Named after Clytie Aphelion 415.302 Gm (2.776 AU) Discovered 7 April 1862 Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date April 7, 1862 Minor planet category Main belt Perihelion 382.115 Gm (2.554 AU) Orbits Sun Discoverer Horace Parnell Tuttle | |
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Discovery site Harvard College Observatory, Sears Tower – Harvard Observatory Similar Horace Parnell Tuttle discoveries, Other celestial objects | ||
73 Klytia (/ˈklɪtiə/ KLIT-ee-ə) is a main-belt asteroid. It was the second and last asteroid discovery by the prolific comet discoverer Horace Tuttle, on April 7, 1862. It is named after Clytia, who loved Apollo in Greek mythology. Of the first one hundred numbered asteroids, Klytia is the smallest.
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