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71 Niobe
71 Niobe is a stony S-type asteroid in the main asteroid belt. German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther discovered it in 1861 at the Bilk Observatory in Düsseldorf. Its name comes from Niobe, a figure in Greek mythology who was transformed into stone after the deaths of her children. The asteroid belongs to a broad class of silicate-rich bodies whose spectral properties resemble those of some...
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6 Hebe
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...
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