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9 Metis
9 Metis is a stony S-type asteroid in the main asteroid belt. Andrew Graham discovered it in 1848, and its name refers to Metis, a Titaness in Greek mythology associated with wisdom and the mother of Athena. S-type asteroids have spectra consistent with silicate minerals and metal-bearing materials, and some are considered possible parent bodies of ordinary chondrite meteorites. Thetis is relevant...
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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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