36 Atalante
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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 | 2.746 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 1.913 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 3.579 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Inclination | 18.43° |
| Eccentricity | 0.303 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 105.6 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html) | 9.93 hours |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.46 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.065 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | H. Goldschmidt, 1855 |
36 Atalante (at'-a-lan'-tee) is a large, dark main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855 and named after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta.
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