172 Baucis is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on February 5 1877 and named after a fictional character in the Greek legend of Baucis and Philemon. The adjectival form of the name is Baucidian. It is classified as an S-type asteroid based upon its spectrum.
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