In Greek mythology, Astraea ("star-maiden") was a daughter of Zeus and Themis or of Eos and Astraeus. She and her mother were both personifications of justice. Astraea was the last of the immortals to live with humans during the Golden Age. As mankind became wicked, she was the last to stay on earth, ascending to heaven to become the constellationVirgo; the scales of justice she carried became the nearby constellation Libra. Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th-century engraving. ... Themis was the name given by William Henry Pickering in 1905 to a spurious tenth satellite of Saturn which he claimed to have discovered. ... Eos, by Evelyn de Morgan (1850 - 1919), 1895 (Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC): for a Pre-Raphaelite painter, Eos was still the classical pagan equivalent of an angel Eos (dawn) was, in Greek mythology, the Titan Goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of... Aeolus (or Aiolos, Αἴολος) in Greek Mythology was the Keeper of the Winds. ... A golden age is a period in a field of endeavour where great tasks were accomplished. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... See VIRGO (physics) for a French-Italian project in physics. ... Libra ( , and Latin for balance) is a constellation of the zodiac. ...
Astraea was the last of the immortals to live with humans during the Golden Age.
As mankind became wicked, she was the last to stay on earth, ascending to heaven to become the constellationVirgo; the scales of justice she carried became the nearby constellationLibra.
Its surface is highly reflective (bright) and its composition is probably a mixture of nickel-iron with magnesium- and iron-silicates.
Astraea was the fifth asteroid discovered, on December 8, 1845 by K.
Indeed, the discovery of Astrea proved to be the starting point for the eventual demotion of the four original asteroids (which were regarded as planets at the time) to their current status, as it became apparent that these four were only the largest of a whole new type of celestial body.
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