Hestia

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NOW @ 23 LEO 51
FOUND @ 3 AQU 39
 
Inclination: 2.352
Eccentricity: 0.173
Period: 4.012 years
AU 2.525
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

16.8.1857 00:00 Oxford 24e45 59n26 observations 0


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This is the Greek name for Vesta {see planet  (4)}, here considered as one of the Hesperides, daughters of Hesperis and Atlas, guardians of the golden apples given to Juno {see planet  (3)} by Jupiter on their wedding day. The other Hesperides are Aegle and Arethusa {see planets  (96) and  (95)}. (H 7) _ _.


Discovered on 16-8-1857 in Oxford by Pogson, N. R.

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