Io

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NOW @ 18 SCO 55
FOUND @ 21 ARI 55
 
Inclination: 11.961
Eccentricity: 0.194
Period: 4.322 years
AU 2.653
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

19.9.1865 00:00 Clinton 75w24 43n3 observations 0


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Named after the daughter of the river god Inachus, son of Oceanus. She was changed into a heifer by Jupiter at the approach of Juno {see planet  (3)} who saw through the deception and had her guarded by Argus who had a hundred eyes and slept with them closed only two at a time. The latter was killed by Mercury at Jupiter’s order and Io escaped through the Ionian Sea, named for her, to Egypt where some say she became Isis, the wife of Osiris {see planets  (42) and  (1923)}. (H 12) _ _.


Discovered on 19-9-1865 in Clinton by Peters, C. H. F.

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