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250 Bettina is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on September 3 1885 in Vienna. It was named in honour of Baroness Bettina von Rothschild the wife of the prominent Viennese banker Albert Salomon von Rothschild who had bought the naming rights for £50.

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