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166 Rhodope is a numbered asteroid in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was discovered in 1876 by the astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters and later received the name Rhodope, referring to the figure from Greek mythology and to the Rhodope mountain region of...

195 Eurykleia is a main-belt asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa in 1879. It is named after Eurycleia, the nurse of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, who recognised him by the scar on his leg when he returned to Ithaca. The asteroid is part of the large population of minor planets orbiting between Mars...

177 Irma is a dark, carbonaceous C-type asteroid in the main belt, with an estimated diameter of about 73 km. French astronomers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry discovered it on 5 November 1877, with Paul Henry credited for the discovery. Its orbit around the Sun takes about 4.61 years, and photometric...

143 Adria is a dark C-type asteroid in the middle region of the main belt, with an estimated diameter of about 90 km. Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa discovered it on 23 February 1875 at the Austrian Naval Observatory and named it after the Adriatic Sea, which borders the observatory's location in...

123 Brunhild is a stony S-type asteroid in the main belt, estimated to be about 48 km in diameter. German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters discovered it on 31 July 1872. The name refers to Brynhild, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, and the asteroid's measured rotation period is about 10.04 hours. I...

180 Garumna is a numbered asteroid in the main belt, the zone of minor planets orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Henri Perrotin discovered it in 1878. Its name is Garumna, the Latin form of Garonne, a river of southwestern France that passes through Toulouse and Bordeaux before reaching the...

161 Athor is a numbered main-belt asteroid, orbiting the Sun among the small bodies between Mars and Jupiter. James Craig Watson discovered it in 1876. The name is a Greek rendering of Hathor, an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with the sky, love, music, and fertility. It is one of the early ast...

72 Feronia, formally (72) Feronia, is a dark main-belt asteroid discovered on 29 May 1861 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. It was named after Feronia, a Roman deity associated with fertility. Peters initially thought the object might be the already k...

83 Beatrix is a numbered asteroid in the main belt, the broad region of small bodies orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis discovered it at the Capodimonte Observatory in Naples in 1865. The name is associated with Beatrice, the figure connected with Dant...

77 Frigga is a numbered asteroid in the main asteroid belt, discovered in 1862 by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters at the Hamilton College Observatory in New York. Its name refers to Frigg, a goddess associated with Norse mythology, and follows the naming practice used for many asteroids found du...