Asterope
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Asterope can refer to:
- In Greek mythology:
- Another name for Sterope (Pleiad)Sterope (Pleiad)In Greek mythology, Sterope , also called Asterope , was one of the seven Pleiades and the wife of Oenomaus ....
, one of the PleiadesPleiades (mythology)The Pleiades , companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides...
- Asterope (star)Asterope (star)The name Asterope or Sterope is shared by two stars, 21 Tauri and 22 Tauri, in the constellation Taurus. They are separated by 0.04° on the sky and are both members of the Pleiades open cluster and approximately 440 light years from Earth....
is one of the starStarA star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
s in the PleiadesPleiades (star cluster)In astronomy, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters , is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky...
star clusterOpen clusterAn open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age. More than 1,100 open clusters have been discovered within the Milky Way Galaxy, and many more are thought to exist...
, named for the mythical figure
- Asterope (star)
- Another name for Hesperia, the wife or desired lover of AesacusAesacusAesacus or Aisakos , in Greek mythology, was a son of King Priam of Troy. Aesacus sorrowed for the death of his wife or would-be lover, a daughter of the river Cebren, and was transformed into a bird....
and daughter of CebrenCebrenCebren was a Greek river-god, whose river was located near Troy. He was the son of Oceanus and Tethys and he was the father of Asterope, Hesperia, who are sometimes considered to be each other, and Oenone. The city Cebrene was named for Cebren.... - Mother of PeneleusPeneleusIn Greek mythology, Peneleus, son of Hippalcimus and Asterope, was an Achaean soldier in the Trojan War.Prior to the beginning of the war, he was said to have sailed with the Argonauts; he also was one of the suitors of Helen, which obliged him to join in the campaign against Troy. He came from...
by Hippalcimus - Another name for Sterope, daughter of Cepheus, King of TegeaCepheus, King of TegeaIn Greek mythology, Cepheus was the son of Aleus and Neaera or Cleobule, and brother of Amphidamas, Lycurgus of Arcadia, Auge and Alcidice. He and his brother Amphidamas are counted among the Argonauts....
- An OceanidOceanidIn Greek mythology and, later, Roman mythology, the Oceanids were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Each was the patroness of a particular spring, river, sea, lake, pond, pasture, flower or cloud...
, mother of Acragas by Zeus
- Another name for Sterope (Pleiad)
- Asterope (butterfly)Asterope (butterfly)Asterope is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in the Neotropical Ecozone.-Species:* Asterope batesii* Asterope buckleyi* Asterope degandii* Asterope leprieuri* Asterope markii* Asterope sapphira...
, a butterflyButterflyA butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
genusGenusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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- 233 Asterope233 Asterope233 Asterope is a quite large main-belt asteroid. It is a rare T-type asteroid and has a relatively dark surface.It was discovered by A. Borrelly on May 11, 1883, in Marseilles, France.The asteroid was named after Asterope , one of the Pleiades....
is the name of a large asteroidAsteroidAsteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
in the asteroid beltAsteroid beltThe asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
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