236 Honoria [SEP] discoverer or inventor
236 Honoria
Honoria (minor planet designation: 236 Honoria) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 26 April 1884 in Vienna. The asteroid was named after Honoria, granddaughter of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I, who started negotiations with Attila the Hun. It is classified as a stony S-type asteroid based upon its spectrum.
Polarimetric study of this asteroid reveals anomalous properties that suggests the regolith consists of a mixture of low and high albedo material. This may have been caused
Honoria (disambiguation)
Justa Grata Honoria was a granddaughter of the Western Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
Honoria may also refer to:
Places.
- Honoria District, Puerto Inca, Peru
- 236 Honoria, main belt asteroid
People and fictional characters.
- Honoria Acosta-Sison (1888–1970), Filipino doctor
- Honoria Conway (1815–1892), one of the founders of the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception Catholic order
- Honoria Somerville Keer (1883–1969), British surgeon during World War