730 Athanasia

730 Athanasia is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory on 10 April 1912. The presumed stony S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 5.7 hours and is likely very elongated in shape. It was named Athanasia, the Greek word for "immortality".