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914 Palisana

914 Palisana (1919 FN), a ~76 km carbonaceous CU-type inner main-belt asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on 4 July 1919 at Heidelberg, named for astronomer Johann Palisa; rotation period about 8.68 hours.

9142 Rhesus

9142 Rhesus (5191 T-3) is a roughly 45-km Jupiter Trojan asteroid discovered 16 October 1977 at Palomar by van Houten, van Houten-Groeneveld, and Gehrels, orbiting at 5.16 au with a 11.71-year period.

916 America

916 America (1915 S1) is a ~33 km main-belt asteroid discovered 7 August 1915 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis, named for the American continent in gratitude for American Relief Administration famine aid; rotation period 37.29 hours.

917 Lyka

917 Lyka (1915 S4), main-belt asteroid discovered 5 September 1915 by G. N. Neujmin at Simeis; about 30-36 km, X-type, dark albedo 0.043, rotation period 7.88 hours, named for a friend of the discoverer's sister.

918 Itha

918 Itha (1919 FR, also listed as A919 QD) is a stony main-belt asteroid discovered 22 August 1919 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg; semimajor axis 2.8663 au, period 4.853 years, rotation period 3.37393 hours.

919 Ilsebill

919 Ilsebill (1918 EQ, A918 UD) is a 33.5 km C-type main-belt asteroid discovered 30 October 1918 by M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg; it orbits in 4.63 years, rotates in 5.03 hours, and is not potentially hazardous.

91st Academy Awards

The 91st Academy Awards (Oscars 2019), held February 24, 2019 at the Dolby Theatre, was the first hostless ceremony since 1989. Green Book won Best Picture over Roma; 29.6 million viewers watched, up 12% from 2018.

91st Training Division

The 91st Training Division (Operations) is a US Army Reserve training division at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, under the 84th Training Command, descended from the 91st "Wild West" Division of World War I and World War II fame.

92 Undina

92 Undina is a large main-belt asteroid, roughly 126 km in diameter, discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters in 1867 and one of the two known hydrated M-type asteroids.

920 Rogeria

920 Rogeria (1919 FT, A919 RC) is a large main-belt asteroid discovered 1 September 1919 at Heidelberg, about 26.7 km across, rotation period 12.57 hours, not potentially hazardous.

921 Jovita

921 Jovita (1919 FV) is a large outer main-belt asteroid about 55 km across, discovered 4 September 1919 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg; it orbits the Sun every 5.64 years, rotates in 15.57 hours, and poses no Earth hazard.

922 Schlutia

922 Schlutia (1919 FW), a ~19 km main-belt asteroid discovered 18 September 1919 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg; named for Schlubach and Tiarks, funders of the 1922 Christmas Island eclipse expedition; period 4.41 years, rotation 7.86 hours.

923 Herluga

923 Herluga, main-belt asteroid about 32-35 km across, orbiting at 2.614 AU with 14.5-degree inclination; slow 29.7-hour rotation, DAMIT shape model, occulted a star in 2004 and again predicted for December 2026.

924 Toni

924 Toni (1919 GC), main-belt asteroid discovered 20 October 1919 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg; ~82-85 km diameter, 19.44-hour rotation, namesake of a compact C-type asteroid family.

925 Alphonsina

925 Alphonsina (1920 GM), a roughly 54 km S-type main-belt asteroid at 2.70 AU with 21° inclination, discovered 13 January 1920 by Josep Comas i Solà at Fabra Observatory, Barcelona, named for Alfonso X el Sabio.

926 Imhilde

926 Imhilde (1920 GN, A920 CB) is a 48.5 km main-belt asteroid discovered by Karl Reinmuth on 15 February 1920 at Heidelberg; it orbits the Sun in 5.15 years at 2.98 au, rotates in about 26 hours, and names the Imhilde asteroid family.

927 Ratisbona

927 Ratisbona (1920 GO), outer main-belt asteroid discovered 16 February 1920 by Max Wolf at Heidelberg; about 78 km across, dark albedo 0.044, rotation 12.986 h, not a near-Earth object.

928 Hildrun

928 Hildrun (1920 GP) is an outer main-belt asteroid about 66 km across, discovered 23 February 1920 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg; rotation period 14.13 hours, X-type, named from the Lahrer Hinkender Bote almanac.

92nd Academy Awards

The 92nd Academy Awards (Oscars 2020), held February 9, 2020 at the Dolby Theatre with no host, honored 2019 films; Parasite became the first foreign-language Best Picture winner, taking 4 awards, while Joker led with 11 nominations and the telecast drew 23.6 million viewers.

92nd Infantry Division (United States)

The 92nd Infantry Division ("Buffalo Soldiers Division") was a segregated U.S. Army division of African American troops, organized in World War I and activated in 1942; it fought in the Italian campaign 1944-45, was integrated at regimental level in 1945, and inactivated November 28, 1945.

92P/Sanguin

92P/Sanguin (P/1977 T2) is a Jupiter-family periodic comet discovered by J. G. Sanguin in 1977, with a 12.4-year orbit, perihelion 1.83 AU, and a ~2-4 km nucleus rotating in 6.22 hours.

931 Whittemora

931 Whittemora (1920 GU), a main-belt asteroid discovered 19 March 1920 by Gonnessiat at Algiers, named for Harvard and Columbia professor Thomas Whittemore; about 45 km, M-type, 19.2-hour rotation.

932 Hooveria

932 Hooveria (1920 GV) is a main-belt asteroid, diameter about 33 km, discovered 23 March 1920 by Johann Palisa in Vienna and named for Herbert Hoover's American Relief Administration aid to Austria; rotation period 78.44 hours.

933 Susi

933 Susi (1927 CH), main-belt asteroid discovered 10 February 1927 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg, named for Susi Graff; about 21.8 km wide, 3.64-year orbit, not hazardous.

936 Kunigunde

936 Kunigunde (1920 HN) is a large B-type main-belt asteroid of the Themis family, discovered 8 September 1920 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg; about 43 km across, 8.83-hour rotation, 5.56-year orbit, not hazardous.

937 Bethgea

937 Bethgea (1920 HO), a Flora-family main-belt asteroid discovered 12 September 1920 by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg, named for poet Hans Bethge; about 11.4 km, S-type, 7.54-hour rotation.

938 Chlosinde

938 Chlosinde (1920 HQ), a roughly 27-33 km main-belt asteroid discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg on 9 September 1920; orbits the Sun every 5.59 years, rotates in 19.2 hours, and is not potentially hazardous.

939 Isberga

939 Isberga (1920 HR), inner main-belt binary asteroid discovered 1920 by Reinmuth at Heidelberg; Sq-type with 12.4 km primary and 3.6 km satellite on a 33 km, 26.63-hour mutual orbit; density 2.91 g/cm³.

93rd Academy Awards

The 93rd Academy Awards, held April 25, 2021 at Union Station and the Dolby Theatre after a COVID-19 delay, honored 2020-early 2021 films; Nomadland won Best Picture, Chloé Zhao Best Director.

93rd Infantry Division (United States)

The 93rd Infantry Division was a segregated US Army division: a provisional WWI formation of four regiments (369th-372nd) serving under French command, and a WWII division activated at Fort Huachuca in 1942 that fought dispersed in the Pacific.