Discovered by C. H. F. Peters Named after Anahita Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 8 October 1887 Asteroid family Flora family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 8 October 1887 Alternative names 1926 VG Observation arc 118.40 yr (43246 d) Orbits Sun Discovery site Litchfield Observatory | |
Discoverer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters discoveries 196 Philomela, 145 Adeona, 167 Urda | ||
270 Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8, 1887 in Clinton, New York, and was named after the Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita.
In 2001, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.92 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 47 ± 7 km.
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