246 Asporina is a sizeable main-belt asteroid. It is classified as one of the few A-type asteroids.
It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on 6 March 1885 in Marseille and was named after Asporina, a goddess worshipped on Mount Asporenus (or Aspordenus), Asia Minor. This location is known in the modern day as the Yunt Mountains, and Asporina is sometimes identified with the goddess Cybele.
The spectrum of 246 Asporina reveals the strong presence of the mineral olivine, a relative rarity in the asteroid belt.