1917 Cuyo

designation: 1968 AA) is an stony asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 5.7 kilometers (3.5 miles) in diameter.

It was discovered on 1 January 1968, by astronomer Carlos Cesco and A. G. Samuel at El Leoncito Observatory, Argentina.

[3] This minor planet is named in honor of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, which operated the observatory at El Leoncito in collaboration with Columbia and Yale University.

[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 June 1975 (M.P.C.

[3] In 1989, Cuyo was detected with radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 0.17 AU.