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  Larissa
Larissa ("LA ree suh") is the fifth of Neptune's known satellites:
Harold Reitsema is now usually credited with the discovery of Larissa by ground-based stellar occultation observations.
Like Proteus, Larissa is irregular (non-spherical) in shape and appears to be heavily cratered.
www.nineplanets.org /larissa.html   (68 words)

  
  Larissa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is the capital city of the Thessaly periphery of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture.
The elevation of Larissa Airport is 73 m.
Larissa was the headquarters of Ali Pasha during the Greek War of Independence, and of the crown prince Constantine during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larissa   (705 words)

  
 Larissa - LoveToKnow 1911
The department of Larissa had in 1907 a population of 95,066.
Larissa was the headquarters of Ali Pasha during the Greek War of Independence, and of the crown prince Constantine during the Greco-Turkish War; the flight of the Greek army from this place to Pharsala took place on the 23rd of April 1897.
The name Larissa was common to many "Pelasgian" towns, and apparently signified a fortified city or burg, such as the citadel of Argos.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Larissa   (878 words)

  
 Larissa (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Larissa (lə-ris'-ə, IPA /ləˈrɪsə/, Greek Λάρῑσα), or Neptune VII, is the fifth closest of Neptune's known moons.
It is named after Larissa, a lover of Poseidon (Neptune) in Greek mythology.
Larissa is irregular (non-spherical) in shape and appears to be heavily cratered, with no sign of any geological modification.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larissa_(moon)   (290 words)

  
 Neptune's Moon Larissa
Larissa [LA-ree-suh] is only about 48,800 kilometers (30,300 miles) from Neptune's clouds, and circles the planet in 13 hours, 18 minutes.
Larissa circles the planet in the same direction as Neptune rotates, and remains close to Neptune's equatorial plane.
This image of Larissa was acquired by the Voyager 2 spacecraft on August 24, 1989.
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 Larissa
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