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Astronomical objects discovered in 2011

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Kerberos thumbnail
Kerberos
natural satellite orbiting Pluto
Tabby’s Star thumbnail
Tabby’s Star
binary system in the constellation Cygnus
S/2011 J 1
natural satellite of Jupiter
S/2011 J 2
moon of Jupiter
C/2011 L4
non-periodic comet
Arp 220
luminous infrared galaxy
UDFj-39546284
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C/2011 W3
Kreutz Sungrazer comet discovered in November 2011 by Terry Lovejoy
2011 MD thumbnail
2011 MD
asteroid
(367789) 2011 AG5
asteroid
ULAS J1120+0641
Extremely distant quasar
(687170) 2011 QF99
Uranus trojan asteroid
WISEPA J182831.08+265037.8
a brown dwarf or free-floating planet in constellation Lyra at approximately 37 light-years from Earth
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2011 CQ1
meteoroid
SN 2011fe
supernova within the Pinwheel Galaxy, observed in August 2011
S/2011 J 3
moon of Jupiter
471325 Taowu
trans-Neptunian object
WISE 1506+7027
star in the constellation Ursa Minor
PSR J1719-1438
Pulsar
SDSS J102915+172927
star in the constellation Leo
Kronberger 61
nebula in the constellation Cygnus
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GN-108036
GN-108036 is a distant galaxy discovered and confirmed by the Subaru Telescope and the Keck Observatory located in Hawaii; its study was also completed by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope.
2011 EO40
asteroid
(415029) 2011 UL21
an Apollo class asteroid
U1.11
U1.11 is a large quasar group located in the constellations of Leo and Virgo. It is one of the largest LQG's known, with the estimated maximum diameter of 780 Mpc (2.2 billion light-years) and contains 38 quasars. It was discovered in 2011 during the course of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Until the discovery of the Huge-LQG in November 2012, it was the largest known structure in the universe, beating Clowes–Campusano LQG's 20-year record as largest known structure at the time of its discovery.
(673087) 2015 AJ281
asteroid
(471240) 2011 BT15
asteroid
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2011 HM102
Neptune trojan
2011 ES4 thumbnail
2011 ES4
Apollo near-Earth asteroid
382238 Euphemus
asteroid
WISE 1541-2250
star
(436724) 2011 UW158
asteroid
WISE 1405+5534
brown dwarf in the constellation Ursa Major
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2011 SL25
asteroid
2011 UN63 thumbnail
2011 UN63
asteroid
WISEPA J041022.71+150248.5
star
Swift J1644+57
gamma-ray burst
2011 JY31
binary Kuiper belt object
(471318) 2011 JF31
trans-Neptunian object
(471288) 2011 GM27
cubewano asteroid in the Kuiper belt
WISEP J190648.47+401106.8
star
(816688) 2011 SC191
asteroid
(523680) 2013 YJ151
Trans-Neptunian object
429733 Gilbertbaker
asteroid
SN 2010lt
supernova in the constellation Camelopardalis
WISEPA J174124.26+255319.5
star
SN 2011dh
supernova within the Messier 51 galaxy, discovered in 2011
WISEPA J025409.45+022359.1
star in the constellation Cetus
(458732) 2011 MD5
asteroid
545564 Sabonis
asteroid