Taurus discovery

Minor planets discovered in Taurus.

Detail of Egeria mourns Numa (1669) by Claude Lorrain.

Asteroids, Central main belt objects, Focus On, Main belt objects, Taurus discovery

Focus On: (13) Egeria

Theano / January 1, 2024 / Ceres resonance, Jupiter resonance, Mercury resonance, Taurus node, Venus resonance

Name origin: Roman nymph, wife and counsellor of king Numa Pompilius.

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A portion of the northern hemisphere of Ceres with neutron counting data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF.

Central main belt objects, Dwarf planets, Focus On, Main belt objects, Taurus discovery

Focus On: (1) Ceres

Theano / January 1, 2024 / Chiron resonance, Gemini node, Jupiter resonance, Mars resonance, Mercury resonance, Saturn resonance, Venus resonance

Name origin: Roman goddess of agriculture, grain, abundance, fertility and mothers. Name means “to feed”.

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