(74) Galatea

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(74 ) Galatea is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on August 29, 1862 by the German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht temple.

The asteroid was named after Galatea, one of the Nereids called daughters of the sea god Nereus.

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