Discovered by August Kopff MPC designation 651 Minor planet category Main belt Discovered 4 October 1907 Discoverer August Kopff Asteroid family Eos family | Discovery date October 4, 1907 Alternative names 1907 AN Aphelion 3.3185 AU Orbits Sun Named after Anticlea | |
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory Similar 193 Ambrosia, 441 Bathilde, 276 Adelheid, 161 Athor, 265 Anna | ||
651 Antikleia is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1907 by August Kopff at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. It is named for Anticlea the mother of Odysseus.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.
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