70 Panopaea (/ˈpænəˈpiːə/ PAN-ə-PEE-ə) is a large main belt asteroid. Its orbit is close to those of the Eunomia asteroid family; however Panopaea is a dark primitive carbonaceous C-type asteroid in contrast to the S-type asteroids of the Eunomian asteroids.Panopaea was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on 5 May 1861. It was his fourteenth and last asteroid discovery.
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