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**34 Circe**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.686 AU
Perihelion distance	2.394 AU
Aphelion distance	2.978 AU
Orbital period	4.40 years
Inclination	5.50�
Eccentricity	0.109
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	113.5 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html)}	12.15 hours
Spectral class	C
Abs. magnitude	8.51
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.054
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	J. Chacornac, 1855

34 Circe is a large, very dark main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Chacornac on April 6, 1855 and named after Circe, a goddess in Greek mythology.

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Circe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (658 words)
	In Greek mythology, Circe or Kírkē (Greek Κίρκη) was a goddess (or sometimes nymph or sorceress) living on the island of Aeaea.
	That Circe also purified the Argonauts for the death of Apsyrtus may be early tradition.
	In later tales Circe turned Picus into a woodpecker for refusing her love, and Scylla into a monstrous creature with six dogs' heads when Glaucus (another object of Circe's affection) declared his undying love for her.

Circe Salon (1052 words)
	Circe is also a chess variant; see Circe chess.'' ---- ]] In Greek mythology, Circe or Kirkê was a goddess living on the island of Aeaea.
	Circe's father was Helios, the pre-Olympic titan of the Sun, and her mother was Perse, an Oceanid; she was sister of Aeetes, the king of Colchis and of Pasiphae and Aga.
	Circe chess (or just circe) is a chess variant in which captured pieces are reborn on their starting positions as soon as they are captured, based on the following rules: #Pawns return to the start position on the same file they are captured on.

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