kids encyclopedia robot

2 Pallas facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
PallasHST2007
An ultraviolet image of Pallas

2 Pallas is the second asteroid discovered in the solar system. It was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers on March 28, 1802. 2 Pallas is named after Pallas Athena, an alternate name for the goddess Athena.

2 Pallas has a mass estimated to be 7% of the total mass of the asteroid belt. The asteroid is the third largest asteroid in terms of mass and the second largest in terms of diameter.

Images for kids

  • Pallas - Potw2008a

    High-resolution images of the north (at left) and south (at right) hemispheres of Pallas, made possible by the Adaptive-Optics (AO)-fed SPHERE imager on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 2020. Two large impact basins could have been created by asteroid family–forming impacts. The bright spot in the southern hemisphere is reminiscent of the salt deposits on Ceres.

  • Ceres and Pallas symbols, 1802

    The symbols for Ceres and Pallas, as published in 1802

  • 2 Pallas orbit Jan2018

    Pallas has a high eccentricity and a highly inclined orbit

  • The Four Largest Asteroids

    Relative sizes of the four largest asteroids. Pallas is second from right.

  • Pallas FC

    False-color image of Pallas

  • 2 Pallas Lightcurve Model

    Lightcurve model of Pallas

  • Iau dozen

    Objects considered for dwarf planet status under the IAU's 2006 draft proposal on the definition of a planet. Pallas is second from the right, bottom row.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: (2) Palas para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
2 Pallas Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.