288 Glauke (/ˈɡlɔːkiː/ GLAW-kee) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt discovered by Robert Luther in 1890. It was the last of his asteroid discoveries. It is named after Glauke a daughter of Creon a king of Corinth in Greek mythology.Glauke has an exceptionally slow rotation period of about 1200 hours (50 days). This makes it the slowest-rotating non-planetary object known in the Solar System (both Mercury and Venus rotate more slowly).
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