218 Bianca

218 Bianca is a sizeable Main belt asteroid. As an S-type asteroid, it is a mixture of silicate rock and iron-nickel metals.

It was discovered by Johann Palisa on September 4, 1880 in Pola and was named after opera singer Bianca Bianchi .

Bianca is also a moon of planet Uranus.

References

• The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database
• Minor Planet Discovery Circumstances
• Asteroid Lightcurve Data File