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129 Antigone is a large main belt asteroid. It is composed of almost pure nickel-iron. It and other similar asteroids probably originate from the core of a shattered Vesta-like planetesimal which had a differentiated interior. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on February 5, 1873 and named after Antigone, the Theban princess in Greek mythology. In 1979 a possible satellite of Antigone was suggested based on lightcurve data [1]. A model constructed from these shows Antigone itself to be quite regularly shaped [2]. Since 1985, a total of three stellar occultations by Antigone have been observed. … | Previous asteroid | 129 Antigone | Next asteroid | …
The minor planets Vulcanoids | Main belt | Groups and families | Near-Earth objects | Jupiter Trojans Centaurs | Damocloids | Comets | Trans-Neptunians (Kuiper belt | Scattered disc | Oort cloud) For other objects and regions, see: Binary asteroids, Asteroid moons and the Solar system For a complete listing, see: List of asteroids. For pronunciation, see: Pronunciation of asteroid names. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
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