1181 Lilith
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The asteroid 1181 Lilith is a main belt asteroid discovered February 11, 1927 by Benjamin Jekhowsky.[1][2] It was given the provisional designation 1927 CQ.[1]
It is part of the main asteroid belt outside the orbit of Mars.[2] It is named in the honour of French classical music composer Lili Boulanger.[3]
1181 Lilith is not related to the astrological 'dark moon' Lilith.
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- ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ a b "1181 Lilith (1927 CQ)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1181. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D., ed. (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Springer. p. 99.
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