Name origin: Latin name for the French city of Marseille, from which the independent discover Jean Chacornac sighted it the night following de Gasparis’ discovery.
Name origin: Roman goddess of fortune and fate, and the personification of luck.
Name origin: Greek sea goddess and the leader of the fifty Nereides. Like many other sea gods, Thetis possessed the gift of prophecy and power to change her shape at will.
Name origin: Mythological princess who becomes the Greek goddess of the soul and wife of Eros.
Name origin: Greek goddess of good order, civic stability and lawful conduct.
Name origin: Roman goddess of victory; also to honour Queen Victoria.
Name origin: Greek nymph, one of the Seirenes (Sirens) – three monstrous sea-nymphs who lured sailors to their death with a bewitching song.
Name origin: Greek goddess of health and healing, daughter and assistant of Asklepios.
Name origin: Greek goddess of wisdom and counsel, mother of Athene by Zeus.
Name origin: Sabine and Roman goddess of flowers and of the season of spring – a symbol for nature and flowers (especially the may-flower).
