198 Ampella [SEP] discoverer or inventor
198 Ampella
Ampella (minor planet designation: 198 Ampella) is a Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 13, 1879. The name seems to be the feminine form of Ampelos, a satyr and good friend of Dionysus in Greek mythology. It could also derive from the Ampelose (plural of Ampelos), a variety of hamadryad. It is an S-type asteroid.
So far Ampella has been observed occulting a star once, on November 8, 1991, from New South Wales,
- 198 is a 67-gonal number
In astronomy.
- 198 Ampella is a large S-Type Main belt asteroid
In the military.
- 198th Airlift Squadron flies the C-130 Hercules. It is a unit of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard
- 198th Battalion (Canadian Buffs), CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I
- 198th Infantry Brigade a unit of the United States Army Reserve's 99th Division from 1967–1971
- No. 198 Squadron RAF was a Royal