Leda

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NOW @ 7 SCO 33

Inclination: 6.95

Eccentricity: 0.151

Period: 4.543 years

AU 2.743

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

12.1.1856 00:00 Paris 2e20 48n50 observations 0

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Named for the wife of the king of Sparta. By Jupiter, who had taken the form of a swan, she produced two eggs from one of which came Pollux and Helena {see planet (101)} and from the other Castor and Klytemnaestra {see planet (179)}. (H 6) _ _.

Discovered on 12-1-1856 in Paris by Chacornac, J.
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