Erynia Pentatomis
Erynia may refer to: * 889 Erynia, a minor planet * ''Erynia'' (fungus), a genus in the family Entomophthoraceae See also * ''Erynnia ''Erynnia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *'' E. condecens'' Reinhard, 1968 *'' E. coracina'' Reinhard, 1968 *'' E. micida'' Reinhard, 1968 *'' E. ocypterata'' ( Fallén, 1810) *'' E. tortricis'' (Coquillett Daniel W ...

889 Erynia
889 Erynia is a highly elongated background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 5 March 1918, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, and given the provisional designations and . The stony S-type asteroid (Sl) has a rotation period of 9.89 hours and measures approximately in diameter. It was named from Greek mythology, after the Erinyes, also known as Furies. Orbit and classification ''Erynia'' is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.0–2.9  AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,398 days; semi-major axis of 2.45 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 8 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid was first observed as () at the Johannesburg Observatory on 7 August 1912. The body's ob ...
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