23 Thalia vs 6 Hebe

23 Thalia is a numbered asteroid in the inner part of the main asteroid belt. John Russell Hind discovered it in 1852, and it was named after Thalia, one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology. Thalia was associated with comedy and pastoral or idyllic poetry. The asteroid is commonly classified as S-type, a group generally associated with stony, silicate-rich surfaces, although such classifications...

6 Hebe is a large S-type asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. German astronomer Karl Ludwig Hencke discovered it in 1847, and the asteroid was named after Hebe, the Greek goddess associated with youth. Hebe has been studied because its composition is compatible with ordinary chondrite material, and it is considered one possible source body for some H-chondrite meteorites fo...