Doris

( )
#
NOW @ 3 CAN 42
FOUND @ 6 PIS 27
 
Inclination: 6.56
Eccentricity: 0.068
Period: 5.504 years
AU 3.117
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

19.9.1857 00:00 Paris 2e20 48n50 observations 0


<< prev in category - Greek and Roman Mythology - next in category >>

Named for one of the sea nymphs, called Oceanides, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Doris married her brother Nereus {see planet  (4660)} by whom she bore the sea nymphs called Nereids, about fifty in number. (H 7) _ _.


Discovered on 19-9-1857 in Paris by Goldschmidt, H.

ORBITS | AstDys | Wikipedia | Dictionary | UrbanDictionary | Bartleby | Webster | Name Source | Mythica
Categories: Greek and Roman Mythology,