Lachesis (minor planet designation: 120 Lachesis) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on April 10, 1872, and independently by German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on April 11, 1872, then named after Lachesis, one of the Moirai, or Fates, in Greek mythology.[5] A Lachesean occultation of a star occurred in 1999 and was confirmed visually by five observers and once photoelectrically, with the chords yielding an estimated elliptical cross-section of 184 × 144 km.[6]
This body is orbiting the Sun with a period of 5.50 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.05. The orbital plane is inclined by 7° to the plane of the ecliptic. Photometric observations of this asteroid were made in early 2009 at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The resulting light curve shows a synodic rotation period of 46.551 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness variation of 0.14 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3] It is a very slow rotator[7] with the longest rotation period of an asteroid more than 150 km in diameter.[8] As a primitive C-type asteroid[4] it is probably composed of carbonaceous material.
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Lachesis (minor planet designation: 120Lachesis) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on April 10,...
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personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death). Their...
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although the verified maximum is 169 cm (67 in). Most specimens are 80–120 cm (31–47 in) in total length, with females being significantly longer and...
Pilcher, Frederick (July 2009), "Rotation Period Determinations for 120Lachesis, 131 Vala 157 Dejanira, and 271 Penthesilea", The Minor Planet Bulletin...
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generally conceived of as sisters and are often given the names Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, which are the names of the Moirai, the version of the Fates...
Pilcher, Frederick (July 2009), "Rotation Period Determinations for 120Lachesis, 131 Vala 157 Dejanira, and 271 Penthesilea", The Minor Planet Bulletin...
habu, and Kume Shima habu. Growing to an average total length of 4–5 feet (120–150 cm), with a maximum of 7.9 feet (240 cm), this is the largest member...
three species within the genus Acherontia (the other two being Acherontia lachesis and Acherontia styx). It is most commonly identified by the vaguely skull-shaped...
her betrayal of Geryon, Lachesis becomes an ally to the Alchemys Union and Kyoka's assistant. Similarly to Supana, Lachesis utilizes the Repli-Madwheel...
dose for a 60 kg adult human is 70 mg. The South American bushmaster (Lachesis muta muta) is the longest species of venomous snake in the Western Hemisphere...
She held the lapis-lazuli measuring rod and measuring line in her hand. Lachesis in Greek mythology was one of the three Moirai (or Fates) and "allotter"...
Ripper, after all being brought back from the dead by the Greek Deity Lachesis. The musical Bonnie & Clyde premiered in 2009. The 2010 videogame Fallout:...
Horae, listed as Eunomia, Dike and Eirene, and the three Moirai: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. A fragment from Pindar calls Themis Zeus's first wife, and...
L.; Jimenez-Porras, J. M. (1967). "The Ecogeography of the Bushmaster, Lachesis muta, in Central America". American Midland Naturalist. 78 (1): 182–187...
Kutue, a toad in Ulch folklore that brings happiness. Lachesis Tessera 44.4N 300.1E 664.0 1985 Lachesis, one of the three Fates in Greek mythology. Lahevhev...
member of the viper family is longer still, the South American bushmaster (Lachesis muta), with a maximum length of 3.65 m (12.0 ft). The rattlesnake genus...
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