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Pallas

Second-largest asteroid in the Solar System (after Ceres), discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Olbers in 1802. It is 522 km/324 mi in diameter. Pallas orbits the Sun at a distance of 414 million km/257 million mi with a period (the time it takes to circle the Sun) of 4.61 years.



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Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
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Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
"Since I cannot sleep," she said, "on account of your song which, believe me, is sweet as the lyre of Apollo, I shall indulge myself in drinking some nectar which Pallas lately gave me.
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