(230) Athamantis
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(230 ) Athamantis is an asteroid of the asteroid belt, which was discovered on September 3, 1882 by Leo Anton Carl de ball at the observatory Bothkamp near Kiel. De Ball had wanted that night actually the asteroid (12 ) Victoria watch.
It was named after celestial bodies Athamantis (or Light ), the daughter of Athamas, king of Thebes, in Greek mythology. Since Athamantis at the time very " bright " was, it could have inspired de ball to the naming.
Athamantis moves at a distance of 2.2353 ( perihelion ) to 2.5293 ( aphelion ) astronomical units in 3.6771 years of the sun. The orbit is inclined 9.4344 ° to the ecliptic, the orbital eccentricity is 0.0617.
Athamantis has a diameter of 109 kilometers. It has a relatively bright silicate- rich surface with an albedo of 0.171. In around 23 hours and 59 minutes to rotate around its own axis.