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    Astraea (/æˈstriːə/) (minor planet designation: 5 Astraea) is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. This object is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 385 million...
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    Astraea, Astrea, Astria or Austräa (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραία, romanized: Astraía; "star-maiden" or "starry night"), in ancient Greek religion, is a daughter...
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  • No. 5, a perfume by Coco Chanel No. 5, 1948, a painting by Jackson Pollock 5 Astraea, an asteroid in the asteroid belt 05 (disambiguation) Channel 5 (disambiguation)...
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  • Astraea is a Greek goddess. Astraea may also refer to: Astraea (gastropod), a genus of sea snails Astraea (plant), a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae...
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    comparing star maps with the sky seen through his telescope. The first, 5 Astraea, was the first asteroid discovered after the long gap that followed the...
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    Forseti (Norse God of Justice) 5 Astraea, 24 Themis, 99 Dike and 269 Justitia, main belt asteroids all named for Astraea, Themis, Dike and Justitia, Classical...
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    discovered the next two asteroids, 5 Astraea (in 1845) and 6 Hebe (in 1847). Hencke requested that the symbol for 5 Astraea be an upside-down anchor; however...
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  • VESTA), and introduced new symbols for 5 Astraea (, a stylised % sign, shift-5 on the keyboard for asteroid 5), 10 Hygiea encoded U+2BDA ⯚ HYGIEA) and...
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    discovery. The numbering system initially began with the fifth asteroid, 5 Astraea, as number 1, but in 1867, Ceres was adopted into the new system under...
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    and the current total is over 6,000. 1 Ceres 2 Pallas 3 Juno 4 Vesta 5 Astraea 6 Hebe 7 Iris 8 Flora 9 Metis 10 Hygiea 12 Victoria 13 Egeria 14 Irene...
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    1845, though, the astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke detected a fifth object (5 Astraea) and, shortly thereafter, new objects were found at an accelerating rate...
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    give it a nominal volume only slightly larger than that of Pallas (about 5% greater), but it is 25% to 30% more massive. It constitutes an estimated...
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    distinctive symbol. She is often associated with Astraea, the goddess of innocence and purity. Astraea is also one of her epithets, referring to her appearance...
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    moon Mimas, for example, has a major axis 9% greater than its polar axis and 5% greater than its other equatorial axis. Methone, another of Saturn's moons...
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    discovered. It was the second and final asteroid discovery by Hencke, after 5 Astraea. The name Hebe, goddess of youth, was proposed by Carl Friedrich Gauss...
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    4:1 and 3:1, B is 3:1 to 8:3, C is 8:3 to 5:2, D is 5:2 to 7:3, E is 7:3 to 9:4, F is 9:4 to 11:5, G is 11:5 to 2:1, "outer" refers to asteroids between...
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    years later, while looking for Vesta, he found the asteroid later named 5 Astraea. It was the first new asteroid discovery in 38 years. Carl Friedrich Gauss...
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    (2018-05-24 last obs). Retrieved 3 May 2019. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5 Astraea" (2018-09-16 last obs). Retrieved 30 April 2019. "JPL Small-Body Database...
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    for such members give the designation of their parent body, e.g. (5) for 5 Astraea. Split-up of NEOs into Amor, Aten, Apollo and Atira asteroid is based...
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  • spacecraft could have different trajectories and targets. These included 5 Astraea, 53 Kalypso, 187 Lamberta, 453 Tea, 1335 Demoulina and 1858 Lobachevskij...
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  • Astraea is the third studio album by British mathcore band Rolo Tomassi. It was released on 5 November 2012 in the United Kingdom through Destination...
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    The Astraea class was an eight ship class of protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s. The ships served on a number of foreign stations...
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    HMS Astraea (or Astrea) was a 32-gun fifth rate Active-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Fabian at E. Cowes launched her in 1781, and she saw action in...
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    Astraea heliotropium, common name the sunburst star turban or the circular saw shell, is a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Turbinidae...
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  • hearth, home, and family DMP · 4 5 AstraeaAstraea, Greek virgin goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision DMP · 5 6 Hebe – Hebe, Greek goddess...
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  • 780 m (5,840 ft) asl) in North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Omoglymmius astraea measure 5.9–6.3 mm (0.23–0.25 in) in length. Year given as 1987 in the Catalogue...
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    HMS Astraea was an Astraea-class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built towards the end of the nineteenth century, and survived to serve...
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  • Vesta — Vesta March 29, 1807 Bremen H. W. Olbers V 525 km MPC · JPL 5 AstraeaAstraea December 8, 1845 Driesen K. L. Hencke  · 107 km MPC · JPL 6 Hebe...
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  • name for Jupiter's moon Himalia 1955–1975. Named for the goddess Hestia. 5 Astraea, discovered 1845, 24 Themis, discovered 1853, 99 Dike, discovered 1868...
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  • Asteroidday 4805 Asteropaios 233 Asterope 236984 Astier 395124 Astonepia 5 Astraea 27789 Astrakhan 27564 Astreichelt 1128 Astrid 29080 Astrocourier 53055...
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