Parthenope

Parthenope (Παρθενόπη) may refer to:

  • Parthenope, one of the Sirens in Greek mythology
  • in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ancaeus, king of Samos, and Samia, daughter of Meander, the river-god. She was the mother of Lycomedes.
  • a Greek settlement now part of the Italian city of Naples; see History of Naples
  • the Parthenopaean Republic, a short-lived republic established in Naples during the French Revolution, named for the ancient Greek settlement
  • Frances Parthenope Verney, Parthenope Nightingale, the elder sister of Florence Nightingale and wife of Sir Harry Verney, named after her place of birth in Naples
  • Partenope, a 1730 opera by George Frideric Handel
  • Partenope (Zumaya), a 1711 opera by Manuel de Zumaya
  • 11 Parthenope, an asteroid
  • Parthenope (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Parthenopidae
  • Parthenope (fungus), a genus of fungi in the order Helotiales
  • Partenopei, nickname of Italian football club S.S.C. Napoli
  • Parthenope (fungus)

    Parthenope is a genus of fungi in the Helotiales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.

    References

    External links

  • Parthenope (fungus) in Index Fungorum

  • 11 Parthenope

    11 Parthenope is a large, bright main-belt asteroid.

    Parthenope was discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on 11 May 1850, the second of his nine asteroid discoveries. It was named after Parthenopē, one of the Sirens in Greek mythology, said to have founded the city of Naples. De Gasparis "used his utmost endeavours to realise a 'Parthenope' in the heavens, such being the name suggested by Sir John Herschel on the occasion of the discovery of Hygiea in 1849".

    There have been two observed Parthenopian occultations, on 13 February 1987, and 28 April 2006.

    On August 6, 2008, during a perihelic opposition, Parthenope had an apparent magnitude of 8.8.

    In 1988 a search for satellites or dust orbiting this asteroid was performed using the UH88 telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatories, but the effort came up empty.

    Based upon a light curve that was generated from photometric observations of this asteroid at Pulkovo Observatory, it has a rotation period of 13.722 ± 0.001 hours and varies in brightness by 0.10 ± 0.0s in magnitude. The light curve displays three maxima and minima per cycle. The JPL Small-Body Database lists a rotation period of 13.7204 hours.

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