Registry preview14 bodies catalogued
Name a world. Hold it on-chain.
A curated registry of catalogued asteroids. Each entry carries an Asteria name, a story and a unique on-chain token — a collectible record, never a property claim.
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- 14
- Spectral classes
- 6
- Orbit classes
- 10
- Near-Earth entries
- 4
Counted from the preview catalogue · demo entries
The preview catalogue lists 14 bodies: Vesperine, Aurelis, Nyxara, Calyx, Helion Drift, Meridian Thorn, Ilyra, Kestrel, Thalassa Veil, Sable Lantern, Corvina, Lumen Ward, Peregrine Ash, Ostara Bloom.
Manifesto
Why a registry,
and why honesty first.
Billions of years in orbit. Catalogued by astronomers as numbers and letters. Asteria gives selected bodies a name, a story and a place in an on-chain registry — and tells you exactly what that does, and doesn't, mean.
Official minor-planet names come from the IAU. Ours are registry names — and we say so everywhere.
From catalogue to registry.
Five steps turn a catalogued body into a registry entry you can hold. This is the planned lifecycle — the marketplace is still in development.
Step 01 / 05
Catalogue
We start from minor planets astronomers already track — bodies with a designation and a published orbit in public small-body databases.
- Designation
- Orbit a · e · i
- Size & albedo
Verify
Every candidate is cross-checked against public sources before it can be listed: designation, orbital elements, physical estimates. Anything that doesn't match stays out.
- Public sources
- Cross-checked
- Before any sale
Register
The body receives a permanent Asteria registry ID — ASR-0001 onwards — linked to its official designation, together with a curated registry name.
- ASR-xxxx
- Linked designation
- Curated name
Tokenize
A unique token is minted for the entry, carrying its full metadata: orbit, physical data, name and story.
- Non-fungible · planned
- Open metadata
- One per entry
Name
At the naming ceremony the registry name is sealed to the token and a digital certificate is issued. A registry name — never an IAU-official one.
- Certificate
- Registry name
- Not IAU-official
Meet the first worlds.
A first look at the preview catalogue: real orbit classes, physical data that stays self-consistent, and a registry name for every entry.
Swipe to browse
Read the colour of a world.
Astronomers sort asteroids by the light their surfaces reflect. The catalogue spans six spectral classes — choose one to see what it reveals.
Class C · Carbonaceous
C-type
Bar: the typical range for C-type bodies. Dots: catalogue entries (Nyxara 0.05, Sable Lantern 0.06, Ostara Bloom 0.07).
The most common asteroids, dark as charcoal. Primitive bodies thought to preserve material close to the composition of the early Solar System.
- Composition
- Clay and silicate rock rich in carbon compounds; hydrated minerals.
- In the catalogue · preview
- 3of 14 entries
Preview a certificate
ASR-0001—Vesperine. From the Latin vesper — the evening star, the first light after sunset.
Every entry arrives named.
Each asteroid launches with a curated Asteria name. At the ceremony that name is sealed to the token and a digital certificate is issued. A personal dedication line is planned for the marketplace.
Curated, with a reason
Every name is researched and written with its meaning — the story travels with the token.
Bound by guidelines
Names follow published rules: respectful, non-commercial, never misleading.
Clearly a registry name
It lives in the Asteria registry and on the certificate. It is never presented as an IAU-official name.
What you hold — and what you don't.
A registry token is a meaningful collectible. It is not a deed, not an official name and not an investment. Here is the line, drawn clearly.
Included
What you receive
A unique token
One unique, non-fungible token per registry entry, held in your own wallet.
A registry entry
Your place in the Asteria registry, linked to the body's official designation.
A digital certificate
A high-resolution certificate with the registry name, ID, orbit and story.
Full metadata
Orbit, physical data, name and story — in an open, documented JSON schema.
Not included
What you don't
Ownership of the asteroid
Celestial bodies are not subject to appropriation. No registry — ours included — can grant title to one.
Outer Space Treaty, 1967 · Art. II
An IAU-official name
Official minor-planet names are approved by the IAU's Working Group Small Bodies Nomenclature. They cannot be bought.
International Astronomical Union · WGSBN
An investment
Tokens are collectibles. They carry no right to profits, and their value may go to zero.
Asteria risk disclosure
Everything, documented.
24 pages across 7 sections — astronomy, tokenization, the registry and the law, written in plain language.
Built in the open.
Indicative phases — targets, not commitments. Nothing is sold before the catalogue is verified and the legal review is complete.
Phase 0·Now
Registry foundations
Brand, preview site, documentation and the first registry entries.
In progressPhase 1·Next
Verification & legal review
Independent verification of the catalogue and a full legal review before any sale.
PlannedPhase 2·Later
Contracts & audit
Token and registry contracts deployed to testnet, then audited.
PlannedPhase 3·Later
Marketplace launch
Primary sale of the Genesis collection and the naming ceremony go live.
PlannedPhase 4·Future
Secondary market & community
Peer-to-peer trading, offers, collections and community features.
Planned
Questions, answered plainly.
The short version of what people ask us most. The docs go deeper on every point.
No. Under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, celestial bodies cannot be appropriated, and no private registry can grant title to one. An Asteria token is a unique digital collectible that records your entry — and its registry name — in the Asteria registry. It is not a property deed.
No. Official names for minor planets are approved by the International Astronomical Union's Working Group Small Bodies Nomenclature, usually on the proposal of the discoverers, and they cannot be bought. Asteria names are registry names: meaningful inside the Asteria registry and on the token, not recognised by the IAU.
Every entry in the launch catalogue will reference a real catalogued minor planet, with its official designation and orbital data sourced from public databases. The listings on this preview site are demo entries until verification is complete.
The marketplace is in development. Join the waitlist to be notified when the testnet and the Genesis primary sale open.
Each registry entry is planned as a unique, non-fungible token. The network and token standard for the registry will be confirmed after the legal and technical review — see the roadmap.
It is the official address of the Asteria community token. Always copy it from this site and verify it before interacting — Asteria will never DM you a different address. Holding it does not represent ownership of any asteroid or of Asteria, and it is not an offer of an investment.
Be among the first to name a world.
Join the waitlist and we'll write once — when the public testnet and the Genesis collection open. No spam, no hype.
No spam. One email when the marketplace opens.
Marketplace in development — preview build