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**173 Ino**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.742 AU
Perihelion distance	2.171 AU
Aphelion distance	3.314 AU
Orbital period	4.54 years
Inclination	14.21�
Eccentricity	0.208
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	154.1 km
Rotation period	6.163 hours
Spectral class	C
Abs. magnitude	7.66
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.064
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	A. Borrelly, 1877

173 Ino is a large main belt asteroid. It has a dark surface and primitive carbonaceous composition.

It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on August 1, 1877 and named after Ino, a queen in Greek mythology.

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	Ino was a mortal queen in Greek mythology.
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	Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus.
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	A sympathetic Zeus didn't want Ino to die, being grateful for her having raised his son Dionysus, and turned her and Melicertes into Leucothea and Palaemon, respectively.

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