151 Abundantia is a stony main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 1 1875 from the Austrian Naval Observatory in Pula. The name was chosen by Edmund Weiss of the Vienna Observatory; although the name refers to Abundantia a Roman goddess of luck it was also chosen to celebrate the increasing numbers of asteroids that were being discovered in the 1870s.Information from A.
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