Heavenly Bodies Named for Celtic Subjects

Asteroids

• Gaulish Gods:

  • 116 Sirona
  • 178 Belisana
  • 456 Abnoba
  • 3838 Epona
  • 4179 Toutatis
  • 5370 Taranis
  • 2462 Nehalennia
  • 11284 Belenus

• Celtic Places

  • 774 Armor: for Armorica
  • 10501 Ardmacha: Armagh, Ulster
  • 10502 Armaghobs: Armagh Observatory, Ireland
  • 13804 Hrazany: oppidium of the Boii

• French Arthurian Characters & Elements

  • 2041 Lancelot
  • 2054 Gawain
  • 2082 Galahad
  • 2483 Guinevere
  • 2597 Arthur
  • 2598 Merlin
  • 9499 Excalibur
  • 9500 Camelot
  • 9501 Ywain
  • 9502 Gaimar
  • 9503 Agrawain
  • 9504 Lionel

• Germanic Arthurian Characters

  • 2095 Parsifal
  • 9505 Lohengrin
  • 9508 Titurel
  • 9509 Amfortas
  • 9510 Gurnemanz
  • 9511 Klingsor
  • 9506 Telramund

• Historical Peoples

  • 3753 Cruithne
  • 6433 Enya: modern Irish singer
  • 25340 Segoves: Boii leader

• Arthurian Authors

  • 9507 Gottfried: for Gottfried von Strassbourg
  • 9908 Aue: for Hauptman von Aue
  • 9909 Eschenbach: for Wolfram von Eschenbach

• Welsh Figures

  • 16912 Rhiannon

• Characters from Asterix

  • 29401 Asterix
  • 29402 Obelix

Craters on Jupiter's moon Europa:

• Áine
• Amergin
• Angus
• Avagddu
• Balor
• Brigid
• Camulus
• Cilix
• Cliodhna
• Cormac
• Deirdre
• Diarmud
• Dylan
• Elathan
• Govannan
• Gráinne
• Gwydion
• Llyr
• Mael Duin
• Maeve
• Manannán
• Math
• Morvran
• Niamh
• Oisín
• Pryderi
• Pwyll
• Rhiannon
• Taliesin
• Tegid
• Uaithne



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