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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 As·ter·o·pe n.
 1.  Myth. One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.
 2.  Astron. A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Asterope
      n 1: (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades [syn: Sterope]
      2: one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades [syn: Sterope]