68 Leto

68 Leto is a large main belt asteroid that is orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Karl Theodor [Robert Luther|Robert Luther] on April 29, 1861, and is named after Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology. It orbits at a distance of 2.78112 AU over 4.64 years and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.187. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 7.97° to the ecliptic.
Photometric observations of 68 Leto during 1997 provided a rotation period of. It has an estimated cross-sectional size of 123 km. The spectral type is S, suggesting a stony, silicate composition.