Ariadne

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NOW @ 14 SAG 33
FOUND @ 26 LIB 44
 
Inclination: 3.471
Eccentricity: 0.169
Period: 3.269 years
AU 2.203
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

15.4.1857 00:00 Oxford 24e45 59n26 observations 0


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Named for the daughter of Minos {see planet  (6239)}, second king of Crete, and Pasiphae. Ariadne fell in love with Theseus who was shut up in the labyrinth to be devoured by the Minotaur. She aided his escape with a thread and was later married and forsaken by him. (H 7) _ _.


Discovered on 15-4-1857 in Oxford by Pogson, N. R.

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