nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
42 | Isis | Named after the Egyptian goddess. Isis (the Moon) and her brother-husband Osiris {the Sun, see plane |
161 | Athor | Named for the Egyptian goddess, often identified with Isis {see planet (42)}. She had the head of a |
287 | Nephthys | Named for the Egyptian goddess of the dead, sister of Isis {see planet (42)} and wife of Seth. (H 3 |
1122 | Neith | Named for the Egyptian goddess of Libyan origin. She passed for the mother of the Sun, Râ. (H 105) |
1813 | Imhotep | Named for a famous physician and architect in the third dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Kingdom, bui |
1912 | Anubis | Named for the Egyptian god who had the shape of a jackal and was the protector of the dead. |
1923 | Osiris | Named for the Egyptian god of vegetation, of the waxing and waning moon and of the annual flooding o |
1924 | Horus | Named for the son of Osiris, an Egyptian god in the shape of a falcon, king of the sky and the stars |
2062 | Aten | Named for the Egyptian sun god. This object is distinguished among the Apollo asteroids as the first |
2100 | Ra-Shalom | Named by the discoverer for the Egyptian sun-god Ra, who symbolizes enlightenment and life, and for |
2340 | Hathor | Like the other objects of Aten type, (2340) is named for an Egyptian deity. Known as a sky-goddess a |
3554 | Amun | Named for the invisible or hidden god of Hermopolis, who later became the local god of Thebes and th |
4257 | Ubasti | Ubasti, also called Bastet or Bast, was an ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a cat. |
4847 | Amenhotep | Named after pharaohs of the 18th dynasty. Amenhotep (Greek name Amenophis) means ‘Amun is merciful’. |
5011 | Ptah | In Egyptian religion Ptah was the creator of the universe and a patron of craftsmen, especially scul |
5381 | Sekhmet | The daughter of the Egyptian god Ra and wife of Ptah {see planets (2100) and (5011)), respectively |
21485 | Ash | Lesley Elizabeth Ash (b. 1987) was awarded first place and Best in Category in the 2005 Intel Intern |