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261 Prymno

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Discovered by
  
C. H. F. Peters

Alternative names
  
n/a

Observation arc
  
98.79 yr (36082 d)

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Litchfield Observatory

Discovery date
  
31 October 1886

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Discovered
  
31 October 1886

Spectral type
  
B-type asteroid

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Aphelion
  
2.54054 AU (380.059 Gm)

Discoverer
  
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

Similar
  
264 Libussa, 188 Menippe, 196 Philomela, 165 Loreley, 167 Urda

261 Prymno is a somewhat large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a B-type asteroid and probably has a primitive composition not unlike common C-type carbonaceous asteroids.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 31, 1886 in Clinton, New York and was named after the Greek Oceanid Prymno.

References

261 Prymno Wikipedia