Astraea

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NOW @ 8 CAN 45
FOUND @ 5 GEM 58
 
Inclination: 5.36
Eccentricity: 0.188
Period: 4.141 years
AU 2.579
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

8.12.1845 00:00 Driesen 24e45 59n26 observations 0


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This is the Latin name for the Greek Astraia. This was the goddess of justice, daughter of Zeus and Themis {see planets  (5731) and  (24)}. Astraea lived on earth during the Golden Age, but the wickedness and impiety of mankind during the Brazen and Iron ages drove her to heaven, where she was placed among the constellations of the zodiac under the name Virgo. (H 2; Z 34) _ _.


Discovered on 8-12-1845 in Driesen by Hencke, K. L.

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