Information about Leda

Leda (Λήδα) was daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius, and wife of the king Tyndareus, of Sparta. Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art of Leda and the Swan.
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There is also an asteroid named 38 Leda.

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Leda
Discovery
Discovered by: Charles T. Kowal
Discovery date: September 11, 1974^[1]
Orbital characteristics
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38 Leda
Discovery
Discovered by: J. Chacornac
Discovery date: January 12, 1856
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion distance: 472.587 Gm (3.159 AU)
Perihelion distance: 348.232 Gm (2.
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Leda is a river in north-western Germany (Lower Saxony), right tributary of the Ems. It originates at the confluence of the Sagter Ems and the Soeste (Dreyschloot) near the town Barßel. The Leda flows into the Ems near the city Leer.
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Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leda, after the Leda of Greek mythology.

• The first Leda was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1783 and foundered 1796.
• The second Leda was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched 1800 and wrecked 1808.

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Leda is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Town of Kwinana. Its postcode is 6170. Leda is one of the five main suburbs of Kwinana and is an average socio-economic area.
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Leda is a multiparadigm programming language whose goal is to successfully mix imperative, object-oriented, functional, and logic-based programming features into one language.
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Leda Cosmides, (born May 7, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American psychologist, who, together with anthropologist husband John Tooby, helped pioneer the field of evolutionary psychology.

Cosmides originally studied biology at Harvard University, receiving her A.
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Leda, the Swiss Milkmaid (aka Léda, ou la Laitière Suisse, or as Natalie, oder Das schweitzer Milchmädche) is a Demi-Caractère ballet in 2 acts, with choreography by Filippo Taglioni, and music by Adalbert Gyrowetz.
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Leda Serene Films is a film, television, and theatre production company based in Toronto, Canada, owned by filmmaker and producer Frances-Anne Solomon.

The company has produced award-winning cross-platform projects from feature films, and creative documentaries, to original
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Quick clay, also known as Leda Clay and Champlain Sea Clay in Canada, is a unique form of highly sensitive marine clay, with the tendency to change from a relatively stiff condition to a liquid mass when it is disturbed.
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Leda and the Swan is a motif from Greek mythology, in which Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband
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