40 Harmonia
Encyclopedia
40 Harmonia is a large main-belt asteroid
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It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt
on March 31, 1856, and named after Harmonia
, the Greek
goddess of harmony
. The name was chosen to mark the end of the Crimean War
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
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It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. He started out as a painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier turned to astronomy...
on March 31, 1856, and named after Harmonia
Harmonia
-Art:* Harmonia , an outdoor sculpture by Achim Kühn in Turku, Finland-Antiquity:* Harmonia , the Greek goddess of harmony and concord* Harmonia -Art:* Harmonia (sculpture), an outdoor sculpture by Achim Kühn in Turku, Finland-Antiquity:* Harmonia (mythology), the Greek goddess of harmony and...
, the Greek
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
goddess of harmony
Harmony (disambiguation)
Harmony is the art of using chords in music.Harmony may also refer to: love and agreement with those who care* Agreement -Music:*Harmony , a book by Heinrich Schenker on music theory...
. The name was chosen to mark the end of the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
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External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java)
- Ephemeris