Focus On: (19521) Chaos
In Greek myth, Chaos was the primordial void state before the creation of the universe.
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Cubewanos, Focus On, Kuiper Belt objects, Taurus discovery, Trans-Neptunian objects
Centaurs, Focus On, Libra discovery
Focus On: (8405) Asbolus
sbolos was a diviner who read omens in the flight of birds, and who predicted the battle with the Lapiths. He eventually caused the fight with Herakles (by bringing the centaurs when he saw Herakles’ wine opened), and thus was indirectly responsible for the deaths of Pholus and Chiron.
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Aries discovery, Centaurs, Focus On
Focus On: (944) Hidalgo
Name origin: Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation. Due to the oppression of poor Mexicans by the Spanish colonisers, on 16th September 1810 he gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence, called the Cry of Dolores.
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Asteroids, Focus On, Main belt objects, Outer main belt objects, Pisces discovery, Veritas family
Focus On: (490) Veritas
Veritas is the name given to the Roman virtue of truthfulness, considered one of the main qualities any good Roman should possess, and the Goddess of Truth, daughter of Saturn. The Greek equivalent is Aletheia.
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