Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Themis Family |
One of the Hirayama families of asteroids, located at a distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun. The members of the family are all of the carbonaceous type, suggesting that they all come from the same parent body.
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