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Asteroid Classification Library · 673 corrected corpus records
A navigational taxonomy for identifying what each asteroid namesake is before deeper interpretation begins. Open any asteroid for a single archetypal glimpse drawn from the Penelope's Page reference corpus.
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01 Mythological & Religious Figures Named figures attested in mythic, religious, legendary, or classical literary traditions. 483
Deities & Divine Powers 67
Named gods, goddesses, and divine figures.
Primordial, Titan & Cosmic Figures 13
Named primordial, Titan-generation, and cosmogonic figures.
Personifications & Daimones 29
Named mythic personifications and daimones.
Heroes & Warriors 60
Named heroes, warriors, commanders, champions, and martial figures.
Royal, Dynastic & Other Mythic Mortals 164
Named rulers, dynastic figures, royal family members, and other mythic mortals.
Nymphs & Nature Spirits 45
Named nymphs and related nature spirits.
Seers, Priests & Sacred Intermediaries 13
Named seers, priests, priestesses, oracles, and sacred intermediaries.
Monsters, Hybrids & Mythic Creatures 18
Named monsters, hybrids, centaurs, demons, and other mythic creatures.
Other Mythic Figures 74
Named mythic or legendary figures not more narrowly classified above.
02 Historical & Biographical Figures Namesakes identified primarily with historically attested people. 23
Philosophers & Scholars 8
Historically attested philosophers, scholars, mathematicians, and intellectual figures.
Writers, Poets & Artists 9
Historically attested writers, poets, playwrights, artists, and makers.
Rulers & Public Figures 2
Historically attested rulers, nobles, and public figures.
Religious & Cultural Figures 2
Historically attested religious or culturally significant figures.
Other Historical Persons 2
Historically attested people not more narrowly classified above.
03 Literary & Cultural Characters Characters whose primary reference is literary or dramatic rather than historical. 8
Literary & Dramatic Characters 8
Characters primarily identified through literature, drama, or later cultural narrative.
04 Places & Geographic References Namesakes derived from geographic, archaeological, sacred, literary, or mythic places. 35
Cities & Settlements 10
Cities, towns, settlements, and named urban sites.
Regions & Territories 11
Regions, territories, provinces, and broader geographic areas.
Islands & Maritime Places 2
Islands and named maritime places.
Rivers, Springs & Waters 6
Rivers, springs, fountains, and named waters.
Mountains, Landscapes & Sacred Sites 4
Mountains, volcanoes, landscapes, sanctuaries, and sacred sites.
Mythic & Cosmological Places 2
Places primarily attested as mythic, legendary, or cosmological.
05 Concepts, Values & Institutions Namesakes built from abstract terms, social concepts, values, or formal institutions. 57
Virtues & Civic Values 13
Abstract namesake terms for virtues, civic values, and ethical qualities.
Emotions & Human States 11
Abstract namesake terms for emotions, dispositions, and human states.
Knowledge, Learning & Institutions 4
Namesake terms for learning, scholarship, education, and knowledge institutions.
Abstract, Philosophical & Knowledge Terms 22
Abstract, philosophical, intellectual, or conceptual namesake terms.
Social & Collective Concepts 7
Namesake terms for social bonds, collective structures, and civic relationships.
06 Nature & Living World Namesakes drawn from plants, animals, and natural phenomena. 13
Plants, Flowers & Trees 9
Botanical namesakes and plant references.
Animals & Living Creatures 2
Animal and other living-creature namesakes.
Weather, Light & Natural Phenomena 2
Namesakes referring to atmospheric, luminous, or other natural phenomena.
07 Material Culture, Arts & Practices Namesakes drawn from objects, materials, art forms, foods, ritual practices, or craft. 9
Objects, Tools & Crafted Things 3
Objects, tools, crafted things, and material implements.
Food, Drink & Materials 3
Foods, drinks, substances, and named materials.
Arts, Performance & Cultural Forms 1
Artistic, literary, performance, and cultural forms used as namesakes.
Ritual & Ceremonial Terms 2
Ritual, ceremonial, or offering-related namesake terms.
08 Names, Words & Other Reference Types Names or coined forms whose primary reference is linguistic, personal, scientific, modern, or layered. 45
Personal & Proper Names 14
Personal or proper names retained without a stronger primary reference type.
Linguistic & Word Forms 9
Words, lexical forms, and language-based namesakes.
Scientific, Numeric & Coined Terms 7
Scientific, numerical, technical, or deliberately coined namesakes.
Modern & Layered References 10
Modern or historically layered namesakes that do not reduce cleanly to one older reference class.
Unresolved or Layered Namesakes 5
Records whose naming reference remains unresolved, incomplete, or intentionally layered.