What is "asterope"

Asterope \As*ter"o*pe\, n. [Gr. ?, lit., lightning.]

1. (Myth.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.

2. (Astron.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye.

Asterope can refer to:

• In Greek mythology:
  • Asterope (Hesperide), a Hesperide
  • Sterope (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades
    • Asterope (star), one of the stars in the Pleiades cluster, named for the mythical figure
  • Hesperia, the wife or desired lover of Aesacus and daughter of Cebren
  • Asterope, mother of Peneleos by Hippalcimus
  • Sterope, daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea
  • Asterope, an Oceanid, mother of Acragas by Zeus
• Asterope (butterfly), a butterfly genus
• 233 Asterope, a main-belt asteroid
• AsteRope, a pair of parallel circumferential tethers circling an asteroid to enable improved extra-vehicular activity

The name Asterope or Sterope is shared by two stars, 21 Tauri and 22 Tauri, in the constellation Taurus. They are separated by 0.047° on the sky and are both members of the Pleiades open cluster and approximately 440 light years from Earth.

Asterope is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in the Neotropical Ecozone ( South America).

|Asterope marki davisii, underside

Asterope was a hesperide and was the daughter of the Titan atlas and the water goddess pleonine. The Hesperides were:

• Asterope
• Zoe nightshade
• Electra