Kalypso
( )
Inclination: 5.181
Eccentricity: 0.203
Period: 4.238 years
AU 2.619
Type: 0000
Discovery Chart
int(24) int(24) int(24) int(24) 4.4.1858 00:00 Dusseldorf 24e45 59n26 observations 0 << prev in category - Greek and Roman Mythology - next in category >>
Named for one of the Oceanides, goddess of silence and daughter of Oceanus and Tethis. Kalypso received Odysseus {see planet (1143)} with hospitality when he was shipwrecked on her shores on the island of Ogygia and became enamored of him. (H 8) _ _.
Discovered on 4-4-1858 in Dusseldorf by Luther, R. | ||
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