570 Kythera is a large, main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1905 by German astronomer M. F. Wolf at Heidelberg, and was named after the Greek island of Kythira that is associated with Aphrodite.[3] The object is a member of the Cybele asteroid group.[4]
References
- ^ 'Cythera' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "570 Kythera (1905 QX)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer Science & Business Media, p. 59, ISBN 9783540002383.
- ^ Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar; et al. (January 2001), "A Study of Cybele Asteroids. I. Spin Properties of Ten Asteroids", Icarus, 149 (1): 190–197, Bibcode:2001Icar..149..190L, doi:10.1006/icar.2000.6507.
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