114 Kassandra
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Semimajor axis | 2.677 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.311 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.042 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Inclination | 4.94° |
| Eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 99.6 km |
| Rotation period | 10.758 hours |
| Spectral class | T |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.26 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.088 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1871 |
114 Kassandra is a large and dark Main belt asteroid. It belongs to the rare class T asteroids.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 23, 1871, and is named after Cassandra, the prophetess in the tales of the Trojan War.
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