On April 6th 1855 the asteroid Circe was discovered by J Chacornae at Paris. Circe is named after the enchantress daughter of the Sun, celebrated fore he knowledge of magic and venomous herbs. Circe changed the companions of Odysseus into pigs. She had no influence on Odysseus because Hermes protected him. Odysseus lived a year with Circe, his friends were transformed into men.
Asteroid number 34 Circe it is around 113 km across and orbits the Sun once every 4.4 years.
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