nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
135 | Hertha | Named for the Teutonic and Scandinavian goddess of fertility (also Nerthus, see planet (601)). The |
504 | Cora | Named for a figure from old Peruvian mythology. (AN 169, 95 (1905)) |
699 | Hela | Named possibly after Hel {see also planet (949)}, the Norse goddess of the dead. Yggdrasil was a tr |
840 | Zenobia | The planet is probably named for the Slavic goddess of hunting. It is also the name of a queen of Pa |
2025 | Nortia | Nortia was the Etruscan goddess of fortune who was worshipped at Volsinii. Each year a nail was driv |
5056 | Rahua | According to Inca legend, Rahua, Ocllo, Cora and Huaco were the wives of the four sons of Pirua Wira |
8709 | Kadlu | The Eskimo thunder-goddess was originally a little girl who played so noisily that her parents told |
136108 | Haumea | Haumea is the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology. Her many children sprang fr |
136472 | Makemake | Makemake is the creator of humanity and the god of fertility in the mythology of the South Pacific i |
136818 | Selqet | Selqet was the ancient Egyptian goddess of magic and protector of the other gods from the destroyer, |
148780 | Altjira | According to the mythology of the Arrernte in central Australia, Altjira was the central god of the |
163693 | Atira | Atira is the Pawnee goddess of Earth and the evening star. This is the first numbered minor planet |
189011 | Ogmios | Ogmios is the Celtic patron god of scholars and the personification of eloquence and persuasiveness. |
229762 | Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà | Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà is the beautiful aardvark girl of Juǀʼhoan mythology who sometimes appears in stories |
306367 | Nut | Nut was a goddess of the heavens in the old Egyptian religion. With Geb, the god of Earth, she gave |
367943 | Duende | The Duende are a race of fairy or goblin-like mythological creature from Iberian folklore. They live |
452307 | Manawydan | In Welsh mythology, Manawydan ab Llŷr (son of Llŷr) was a scholar, a magician and a peaceful man. |
469705 | ǂKá̦gára | In the mythology of the ǀXam people of the Karoo region of southern Africa, ǂKá̦gára and ǃHãunu fou |
481984 | Cernunnos | A major icon of Celtic polytheism, Cernunnos was the incarnation of fertility, life and the underwor |