(90) Antiope, the group of friends that are on our side

(90) Antiope is a binary main belt asteroid discovered in October of 1866 and rediscovered in January of 1952. It has a perihelion of 2.64 AU and an aphelion of 3.67 AU. The semimajor axis is at 3.15 AU. It has a diameter of about 88 + 84 km. There were important photometric observations in the years 2003 and 2007, and also star ocultations in June of 1980 and July of 2011.

The companion of (90) Antiope was discovered in August of 2000 and anounced in October of 2000.

 

Greek mythology

Antiope was the queen of the Amazons. When Antiope was abducted by Heracles and delivered to Theseus (king of Athens), the Amazons joined to release her.

The ninth labor of Heracles was to obtain the Girdle of Hippolyte (sister of Antiope), which his father (Ares, the god of war) had given to her. Heracles kidnapped Antiope and demanded the Girdle of Hippolyte as exchange.

"Cars 2" (2011) [Spanish dubbing]

(90) Antiope is related with the group of friends that are on our side, like in the movies "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Erin Brockovich" (2000), "The Contender" (2000), "Pay it Forward" (2000), "The Patriot" (2000), "Coyote Ugly" (2000), "Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas" (2003), "Transformers" (2007) and "Cars 2" (2011).