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Meaning of hestia



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

hestia
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For a time it was the alternative name of a satellite of Jupiter, today called Himalia. Name of one of the goddesses of Olympus in Greek mythology, it was a Sunset Nymph (Hesperide), who lived in the garden of the West. She was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Name of an asteroid (46).

  



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GARCÍA ALBERTO ENRIQUE

Hestia-asteroid discovered by N. R. Pogson on August 16, 1857-

  

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Anónimo

HESTIA: asteroid number 46, of the series.

  










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