195 Eurykleia

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195 Eurykleia
Orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.877 AU
Perihelion distance 2.764 AU
Aphelion distance 2.991 AU
Orbital period 4.88 years
Inclination 6.98°
Eccentricity 0.040
Physical characteristics 1
Diameter 85.7 km
Spectral class C
Abs. magnitude 9.01
Albedo 3 0.060
History 2
Discoverer J. Palisa, 1879

195 Eurykleia is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It has a dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on April 19, 1879 and named after Euryclea, the wet-nurse of Odysseus in The Odyssey.