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Sappho

24°42′ Libra

Lived

Asteroid (80) Sappho, printed on the Scribe 42′ plate

Alma-Tadema's Sappho and Alcaeus: Sappho and companions on marble seats listen as Alcaeus plays the kithara, the blue Aegean behind them.

Alma-Tadema's painting of the poet. Not a photograph of the asteroid.

PaintingLawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881, Walters Art MuseumPUBLIC DOMAIN

(80) Sappho, named for the poet of Lesbos. 12th house. Hard 42′ and 24|42. Minutes wait on the plate.

What it supports

A named minor planet with a JPL designation, and a Book plate that gathered it.

What it does not

Not a second natal. Not ten extra laws of 42. Minutes wait on the print.

ExactnessCoordinate

Form42′

Unit′

Strengthmemoir

Source

JPL SBDB · (80) Sappho

Owner

The Book of 42