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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Von Steinheil elected to name it "Maximiliana" after the reigning monarch Maximilian II of Bavaria. At the time, asteroids were conventionally given classical names, and a number of astronomers protested this contemporary appellation. The name Cybele was chosen instead, referring to the Phrygian goddess of the earth.<ref> | *Von Steinheil elected to name it "Maximiliana" after the reigning monarch Maximilian II of Bavaria. At the time, asteroids were conventionally given classical names, and a number of astronomers protested this contemporary appellation. The name Cybele was chosen instead, referring to the Phrygian goddess of the earth.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA20 The Dictionary of Planet Names]</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== |