Sterope

Sterope /ˈstɛrəpiː/ (Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, from στεροπή, steropē, lightning) was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology:

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Sterope (Pleiad)

In Greek mythology, Sterope (/ˈstɛrəpiː/; Greek: Στερόπη [sterópɛː]), also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades (the daughters of Atlas and Pleione, born to them at Mount Cyllene in Arcadia) and the wife of Oenomaus (or, according to some accounts, his mother by Ares).

Namesakes

USS Sterope (AK-96) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the star.

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Asterope (star)

The name Asterope or Sterope is shared by two stars, 21 Tauri and 22 Tauri, in the constellation Taurus. They are separated by 0.047° on the sky and are both members of the Pleiades open cluster and approximately 440 light years from Earth.

21 Tauri

21 Tauri is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.76.

22 Tauri

22 Tauri is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +6.43.

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