Claim: 1306 Scythia, an asteroid named after the historic region of Scythia, orbits the sun once every 5 years and 7 months, has provisional designation 1930 OB, and was discovered by Grigory Neujmin on July 22, 1930 at Simeiz Observatory.
Evidence: The asteroid was named for the historic region of Scythia. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,041 days; semi-major axis of 3.15 AU). 1306 Scythia, provisional designation 1930 OB, is a dark Ursula asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 72 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 July 1930, by Soviet astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.