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21 Lutetia
21 Lutetia
is a large
asteroid
in the
asteroid belt
of an unusual
spectral type
. It measures about 100 kilometers in
diameter
(120 km along its major axis). It was discovered in 1852 by
Hermann Goldschmidt
, and is named after
Lutetia
, the
Latin
name of the city that stood where
Paris
was later built.
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