197 Arete

Orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.739 AU
Perihelion distance	2.294 AU
Aphelion distance	3.184 AU
Orbital period	4.53 years
Inclination	8.79°
Eccentricity	0.162
Physical characteristics 1
Diameter	29.2 km
Rotation period 3	6.54 hours
Spectral class 5	S
Abs. magnitude	9.18
Albedo 4	0.442
History 2
Discoverer	J. Palisa, 1879

197 Arete ("uh RETT ee") is a Main belt asteroid. It has a very bright surface, unusually bright even for a rocky S-type asteroid.

It was discovered by J. Palisa on May 21, 1879, and named after Arete, the mother of Nausicaa in Homer's The Odyssey.