Pallas

views updated May 08 2018

Pallas The second largest (after Ceres) solar system asteroid (No. 2), diameter 538 km; approximate mass 25 × 10¹⁹ kg; rotation period 7.811 hours; orbital period 4.61 years. It was discovered in 1802 by H. Olbers.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

Pallas

views updated May 21 2018

Pallas in Greek mythology, one of the names (of unknown meaning) of Athene.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

Pallas

All Sources -

Updated Aug 24 2016 About encyclopedia.com content Print Topic

Related Content

NEARBY TERMS

Pallandios, Menelaos

Pallana, Kumar 1919-

Palladius of Helenopolis

Palladium, Order of

Palladio, Andrea, and Palladianism

Palladio, Andrea 1508–1580 Italian Architect

Palladino, Lawrence Benedict

Palladino, Eusapia (1854–1918)

Palladino, Eusapia (1854-1918)

Palladino, Erik 1968–

Palladino, Emma (c. 1860–1922)

Palladino, Aleksa 1982(?)-

Palladin, Vladimir Ivanovich

Palladin, Aleksandr Vladimirovich

Palladian window

Pall, Olga (1947–)

Palkovský, Pavel

Palkovský, Oldrich

Palko v. Connecticut 302 U.S. 319 (1937)

Palko v. Connecticut 1937

Pallas

Pallas, Peter-Simon

Pallas, Pyotr Simon

Pallavicino, Benedetto

Pallavicino, Carlo

Pallavicino, Pietro Sforza

Pallen, Condé Benoist

Pallenberg, Max

Pallerini, Antonia (1790–1870)

Palley, Thomas I. 1956-

Palli, Angelica (1798–1875)

Palli, Anne-Marie (1955–)

Palliative Care and Hospice

Pallid Manzanita

Pallid Sturgeon

Pallière, Aimé°