14 Irene
Irene is a large main-belt asteroid, discovered by John Russell Hind on May 19, 1851.
14 Irene was named after Irēnē, a personification of peace in Greek mythology. She was one of the Horae, daughter of Zeus and Themis. The name was suggested by Sir John Herschel. Hind wrote,
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in the Crystal Palace of Hyde Park, London, ran from May 1 until October 18, 1851.
Hind suggested that the symbol for the asteroid should be "A dove carrying an olive-branch, with a star on its head", but an actual drawing of the symbol was never made before the use of graphical symbols to represent asteroids was dropped entirely.
The fairly flat Irenian lightcurves indicate somewhat spherical proportions.
There have been seven reported stellar occultation events by Irene. The best is a three chord event observed in 2013.
