2608 Seneca was discovered by H.-E. Schuster on 17 February 1978 and was named after Seneca the Younger
2608 Seneca, provisional designation 1978 DA, is a stony asteroid and sub-kilometer near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 0.9 kilometers in diameter. This minor planet was named after Roman philosopher and statesman Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC  AD 65), also known as "Seneca the Younger" or simply "Seneca". It was discovered on 17 February 1978, by German astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile, and named after Roman philosopher Seneca. 
2608 Seneca, provisional designation 1978 DA, is a stony asteroid and sub-kilometer near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 0.9 kilometers in diameter. H.-E. Schuster 17 February 1978 Seneca the Younger
(Roman philosopher) La Silla Obs. 
