Cancer discovery

Minor planets discovered in Cancer.

Apollo group, Asteroids, Cancer discovery, Focus On, Near-Earth objects

Focus On: (2102) Tantalus

Name origin: Greek king of Lydia, son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Through his son Pelops, Tantalos was the founder of the house of Atreus. By offering Pelops as a sacrifice to test the gods, he incurred their wrath and was sent to Tartarus.

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Asteroids, Cancer discovery, Focus On, Main belt objects, Outer main belt objects

Focus On: (658) Asteria

Name origin: Titan goddess of falling stars, dream divination and astrology. Asteria was the mother of Hekate, goddess of witchcraft and magic, by Perses. After the fall of the Titans, Zeus (being Zeus) chased Asteria across the sky but she escaped him by transforming herself into a quail and then leaping into the sea to become the wandering island of Delos.

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Close-up photo of a carrion crow (Corvus corone) perching on a tree branch in Southend-on-Sea, U.K. The crow faces the camera with its head slightly tilted to the viewer's left.
Asteroids, Cancer discovery, Focus On, Koronis family, Main belt objects, Outer main belt objects

Focus On: (158) Koronis

Name origin: Thessalian princess in Greek myth, loved by the god Apollo. During her pregnancy, Koronis had an affair with a man named Iskhys; a raven informed Apollo of this, and either he or his sister Artemis killed her as a consequence. Later he felt remorse, and in anger against the raven turned its white feathers black.

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