Tantalus 2102
Tantalus was a mythic king of Phrygia, in Greece, one of dozens of Zeus’ illegitimate offspring.
Asteroid Astrology: Mythic Named Asteroids (MNAs)
Toro 1685
Toro is named for the wife of US astronomer Samuel Herrick, but resonates to its Spanish meaning of “bull.”
Typhon 42355
Typhon was a child of Gaia, Mother Earth, a huge winged monster with the head of a human and snake coils below, the bane of mankind, who belched fire, caused huge storms and massive destruction.
Urania 30
Urania was one of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
Varuna 20000
Varuna is the Hindu god of the waters of the earth, both rivers and lakes and the ocean deeps.
Vesta 4
Vesta was the Roman goddess of the hearth and home, personified by the fire of her temple in the Roman Forum, the heart of the ancient city.
