Koronis family

Minor planets located in the outer main belt Koronis family.

A 1760 copperplate engraving of Nassau Hall, the earliest known. Illustration opposite p. 104 of New American Magazine, No. XXVII (March 1760). Creator unknown. The Princeton motto, Dei Sub Numine Viget (Under God's Power She Flourishes) is depicted as a banner above the building. Below is the text: Aula Nassovica.

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Theano / January 1, 2024 / Ceres resonance, Gemini node, Jupiter resonance, Mars resonance, Saturn resonance, Uranus resonance, Venus resonance

Named for Nassau Hall, the oldest building at Princeton University. In 1783, when Princeton became the U.S. provincial capital for four months, Nassau Hall served as its seat of government. Congress met in its library on the second floor. The term Old Nassau refers affectionately to the building and serves as a metonym for the university as a whole.

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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.

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

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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