In geography and history, Doris was the region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland.
In naval history, Doris was a French coastal submarine of the Sirčne class. At 00.14 hours on 9 May1940, the Doris (CdC Favreul) was torpedoed and sunk North West off the Dutch Coast, 30 miles from Den Helder, by the German submarine U-9The U-9 was a Type II U-boat. It sank 8 ships during World War II, including the French coastal submarine Doris. U-8 was sunk at 1030hrs on the 20 Aug, 1944 at Konstanza, Black Sea in position 44. 41E, by bombs from Soviet aircraft..
In astronomyAstronomy which etymologically means " law of the stars," (from Greek: + nomos) is a science involving the observation and explanation of events occurring outside Earth and its atmosphere. It studies the origins, evolution, physical and chemical propertie, 48 Doris48 Doris is one of the largest main belt asteroids. Doris was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on September 19, 1857 and named after Doris, an Oceanid in Greek mythology. Asteroids. is an asteroidAn asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid , which are much smaller than planets. The asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were no.
