Pallas

(′pal·əs)

(astronomy) The second-largest asteroid, with a diameter of about 324 miles (540 kilometers), mean distance from the sun of 2.769 astronomical units, and C-type surface composition.

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Pallas (păl'əs), in classical mythology.

1 Name given to Athena after she killed either a youthful playmate named Pallas or, in some legends, the giant Pallas.

2 Goatish giant killed by Athena when he tried to rape her.

3 Titan, son of Creus and Eurybia, husband of Styx, and father of Nike.

4 In Vergil's Aeneid, son of Evander and an ally of Aeneas.

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