61 Danaë (/ˈdænəjiː/ DAN-ə-yee or /dəˈneɪ.ə/ də-NAY-ə) is a moderately large rocky main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Hermann Goldschmidt on September 9 1860 from his balcony in Paris.Goldschmidt was ill when asked to name the asteroid and requested his fellow asteroid-hunter Robert Luther to name it instead. Luther chose to name it after Danaë the mother of Perseus in Greek mythology.
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