Melpomene

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NOW @ 13 GEM 46
FOUND @ 3 CAP 25
 
Inclination: 10.133
Eccentricity: 0.218
Period: 3.477 years
AU 2.295
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

24.6.1852 00:00 London 24e45 59n26 observations 0


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Named for the Muse of tragedy. All the Muses were offspring of Jupiter and Mnemosyne {see planet  (57)}. The others are Klio, Euterpe, Thalia, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Kalliope and Urania {see, respectively, planets  (84),  (27),  (23),  (81),  (62),  (33),  (22),  (30)}. (H 4; AN 34, 391 (1852)) _ _.


Discovered on 24-6-1852 in London by Hind, J. R.

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