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697 Galilea

697 Galilea

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697 Galilea is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was named in honor of Galileo Galilei, as it was discovered just after the 300th anniversary of his discovery of the Galilean moons.

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    'Galilaea' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
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    "697 Galilea (1910 JO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.


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