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Lucina Adansoni
Lucina may refer to: * 146 Lucina, a main belt asteroid * Lucina (mythology), the goddess of childbirth in Roman mythology * Saint Lucina, 1st-century Christian ** Crypt of Lucina, part of the catacombs of Rome * Lucina C. Broadwell (1889-1919), U.S. murder victim * ''Lucina'', several genus names in zoology: ** Lucina (bivalve), ''Lucina'' (bivalve), a clam genus in family Lucinidae, established by Bruguière in 1797 ** ''Lucina'', a brush-footed butterfly genus invalidly established by Rafinesque in 1815; nowadays ''Melitaea'' ** ''Lucina'', a marsh fly genus invalidly established by Meigen in 1830, nowadays ''Salticella'' ** ''Lucina'', a cricket (insect), cricket genus invalidly established by Walker in 1869, nowadays ''Phalangopsis'' * ''Hamearis lucina'', a butterfly * Lucina (Fire Emblem), a character from the video game ''Fire Emblem Awakening'' also featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series * Lucina (typeface), a foundry type made by Ludwig & Mayer. See also * Luč ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
146 Lucina
146 Lucina is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 8, 1875, and named after Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth. It is large, dark and has a carbonaceous composition. The spectra of the asteroid displays evidence of aqueous alteration. Photometric observations of this asteroid made during 1979 and 1981 gave a light curve with a period of 18.54 hours. Two stellar occultations by Lucina have been observed so far, in 1982 and 1989. During the first event, a possible small satellite with an estimated 5.7 km diameter In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the centre of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle. It can also be defined as the longest Chord (geometry), chord of the circle. Both definitions a ... was detected at a distance of 1,600 km from 146 Lucina. A 1992 search using a CCD failed to discover a satellite larger than 0.6 km, although it may have been ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |