307 Nike

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What Wikipedia says

307 Nike is a sizeable asteroid of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 5 March 1891 while working at the Nice Observatory. Charlois named it after the Greek goddess of victory, as well as the Greek name for the city where it was discovered.

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