Concordia was discovered by Robert Luther on March 24, 1860. At Luther's request, it was named by Carl Christian Bruhns of the University of Leipzig after Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmony.[2]
References
1. ^Asteroid Data Sets {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5mqof7ROl?url=http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html |date=2010-01-17 }}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Schmadel|first=Lutz D.|title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA20|year=2003|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-00238-3|page=20}}