Discovered by Joel Hastings Metcalf Alternative names 1908 CL Aphelion 3.1190 AU (466.60 Gm) Discovered 22 February 1908 Discoverer Joel Hastings Metcalf Discovery site Taunton observatory | Discovery date 22 February 1908 Observation arc 97.95 yr (35777 d) Perihelion 2.9143 AU (435.97 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Eos family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 528 Rezia, 441 Bathilde, 540 Rosamunde, 509 Iolanda, 625 Xenia | ||
661 Cloelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by American astronomer Joel Hastings Metcalf on February 22, 1908.
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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