62 Erato

62 Erato (pronounced /ɨˈreɪtoʊ/ i-RAY-toe) is a large and dark, probably carbonaceous main belt asteroid. It is a member of the Themis asteroid family. Erato is the first asteroid to have been credited with co-discoverers, Oskar Lesser and Wilhelm Forster, who discovered it on September 14, 1860. It was their first and only asteroid discovery. It is named after Erato, the Muse of lyric poetry in Greek mythology.

References

1. ^ Asteroid Data Sets