Virgo discovery

Minor planets discovered in Virgo.

True-colour image of 4 Vesta taken by the Dawn space probe on 24th July 2011.

Asteroids, Focus On, Inner main belt objects, Main belt objects, Virgo discovery

Focus On: (4) Vesta

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

Name origin: Roman goddess of the hearth fire. Vesta was held in high regard in Roman culture, where she was worshipped with a perpetual fire guarded by the Vestal Virgins.

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Classical mosaic from a villa at Tusculum, 3rd century AD, now at Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican. Artist unknown.

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

Focus On: (2) Pallas

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

Name origin: Pallas Athene, Greek goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and various other crafts.

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