258 Tyche [SEP] time of discovery
258 Tyche
Tyche (minor planet designation: 258 Tyche) is a relatively large main belt asteroid discovered by Robert Luther at Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory on 4 May 1886. The stony S-type asteroid measures about 65 kilometers in diameter and has a perihelion of 2.1 AU.
Tyche orbits very close to the Eunomia family of asteroids, and could be a member based on composition. However, it is larger than all family members apart from 15 Eunomia while lying at the very edge of the family group. Hence
Tyche (disambiguation)
Tyche may refer to:
- Tyche, an ancient Greek goddess
- 258 Tyche, an asteroid
- Tyche (hypothetical planet), a gas giant planet in our outer Solar System, now disproven.
- Tyche, a suburb of the city of Syracuse, Sicily