Saturday, December 15, 2007

Politicians and Monarchs

Asteroid #'s


12 Victoria [ officially named after the Roman goddess of victory, but also honours Queen Victoria ]
45 Eugenia [ Empress Eugénie ], with its moon Petit-Prince in part for her son Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial
216 Kleopatra [ Cleopatra VII of Egypt ]
944 Hidalgo [ Miguel Hidalgo ]
1841 Masaryk [ Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st Czechoslovak president ]
3571 Milanštefánik [ Milan Rastislav Štefánik ]
4317 Garibaldi [ Giuseppe Garibaldi ]
4721 Atahualpa [ Atahuallpa ]
4927 O'Connell [ Daniel O'Connell ]
7117 Claudius [ Emperor Claudius ]
7211 Xerxes [ Xerxes ]
8740 Václav [ Václav, name of several Bohemian monarchs ]
9275 Persson [ JÃran Persson ]
10293 Pribina [ Pribina, ruler of Nitrian Principality ]
11014 Svätopluk [ Svätopluk, ruler of Great Moravia ]
11830 Jessenius [ Jan Jessenius ]
16951 Carolus Quartus [ Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia ]
17702 Kryštofharant [ Kryštof Harant ]
20969 Samo [ Samo, ruler of Samo’s Empire ]
25340 Segoves [ Segoves, Celtic duke ]
44613 Rudolf [ Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary ]
53285 MojmÃr [ MojmÃr I, ruler of Great Moravia ]

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