3306 Byron

3306 Byron is a main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1979. It is named after Lord Byron, the British romantic poet. It is an S-type asteroid, indicating a stony (silicaceous) composition and a bright surface.

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