36 Atalante
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by: | H. Goldschmidt |
| Discovery date: | October 5, 1855 |
| Alternative names: | A901 SB; A912 HC |
| Minor planet category: | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion distance: | 535.625 Gm (3.580 AU) |
| Perihelion distance: | 286.217 Gm (1.913 AU) |
| Semi-major axis: | 410.921 Gm (2.747 AU) |
| Eccentricity: | 0.303 |
| Orbital period: | 1662.831 d (4.55 a) |
| Avg. orbital speed: | 17.55 km/s |
| Mean anomaly: | 47.005° |
| Inclination: | 18.432° |
| Longitude of ascending node: | 358.472° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 47.132° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions: | 105.6 km |
| Mass: | ~1.2×1018 kg |
| Mean density: | 2.0? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity: | ~0.0295 m/s² |
| Escape velocity: | ~0.0558 km/s |
| Rotation period: | 0.414 d (9.93 h) [1] |
| Albedo: | 0.065 [2] |
| Temperature: | ~170 K |
| Spectral type: | ? |
| Absolute magnitude: | 8.46 |
36 Atalante (IPA: [ˌætəˈlænti]) 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.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html
- ^ http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/astdata04/simps04/diamalb.tab
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