Discovered by C. H. F. Peters Discovery date 15 August 1876 Minor planet category Main belt (Adeona) Discovered 15 August 1876 Spectral type C-type asteroid Asteroid family Adeona family | Discovery site Clinton, New York MPC designation 166 Observation arc 130.59 yr (47698 d) Orbits Sun Named after Queen Rhodope | |
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Discoverer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters discoveries 188 Menippe, 167 Urda, 165 Loreley | ||
166 Rhodope is a main belt asteroid, a member of the Adeona family of asteroids. It was discovered by the German-American astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on August 15, 1876, in Clinton, New York, and named after Rhodope, the queen in Greek mythology who was turned into a mountain.
166 Rhodope was observed occulting the prominent star Regulus on October 19, 2005, from Vibo Valentia, Italy.
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