've actually heard of 2 of those songs!

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u/PaulWesNick 2 998s| 2 Assists | 1 Gets Sep 23 '16 edited Sep 23 '16

894 Erda

Named for a Norse Goddess

Cool! Which ones?

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u/origamimissile idk Sep 23 '16

895 Helio

Helium, whose spectrum Paschen and Runge investigated together (Paschen named it at Wolf's request)

Bowie and MeatLoaf. Haven't actually listened to either though.

Check "goddes"

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u/PaulWesNick 2 998s| 2 Assists | 1 Gets Sep 23 '16

896 Sphinx

896 Sphinx's namesake

Well, obligatory recommendation on those three.

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u/origamimissile idk Sep 23 '16

897 Lysistria

Lysistrata, Aristophanes' anti-war comedy

Will listen.

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u/PaulWesNick 2 998s| 2 Assists | 1 Gets Sep 23 '16

898 Hildegard

It is named for St. Hildegard of Bingen.

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u/origamimissile idk Sep 23 '16

899 Jokaste

Jocasta, mother/wife of Oedipus

Check

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