8 Flora - Notable Facts

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During an observation on March 25, 1917, 8 Flora was mistaken for the 15th magnitude star TU Leonis, which led to that star's classification as a U Geminorum cataclysmic variable star. Flora had come to opposition on 1917 February 13, 40 days earlier. This mistake was uncovered only in 1995.

In the film The Green Slime, the asteroid Flora falls out of orbit and is on a collision course with Earth.

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