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Discovered 1853 Apr. 6 by J. Chacornac at Marseilles.
Named after a maritime town of Ionia in Asia Minor with colonies in Italy, Spain, and France. Beset by the tyrant Haspages a group of the inhabitants built Massalia (Marseilles, see planet(20)), sometimes designated Phocaica, about 600 B.C. (H 5; AN 36, 279 (1853))
Named by B. Valz.
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(2003). (25) Phocaea. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_26
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