Asteria

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NOW @ 14 LEO 38
FOUND @ 24 CAN 44
 
Inclination: 1.502
Eccentricity: 0.062
Period: 4.821 years
AU 2.854
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

23.1.1908 19:39 Heidelberg 8e43 49n24 observations 1


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The name appears with different meanings in Greek mythology: (1) Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, the sister of Leto {see planet  (68)}, and by Perseus the mother of Hecate {see planet  (100)}. She was changed into a quail. (2) Asteria was one of the fifty daughters of Danaus. (3) Apollodorus says that Asteria was a daughter of Atlas. (4) Asteria is also a name of a town in Greece. (Z 34) _ _.


Discovered on 23-1-1908 in Heidelberg by Kopff, A.

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