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674 Rachele is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Wilhelm Lorenz on October 28 1908 in Heidelberg and was named by orbit computer Emilio Bianchi after his wife.Measurements made using the adaptive optics system at the W. M. Keck Observatory give a size estimate of 89 km. It has a size ratio of 1.08 between the major and minor axes. By comparison measurements reported in 1998 from the IRAS observatory give a similar size of 97 km and a ratio of 1.15.