Pyrrha

(1907 YX )
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NOW @ 20 VIR 51
FOUND @ 17 SCO 29
 
Inclination: 2.216
Eccentricity: 0.191
Period: 4.343 years
AU 2.662
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

5.4.1907 00:00 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 0


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Named after the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora {see planets  (1810) and  (55), respectively}. She married Deucalion, a son of Prometheus {see planet  (1809)}. Deucalion and Pyrrha were the only survivors of the deluge which Zeus {see planet  (5731)} sent to destroy mankind. The couple replaced the loss of mankind by throwing stones behind their backs — those Deucalion threw became men, those Pyrrha threw became women. (Z 226) _ _.


Discovered on 5-4-1907 in Heidelberg by Kopff, A.

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