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81 Terpsichore

81 Terpsichore, a large C-type main-belt asteroid discovered by Ernst Tempel in 1864 and named for the Greek muse of dance; rotation period 10.94 h, diameter about 109 km, core member of its asteroid family.

8½

8½ (Otto e mezzo) is Federico Fellini's 1963 black-and-white Italian film about director Guido Anselmi's creative crisis, starring Marcello Mastroianni; it won two Academy Awards and is ranked among the greatest films ever made.

8½ Women (8 1/2の女たち)

8½ Women (8 1/2の女たち) is Peter Greenaway's 1999 comedy-drama, in Cannes competition, about a widowed Geneva tycoon and his son keeping eight and a half concubines after watching Fellini's 8½; it earned $424,123 and mixed-to-negative reviews.

811 Nauheima

811 Nauheima (1915 XR) is a main-belt asteroid discovered September 8, 1915 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. S-type, about 16 km across, 4-hour rotation, 4.93-year orbit, not potentially hazardous.

811110 Ubartas

(811110) Ubartas, provisional designation 2021 RR130, is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid discovered 21 March 2015 at Mount Graham by K. Černis and R. P. Boyle; semimajor axis 5.1936 au, period 11.836 years, H = 14.84 mag.

8125 Tyndareus

8125 Tyndareus is a Greek-camp Jupiter Trojan asteroid locked in a 1:1 resonance with Jupiter near its L4 point, discovered at Palomar Observatory on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, van Houten-Groeneveld, and Gehrels.

813 Baumeia

813 Baumeia (1915 YR), main-belt asteroid discovered 28 November 1915 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg. About 11.7 km across, 2.223 AU semi-major axis, 1,210-day orbit, 10.54-hour rotation, not a NEO or PHA.

814 Tauris

814 Tauris (A916 AE) is a large C-type main-belt asteroid about 102 km across, orbiting the Sun every 5.61 years between 2.19 and 4.12 AU, with a 36.08-hour rotation and a recorded stellar-occultation history.

816 Juliana

816 Juliana (A916 CE) is a ~50.7 km main-belt asteroid discovered 8 February 1916 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg, named for Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, with a 5.23-year orbit, 10.56-hour rotation, and an X-complex family.

817 Annika

817 Annika (1916 YW) is a 22.9-km main-belt asteroid discovered 6 February 1916 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg; name origin unknown; orbits the Sun every 4.16 years, rotates in 10.56 hours, not potentially hazardous.

818 Kapteynia

818 Kapteynia (1916 YZ) is a ~64 km main-belt asteroid discovered 21 February 1916 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg and named for Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn; it orbits at 3.17 AU with a 5.64-year period and 16.35-hour rotation.

819 Barnardiana

819 Barnardiana (A916 EA) is a mid-sized S-type main-belt asteroid about 8.9 km across, orbiting the Sun every 3.26 years between 1.88 and 2.51 AU, rotating in 66.7 hours, named for E. E. Barnard.

81st Academy Awards

81st Academy Awards: ceremony held February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre honoring 2008 films, hosted by Hugh Jackman. Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Oscars including Best Picture; Sean Penn, Kate Winslet and posthumous winner Heath Ledger took acting prizes.

81st Golden Globes

The 81st Golden Globe Awards (January 7, 2024, Beverly Hilton) honored 2023 film and TV on CBS and Paramount+, hosted by Jo Koy; Oppenheimer won five Globes, Succession four, and the telecast drew 9.4 million viewers, up 50%.

81st Readiness Division

The 81st Readiness Division (Wildcat Division) is a U.S. Army Reserve readiness command at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, successor to the 81st Infantry Division of both world wars; it supports over 50,000 Soldiers across nine southeastern states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

81st Special Forces Brigade

81st Special Forces Brigade: PLA Army special operations brigade of the 81st Group Army, Central Theater Command, nicknamed "Sacred Sword of the East" (东方神剑); converted from a motorized infantry brigade in May 2017; distinct from Ukraine's 81st Airmobile Brigade and Washington's 81st Mobile Brigade.

81st Venice International Film Festival

The 81st Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica), held on the Lido di Venezia 28 August to 7 September 2024, directed by Alberto Barbera; Golden Lion to Almodóvar's The Room Next Door, opening film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

82 Alkmene

82 Alkmene, main-belt S/Sq-type asteroid discovered 1864 by R. Luther at Duesseldorf; diameter about 65 km, H 8.26, constrained by 2003 and 2014 stellar occultations.

82 G. Eridani

82 G. Eridani, also HD 20794, is a nearby G-type main-sequence star in Eridanus about 19.7 light-years away, visible to the naked eye and hosting three low-mass planets.

820 Adriana

820 Adriana (1916 ZB) is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid about 59 km across, discovered 30 March 1916 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg; its name origin is unknown and it is not hazardous.

821 Fanny

821 Fanny is a dark, slowly rotating background asteroid in the central main belt, discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg in 1916; its name's origin is unknown.

822 Lalage

822 Lalage (1916 ZD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered 31 March 1916 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg; semi-major axis 2.2560 au, eccentricity 0.1548, H = 12.07 mag.

823 Sisigambis

823 Sisigambis (1916 ZG), a roughly 15.7 km main-belt asteroid discovered 31 March 1916 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg; A-type spectrum, a = 2.2212 au, named for Darius III's mother.

824 Anastasia

824 Anastasia (1916 ZH) is a roughly 32 km main-belt asteroid discovered 25 March 1916 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis; S/L-type, 4.68-year orbit, not potentially hazardous.

8241 Agrius

8241 Agrius (1973 SE1), a Jupiter Trojan asteroid about 27 km across, discovered 19 September 1973 at Palomar by van Houten, van Houten-Groeneveld, and Gehrels; orbits the Sun every 11.75 years.

825 Forest Road

825 Forest Road is a 2025 supernatural horror film written and directed by Stephen Cognetti, his first non-Hell House LLC feature, released on Shudder April 4, 2025; it follows a family haunted by the ghost Helen Foster in Ashland Falls.

825 Tanina

825 Tanina (A916 FH), inner main-belt S-type asteroid discovered by Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz on 27 March 1916, independently by Max Wolf; about 11–13 km, rotation 6.940 h, possible binary.

826 Henrika

826 Henrika, provisionally designated 1916 ZO, is a carbonaceous C-type asteroid in the central main belt, discovered by Max Wolf at Heidelberg in 1916 and roughly 19 to 21 km across.

826856 Commodorecochran

826856 Commodorecochran (2025 BN9) is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid discovered 25 January 2025 at Starkville by J.-F. Gout, orbiting at 5.2031 au with an 11.869-year period, eccentricity 0.1596, and H = 15.55 mag.

828 Lindemannia

828 Lindemannia, also 1905 UJ, is a ~51 km B-type main-belt asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa at Vienna in 1916 and named for Adolf F. Lindemann of Sidmouth.