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185 Eunike is a dark and very large main-belt asteroid with an approximate diameter of 157 kilometres. It has a primitive carbonaceous composition.It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on March 1 1878 in Clinton New York and named after Eunike a Nereid in Greek mythology whose name means ‘happy victory’. The name was chosen to celebrate the Treaty of San Stefano (1878).There have been three observed occultations of stars by Eunike.

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