(198) Ampella

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(198 ) Ampella is one of the main asteroid belt, which was discovered on June 13, 1879 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis Alphonse Borrelly.

Was named the asteroid after the Satyr Ampelos, which in Greek mythology was after a good friend of Dionysus.

Ampella is the S type and has a relatively high geometric albedo of 0.25.

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