173 Ino is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on August 1 1877 and named after Ino a queen in Greek mythology. The adjectival form of the asteroid name is Inoan. Categorized as a C-type asteroid from its spectrum 173 Ino has a dark surface and a primitive carbonaceous composition.Multiple photometric studies of this asteroid were performed between 1978 and 2002.
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