118 Peitho is a main-belt asteroid. It is probably an S-type asteroid. It was discovered by R. Luther on March 15 1872 and named after one of the two Peithos in Greek mythology. There have been two observed Peithoan occultations of a dim star: one was in 2000 and the other in 2003.In 2009 Photometric observations of this asteroid were made at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs Colorado.
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