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Asteroid Names #14

Open SteveBosley opened 5 years ago

SteveBosley commented 5 years ago

Hi Chris On page 40 you refer to Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Hencke. However, my reading tells me that the body discovered by Karl Ludwig Hencke was actually named Astraea. It was a later discovery , asteroid 2005 Hencke, that was named in his honour. Regards, Steve Bosley