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1935 SS. Discovered 1935 Sept. 24 by E. Delporte at Uccle.
Named for the Greek goddess of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus and Dione {see planets(5731) and(106)} in the Iliad but in later poems it is said that she sprung from the foam of the sea near Cyprus. According to later poems she was the mother of Eros {see planet(433)}. (H 126)
Name proposed by the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (RI 1702).
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(2003). (1388) Aphrodite. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1389
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